December 13, 2012

2012: Hottest, Most Extreme Year on Record


The year-to-date period of January – November has been by far the warmest such period on record for the contiguous U.S.–a remarkable 1.0°F above the previous record.

The NCDC’s Climate Extremes Index (CEI), which “tracks the percentage area of the contiguous U.S. experiencing top-10% and bottom-10% extremes in temperature, precipitation, and drought,” reports it has also been the most extreme January to November period on record.

3 comments:

Mark said...

Here in Colorado, my neighbor (a botique rancher)slaughtered his whole herd because the price of hay tripled. There's been hay rustling, too. Get ready for food prices to rise. That won't matter to us (we will complain, not Starve) but it will be fatal for some.

Unknown said...

I was aware that grain prices like corn had risen significantly - but hadn't heard about hay prices spiking. Very interesting.

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