Normally, it's the dry years that are the hot ones in the United States. This year isn't playing by the rules.
Just a few days ago, on January 26th, 2017, we saw something in the U.S. climate that we hadn’t seen since March 2011.
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Normally, it's the dry years that are the hot ones in the United States. This year isn't playing by the rules.
Just a few days ago, on January 26th, 2017, we saw something in the U.S. climate that we hadn’t seen since March 2011.