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Wed, Jan 09 2013 12:45:57

WSJ: 2012 was warmest on record for U.S.

Extreme weather prevailed with #Sandy, #Isaac, the #derecho, an active wildfire season, and the driest year since 1988. Records go back to 1895.

  1. WSJ print and online coverage of the record-breaking heat of 2012:
  2. WSJweather
    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    It's official: Last Year Was Warmest on.wsj.com/ZFqSHh
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 22:47:50
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    "This is consistent with what we would expect in a warming world," Mr. Arndt said. "a huge exclamation point" on.wsj.com/VESGWQ
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 22:53:27
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    In the U.S., 2012 not only broke the record for warmest year, it was a landslide. on.wsj.com/Wtswov
    Wed, Jan 09 2013 08:39:46
  5. That huge spike? It's 2012 shattering the mark for warmest year on record. [Graph: Annual US temperatures since 1895.] http://pic.twitter.com/siUVGffr
    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
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    Wed, Jan 09 2013 08:43:55
  6. Live-tweeting the official announcement at the #AMS2013 meeting:
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Superstorm #Sandy, 2012′s Record Warmth Dominate Meteorology Conference on.wsj.com/Wtswov #ams2013
    Wed, Jan 09 2013 08:33:26
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Deke Arndt, up now to discuss the #StateoftheClimate in 2012. #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:30:14
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt is chief of NCDC Climate Monitoring Branch. #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:30:36
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: Connections between 2012 extremes and #climate change are outside the scope of this talk. #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:32:08
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "In the US the last couple years, we've seen a hostile climate" #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:31:32
  12. Arndt: lockerz.com/s/275474349
    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
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    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:33:07
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "It's no secret that this was the warmest year for the United States" #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:33:21
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "It was a spectacular year in terms of unusualness" #ams2013 #climate #2012
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:33:53
  15. Arndt: lockerz.com/s/275474480
    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
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    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:34:14
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "16 consecutive months above normal." Unprecedented for United States. #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:34:56
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "Almost every state in the United States had a top 5 or top 10 warmest year on record." #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:35:51
  18. Top 10 weather events of 2012. lockerz.com/s/275475306
    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
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    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:41:12
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "We were looking about a big footprint of drought" in 2012. #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:38:59
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "We had a lot of big fires and an inactive tornado season this year." #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:39:47
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: Globally, North America was the most unusually warm region in 2012. #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:40:41
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    Arndt: "Arctic sea ice was smallest on record in 2012." #ams2013
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:42:45
  23. Very interesting graph from Arndt showing the dominant driver (climate change) with ENSO overlaid. lockerz.com/s/275475800
    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
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    Tue, Jan 08 2013 13:45:47
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    Eric Holthaus@WSJweather
    To me, the most ominous part of 2012's litany of heat records in USA was it started as a La Nina year. Next El Nino yr could be even warmer.
    Tue, Jan 08 2013 14:21:36
  25. Live-tweeting details from the full report:

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