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US records: 2015 winter is hottest on record globally
WASHINGTON – U.S. federal records show that this winter and the first two months of 2015 were the hottest on record globally.
At nearly 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (-17 Celsius) above 20th century average, last month was the second warmest February on record globally, slightly behind 1998.
But the combined January and February temperature beat the old record for the first two months set in 2002. December through February broke the meteorological winter record set in 2007.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records go back to 1880.
Parts of Russia, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, South America and especially the U.S. West were extra warm.
A chilly U.S. East stuck out like a cold thumb in a toastier world.
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