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| | *In early February 2011, snow and ice pummeled Dallas and Houston, Texas, in a nearly unprecedented fashion.<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/houston-gripped-by-ice-under-winter-storm-forecast-to-turn-toward-new-york.html?nstrack=sid:5028563|met:104|cat:247|order:1</ref> | | *In early February 2011, snow and ice pummeled Dallas and Houston, Texas, in a nearly unprecedented fashion.<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/houston-gripped-by-ice-under-winter-storm-forecast-to-turn-toward-new-york.html?nstrack=sid:5028563|met:104|cat:247|order:1</ref> |
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| | + | ==Warm Weather Patterns == |
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| | + | Conflicting reports of high temperatures illustrate the complexity of understanding what is really going on with the global climate. Since 2010, record ''high'' temperatures have been recorded all around the world. Record high temperatures have been experienced in the following places: |
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| | + | * [http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/34756/moscow-breaks-alltime-high-tem.asp?partner=accuweather Moscow] |
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| | + | * [http://www2.tricities.com/news/2011/feb/18/tri-cities-area-ties-all-time-record-high-thursday-ar-851560/ Tennessee] |
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| | + | * [http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/syracuses_temperature_sets_his.html Syracuse] |
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| | + | * [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-30/high-temperatures-hit-records-for-towns-in-oklahoma-arkansas.html Oklahoma] |
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| | + | * [http://www.kwes.com/story/14931869/record-high-temperatures West Texas], [http://capitalclimate.blogspot.com/2011/06/texas-toasted-20-all-time-record-high.html including the all-time record high in Amarillo, TX] |
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| | + | * [http://www.lsureveille.com/news/baton-rouge-facing-record-high-temperatures-1.2601916 Louisiana] |
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| | + | * [http://www.wctv.tv/weather/headlines/105_DEGREES_Tallahassee_Sets_New_All-Time_Record_High_123943144.html Tallahassee] |
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| | + | * [http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/28/52485345.html Western Europe] |
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| | + | * [http://english.sina.com/china/p/2011/0517/373689.html China] |
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| | + | * [http://lubbockonline.com/sports/2011-06-26/record-temperatures-dont-stop-competitors-ironman South Africa] |
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| | + | What this all means is hard to say, but it certainly indicates that records are being set in both coldest '''and''' warmest temperatures around the planet. |
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| | == General Climate Patterns == | | == General Climate Patterns == |