- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States experienced its coldest November and December on record last
year, posting a bone-chilling average national temperature of only 33.8
degrees Fahrenheit, the government said on Friday.
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- The near-freezing two-month reading broke a record that
had stood for over 100 years -- a 34.2 F mark set in 1898, according to
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic
Data Center.
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- The record smashing came on the back of a November that
was the second-coldest on record and a December that was the seventh-coldest.
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- ``Two months in a row of much below average temperatures
resulted in the coldest November-December U.S. temperature on record,''
NOAA said.
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- Three states -- Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri -- faced
their coldest November-December on record, the agency said.
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- Snow accompanied the low temperatures in many places.
Marquette, Michigan, saw a record 89.5 inches of snow in December, topping
the 82.6 inches that fell in 1981.
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- And more cold weather may be in store. ``The eastern
and western United States will experience additional cold outbreaks at
least through March with periods of moderation in between,'' said Jack
Kelly, head of the National Weather Service (news - web sites).
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- The cold spell came at the end of a year that began with
the warmest winter on record for the United States and continued warm through
October, NOAA said. Preliminary data indicated last year was the 13th warmest
on record, averaging 1.2 degrees F above the long-term average of 52.8
degrees F.
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