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Subject: There are always record extremes on any given day someplace.


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Carbonicus
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Date Posted: 15:42:43 08/23/07 Thu
In reply to: Cloudy 's message, "Re: So all the records this year, heat, cold, floods and drought are just the norm..." on 09:40:35 08/23/07 Thu

That is the statistical nature of temperatures being averaged out over long time periods. As the graphic below demonstrates, some states are above normal for the year, some are below normal for the year.



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It hasn't even been an exceptionally warm year, given the brief duration of reliable records.Carbonicus15:52:06 08/23/07 Thu


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