New York Times: It’s official, although not necessarily a surprise. The average temperature across the contiguous United States for the first six months of this year has been the warmest on record — and by a considerable sum — dating back to 1895, according to a monthly report released Monday by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.
The average 2012 temperature through June was 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit — 4.5 degrees higher than the long-term average for the same period. That`s 1.5 degrees warmer on average…

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