NOAA: 2012 temperatures will set record

Another warmer-than-average November is prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to announce that 2012 is “virtually certain” to be the warmest year on record, or 140 years of record keeping, in the contiguous United States.

“It appears virtually certain that 2012 will surpass the current record (set in 1998 at 54.3 degrees) as the warmest year for the nation,” according to the agency’s website……Read More