Our Hot Pace Continues...(9-11-12)

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Reported by: Jim Teske

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Published: 9/11/2012 5:18 pm

Updated: 9/11/2012 5:23 pm

The warm year of 2012 continues to roll along. Some numbers are coming out now that show just how warm the first 8 months (January-August) has been. This first map ranks those 8 months by state. The higher number, the warmer the weather. Where you see ‘118’ that represents the warmest January-August in 118 years of record keeping.

In Syracuse, we continue to be on a pace for the warmest year in history. Here our top 10 list of warmest years through the end of August:

Year	Temperature
2012	54.8 F
1933	53.0 F
1921	52.7 F
1949	52.7 F
1991	52.3 F
2002	52.3 F
1998	52.2 F
1938	52.1 F
2010	52.0 F
1937	51.7 F

The big story is not whether we are in first or not but the margin between this year and the next closest year -- 1933. While the other positions are separated by just a few tenths of a degree the difference between 1st and 2nd is a whopping 1.8 F! This huge margin carries over to the national mean temperature. Look at this graph from the National Weather Service. I showed you this chart after July and now, after ending August, we are still way ahead of any other year in terms of temperature.

The next chart is a bit different as someone in the National Weather Service has taken it upon themselves to figure out how the United States temperature will finish the year under a couple of scenarios. It comes as no surprise that if our temperature in September through December averages above normal or even near normal 2012 will end up as the warmest year on record. What blows my mind is we could end up with temperatures in the coolest third of past years over the next 4 months and STILL break the record.

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