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Unusual Weather We're Having, Ain't It?
Number-crunchers say 2006 on track to be the sixth-hottest on record |
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15 Dec 2006 |
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| Unusual Weather We're Having, Ain't It? Number-crunchers say 2006 on track to be the sixth-hottest on record As 2006 limps to a close, it's measuring in as the world's sixth-hottest year on record. It's the warmest Britain has seen since wenches were hoisting tankards of grog (er, since records began in 1659), and the third-warmest in the U.S.'s Lower 48 since 1880. Weird weather has gripped the globe ... |
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