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| [00:05.56]Weather experts say this spring was the warmest in the United States in the past century. [00:13.66]They say the average temperature across the United States between March and May was about thirteen degrees Celsius. [00:23.07]That reportedly is two-tenths of a degree higher than the old record. [00:28.97]Officials with the National Climatic Data Center announced the findings. [00:34.53]The center is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [00:40.07]The new report says more than 64% of the United States [00:47.78]was much warmer than normal during the three-month period ending in May. [00:53.37]It says less than 1% of the country was much cooler than normal. [00:59.77]The weather experts add that thirteen of the past sixteen spring seasons in the United States have been warmer than normal. [01:11.05]The report says average weather conditions across the United States mainland [01:17.58]were drier than normal during the three-month period. [01:21.89]This was only the third spring since 1989 that the country received less rainfall than normal. [01:30.96]The National Climatic Data Center also reported above average temperatures in many other areas during this period. [01:41.43]Some of the warmest conditions were observed from Kazakhstan south across Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. [01:51.02]The report says these areas have received little if any rainfall during the past three months. [01:59.14]Higher than normal temperatures were noted in much of central and eastern Europe and northern Africa. [02:07.74]However, cooler than normal conditions were observed across large areas of Australia, [02:14.43]South Africa and South America. |
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