Weather.com - 12/06/12, Chris Dolce
First 11 Months of the Year
A number of 118 (dark red shading) represents the warmest first 11 months on record and a number 1 would indicate the coolest. 18 states have had their warmest year on record through November. 24 states were among their top 10 warmest.
It's a "virtual certainty" that 2012 will be the warmest year on record for the United States, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Thursday in its November "State of the Climate Report."
The existing record for the United States' warmest year on record was 1998, covering 118 years of data. The record covers the Lower 48 states.
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