ווארעמע January ברעכט רעקט

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January Was America's Warmest on Record
Feb 07 4:07 PM US/Eastern
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON

January was a fair-weather friend. Recording the warmest January on record allowed Americans to save on their heating. But like all good things, last month's mildness seems to have been too good to last.
The country's average temperature for the month was 39.5 degrees Fahrenheit, 8.5 degrees above average for January, the National Climatic Data Center said Tuesday. The old record for January warmth was 37.3 degrees set in 1953.
On the other hand, while much of the United States was basking in warm weather, parts of Europe and Asia were being battered by bitter cold. Climate details for the rest of the world for January are expected to be available next week.
During the month the jet stream, a strong high-altitude wind that guides weather fronts from west to east, stayed unusually far to the north, keeping the coldest air in Canada and Alaska, the agency said.
Keeping that cold air to the north allowed mild Pacific air to moderate temperatures across the contiguous states, leading to the warm conditions.
However, the jet stream is now sliding into a more typical winter pattern, according to the Climate Prediction Center. The February outlook calls for below-normal temperatures in the mid-Atlantic, the Southeast and intermountain West, and above-normal temperatures in the Southwest, the northern Plains and Alaska.
Both centers are part of the government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The records go back to 1895 when detailed climate records began being collected.
During January, none of the 48 contiguous states had below-average temperatures _ and 15 states in the northern Plains, Great Lakes and Midwest had record high temperatures for the month.