NOAA: The New Normal is Hot

NOAA: The New Normal is Hot: "pNOAA’s National Climatic Data Center has just released an overview of its new “1981-2010 Climate Normals” (PDF here).   Meteorologist Paul Douglas, founder and CEO of Broadcast Weather, explains what this means: NOAA just released the latest climate “normals” for the USA. When you hear the “average high” or “average low”, it’s a running, 30-year average. [...]/p"