Calif. marks warmest winter, spring on record
By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters
SACRAMENTO — California had its warmest winter and spring on record this year, leading to stresses on water resources and agriculture, as well as increased risk of wildfire in the most populous U.S. state, the National Weather Service said Monday.
In an overview of the nation’s weather released on the agency’s website, meteorologists said temperatures in California were about 5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal during the first six months of 2014, and just over 1 degree hotter than the previous record.
“Despite short-term drought relief in the Central and Southern Plains, long-term drought conditions will continue to impact water resources and agriculture,” the report said. “Long-term and short-term drought conditions in the West will also increase wildfire risk.”
Hottest Winter and Spring in California on Record?! Que up the anti social-anti gubment folks disputing the data.
And how long have we been keeping records of weather events?
not long enough
Dave. I think weather records go back about 200 years in California.
Actually, climate can be tracked with a great deal of accuracy back about 3 million years. Accuracy falls off some between 65 million and 100 million years ago, and, at 542 million years, some assumptions and estimates have to be intuited.
On the other hand, the mildew on your leather bound Bible can probably be traced back about 100 years. If you took good care of it. Which I’m sure you did.
@Copper….touche’