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First half of ’06 was warm, for the record
Here’s some hot news from the National Climatic Data Center, arriving just ahead of Kansas City’s first hot spell of the summer: The first half of 2006 was the warmest on record for the United States.
The average temperature for the 48 contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.4 degrees above the average for the 20th century.
No state was cooler than average. Five states — Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska — experienced record warmth for the period.
| The Associated Press
Here’s some hot news from the National Climatic Data Center, arriving just ahead of Kansas City’s first hot spell of the summer: The first half of 2006 was the warmest on record for the United States.
The average temperature for the 48 contiguous United States from January through June was 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.4 degrees above the average for the 20th century.
No state was cooler than average. Five states — Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska — experienced record warmth for the period.
| The Associated Press