The United States Had Experienced A Freakish Warm Year, Second Time In 2016; Links Traced To El Nino And Global Warming
The United States had experienced a strange warm year for the second time in 2016. In fact, every state across the US had a warmer year than expected as per the reports released by NOAA. According to a scientist, who wrote in NOAA report, "The breadth of the 2016 warmth is unparalleled in the nation's climate history."
According to Yahoo News, even though many US states experienced a warm climate, Alaska fetched the title of having the most unusual warm climate and toppled all old records. Alaska, which is the only Arctic state of the US, experienced an annual average temperature of 31.9 degree Fahrenheit that was above 5.9 degree Fahrenheit.
Alaska, interestingly, experienced the second warmest year with the second warmest winter, warmest summer as well as warmest spring. That's not all, it also experienced a warmer fall. It was reported to be the third consecutive warmest year in Alaska, where the temperature can be traced back to about 92 years.
As per Mashable, NOAA had mentioned about Barrow, a northernmost city in Alaska, where the temperature rose to 7.1 degrees Fahrenheit. Apart from this, Alaska also experienced its very first warmest spring where the average spring temperature was recorded to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
However, since 1925, Alaska has had a temperature increase of 0.30 degrees Fahrenheit each decade. In 2016, the entire 48 states experienced a rise in annual temperature 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit. It was believed to 2.9 degrees Fahrenheit over what it had in the 20th century.
Now, this comes right after 2012,where the annual temperature was around 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Things don't just settle there, 2016 wasn't far behind and the US had its 20th straight year of above average temperature.
As per the NOAA, no other year had witnessed such a fluctuation in the temperature of states, which either broke or was close enough to break the annual average temperature. There is also likely to be an announcement stating 2016 to be the warmest year across the globe.