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• Above Average Temperatures, Low Snowfall Slowed Opening of Slopes

As 400 snow guns pumped 18,000 gallons of water a minute onto trails at Seven Springs Mountain Resort on Monday, Mother Nature stepped in to help. That was a rarity.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• January 03, 2012

• Warming in Wisconsin a Rise in Average Annual Temperatures by 2055 Could Make State's Climate More Like Missouri's, Study Finds

By LEE BERGQUIST The first detailed research on Wisconsin's climate is forecasting a jump in average annual temperatures of 4 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit by midcentury, which could push humans and nature to adapt to weather conditions that at times resemble Missouri today.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• September 15, 2009

• Weather Does a 180 As Rain Gives Way to Clear Skies, Above Average Temperatures

After a week of dark skies, several bouts with rain and temperatures that plunged into the low 50s, weather experts are forecasting a sharp rise in temperatures this week. The San Gabriel Valley area got a little more than half an inch of rain in the last week, according to national weather service figures.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• March 29, 2011

• W.Va. Warmed Up for March: ; Meteorologist Says Average Temperatures in City 1.3 Degrees Higher but No Records Were Set

While March was a little warmer than usual, the first week of April saw records broken around the state. National Weather Service meteorologists in Charleston said there were no records broken in March for the state but that the month had been slightly warmer than usual.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• April 16, 2010

• Temperatures Continue Well Below Average in Southern California

It hasn't been the coolest summer on record, but it's been close, forecasters say. The average temperature in July was 79 degrees, five degrees below normal, and the first eight days of this month also have been five to six degrees below normal, weather experts said.

• Whittier Daily News
• August 10, 2010

• Fishing Line

Hot spots just keep getting hotter for popular Great Lakes targets. Lake Ontario's salmon run is showing spectacular for sizable kings and Lake Erie's waters continue to produce prize 'eyes. Inland steams remain iffy for good trout treks. Initial DEC summer trout-stream shocking has shown good fish presence. But low waters and above-average temperatures push stressed salmonids out of the shallows, into shaded bank edges, and (if they can make it) down stream to deeper waters.

• Buffalo News
• August 03, 2011

• What Winter? ; Illinois Basks in Above-Average Temperatures

BLOOMINGTON - Illinois had the 15th warmest December since 1895, when accurate record-keeping began, state climatologist Jim Angel said Wednesday. Angel said global warming may be a factor in the long run. But the blame - or credit - in the short run must go to El Nino and the interplay of pressure zones over the ocean off the East Coast of North America, said Angel and meteorologist Ed Shimon of the National Weather Service in Lincoln.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• January 04, 2007

• Noaa Still Sees Above Average Temperatures for Most of the U.S. And Below Normal Precipitation Across the South

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Carmeyia Gillis of NOAA, +1-301-763-8000 ext. 7163

• U.S. Newswire
• November 15, 2007

• Noaa Reports U.S. Likely to Have Above-Average Winter Temperatures

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Greg Romano of NOAA, +1-301-713-0622, ext 110 (office), +1-202-360-5992 (mobile)

• U.S. Newswire
• October 09, 2007

• Pleased with Mild Month? Thank Arctic Oscillation

warm spell It's been a warm December, with 22 of the first 27 days of the month boasting above-average temperatures. The 52- degree high temperature on Dec. 14 was 22 degrees higher than normal. Source: National Weather Service The Arctic Oscillation might sound like a Scandinavian dance craze, but it's actually the weather phenomenon that has helped give us a mild start to winter.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 29, 2011