NOAA summarized the weather extremes for December, 2008 here.
The broad swath of record snowfall [in yellow above] is not a surprise to anyone. The green areas are annual precipitation records... including large amounts of December snowfall. No global warming drought?For the full year temperatures...
January may be heralded as the 11th warmest since 1998... do the counting. Our area in SE Michigan is running about 10°F below normal for the month with only 5 days remaining. Expect to see some dark blue on the January summary map.
Meanwhile, no relief in sight.
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