❄️ Is winter getting warmer?
For my Climate Lab column, I analyzed high-resolution temperature data and built an app to let you search for your city and see the winter temperature trend.
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In 86% of the lower 48 states, winter is warming. Why is 14% cooling? Is it random variation? The elongated polar vortex?
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I also made this "wartplot" to show winter temperature trends in cities in different regions.
In New England, winters have warmed by more than 1°F per decade in many cities. But in much of the West, the trend is weaker, and it's even cooled in some places.
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