Weather Service Releases US Climate Summary for 2007
The data crunchers over at the National Climactic Data Center have come out with their annual look at the weather in the US for 2007. Overall, it was the 10th warmest and the 45th driest year on record. Here is the temperature breakout, by state:
Virtually the entire country saw above normal temperatures. Only Maine was below normal, and Texas, Vermont, and New Hampshire recorded near normal temperatures. It was a much above normal year for temperatures in the mountain west, mid-Atlantic and upper South. Kentucky and Tennessee saw their fourth warmest years on record. The national average temperature of 54.2 degrees was 1.4 degrees above the 20th century mean.
Persistent in the south drought marked 2007 on the precipitation side. North Carolina saw its driest year ever, and it was a top eleven year for the rest of the southern states. California was also extremely dry, recording its fourth driest year ever. Elsewhere, the Plains states saw top ten wettest years, although none set a record.
You can see more details in the full report.
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