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May State of the Climate [1]

Ncdc.noaa.go - 6/14/13

limate Highlights — year-to-date (January — May)
The year-to-date national temperature [2] of 43.6°F was 0.2°F above the 20^th century average. Below-average temperatures [3] were observed for much of the central United States, from Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic. The Northeast and parts of the West [3] had above-average year-to-date temperatures.
The January-May precipitation total [4] for the contiguous U.S. was 12.28 inches, 0.33 inch above average. North Dakota [5], Minnesota [6], Wisconsin [7], Missouri [8], and Mississippi [9] each had a top ten wet 5-month period; Iowa [10], Illinois [11], and Michigan [12] were record wet during January-May.
The West, Southern Plains, and Northeast were drier than average [13]. Oregon [14], Nevada [15], Idaho [16] each had a top ten dry year-to-date period, while California [17] had its driest January-May on record with 4.09 inches of precipitation, 9.87 inches below average.
During both the year-to-date and 3-month timescales, the number of fires, acreage burned, and acres burned per fire were record low [18].
The USCEI [19] for the year-to-date period was near average. However, several of the components were above average. The component for extremes in 1-day precipitation [20] totals was 200 percent of average and the highest value on record for the 5-month period, while the component that examines the spatial extent of drought [21] was 270 percent of average and the ninth highest

Link: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2013/5

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earth changes [22]
climate change [23]

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Earth & Space Weather [24]

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Links
[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/may-state-climate
[2] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=tmp&state=110&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[3] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/maps.php?imgs[]=Statewidetrank&year=2013&month=5&ts=ytd&submitted=Submit
[4] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=110&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[5] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=32&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[6] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=21&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[7] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=47&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[8] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=23&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[9] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=22&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[10] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=13&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[11] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=11&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[12] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=20&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[13] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/maps.php?imgs[]=Statewideprank&year=2013&month=5&ts=ytd&submitted=Submit
[14] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=35&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[15] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=26&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[16] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=10&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[17] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php?periods[]=ytd&parameter=pcp&state=4&div=0&year=2013&month=5#ranks-form
[18] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/fire/2013/5
[19] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/cei/
[20] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/cei/graph/4/ytd
[21] http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/cei/graph/3/ytd
[22] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/earth-changes
[23] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/climate-change
[24] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/type-post/earth-space-weather