Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- This has been the world's warmest winter since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the U.S. government agency that tracks weather reported Thursday.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the combined global land and ocean surface temperature from December through February was at its highest since records began in 1880.A record-warm January was responsible for pushing up the combined winter temperature, according to the agency's Web siteexternal link."Contributing factors were the long-term trend toward warmer temperatures, as well as a moderate El Nino in the Pacific," Jay Lawrimore of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center said in a telephone interview from Asheville, North Carolina.The next-warmest winter on record was in 2004, and the third warmest winter was in 1998, Lawrimore said.The 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1995."We don't say this winter is evidence of the influence of greenhouse gases," Lawrimore said.However, he noted that his center's work is part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change process, which released a report on global warming last month that found climate change is occurring and that human activities quite likely play a role in the change."So we know as a part of that, the conclusions have been reached and the warming trend is due in part to rises in greenhouse gas emissions," Lawrimore said. "By looking at long-term trends and long-term changes, we are able to better understand natural and anthropogenic [human-caused] climate change."The combined temperature for the December-February period was 1.3 degrees F (0.72 degree C) above the 20th century mean, the agency said.Lawrimore did not give an absolute temperature for the three-month period, and said the deviation from the mean was what was important. He did not provide the 20th century mean temperature.Temperatures were above average for these months in Europe, Asia, western Africa, southeastern Brazil and the northeast half of the United States, with cooler-than-average conditions in parts of Saudi Arabia and the central United States.Global temperature on land surface during the Northern Hemisphere winter was also the warmest on record, while the ocean-surface temperature tied for second warmest after the winter of 1997-98.Over the past century, global surface temperatures have increased by about 0.11 degree F per decade, but the rate of increase has been three times larger since 1976 -- around 0.32 degree F per decade, with some of the biggest temperature rises in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.-------------------------------------I don't know about you guys, but this Global Warming stuff is starting to get to me. We didn't get snow in Toronto until the middle of January and then we got hit hard in Feb. And just last night we got a snow storm.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Mar 17 2007, 11:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>global warming.</div>Is a natural process.Plus it was fucking cold where I live this winter. We lost power for a week and had over a foot of snow. And I'm pretty sure those guys in upstate NY will agree with me that it was fucking cold.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. It was a beautiful winter IMO. Yeah, we had below 30 weather, we had lots of snow. But it was still nicer than a lot of winters in the past.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. Yea... maybe where you guys live, but it is cold as hell here.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. It was nice weather in Chicago until mid-january, and then it was brutal cold for 3 weeks. Yet no canceled school. It was -10
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. Lots of car tires rubbing on asphalt and lots of factories...
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. it just fuckin snowed at least a foot every where in New England.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. Still freezing my ass off here in PA, I could use some damn global warming. Bring it on, who cares.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. LOL, This last month and a half has been deadly. But as for December and January. They were really mild. We had a green Christmas.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. I didn't do anything at all here durng the winter, but now we have like a footb of snow out side and its freezing.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DevinHester23 @ Mar 17 2007, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It was nice weather in Chicago until mid-january, and then it was brutal cold for 3 weeks. Yet no canceled school. It was -10</div>That's fun weather to stand outside and wait for the bus for.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Mar 18 2007, 10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DevinHester23 @ Mar 17 2007, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It was nice weather in Chicago until mid-january, and then it was brutal cold for 3 weeks. Yet no canceled school. It was -10</div>That's fun weather to stand outside and wait for the bus for.</div>It was lovely. Waiting for the bus. My college actually canceled a few hours of class, but it was of no use
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. I'm on March Break, School starts again tomorrow :angry2: :angry2:
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. Only snowed around here for a few days whole winter. But one of the days in snowed for a couple hours where I live, which is very rare. Weird ass winter.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Knightz @ Mar 18 2007, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm on March Break, School starts again tomorrow :angry2: :angry2:</div>My break starts next week.
Re: This was world's warmest recorded winter. Yeah in Maine it was friggin cold for a while.When the highest it gets is like 2 for a whole week, I really doubt global warming exists.
