"If those New England seasons feel far warmer these days than they were 20 years ago, it’s because they are. So are Florida’s, Arizona’s, and Washington State’s."
"A new interactive map released by the group Climate Central summarizes the average temperatures of each of the 48 contiguous United States for the last 100 years. By clicking across the country (try it on the map above), you can see that lately, temperatures have been trending up no matter where you live.
But if you look closely, the story is more complicated than a general upswing in temperatures. Some states are warming more quickly than others. And the rate at which they’re warming depends on what time span you’re looking at.
Trends in climate depend on scales both global and temporal, said Claudia Tebaldi, a climate scientist at Climate Central and the report’s main author. “We are trying to show that at the local level, there might be effects that slowed down or put on hold warming for a while, but the big picture is one of warming,” she said."
Kelly Slivka reports for the New York Times' Green blog June 13, 2012.
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