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No U.S. states had a record cold winter. Nine had a record hot one | Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

What's going on in Utah? Record hot with a mystery chunk of below average just chillin

[-] Votes@piefed.social 24 points 2 months ago

Looks like the Salt Lake, other bodies of water like Lake Okeechobee in Florida or the Salton Sea are the same color.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

Part of me feels dumb as fuck but I'm going to blame this one on the map makers' color choices

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I keep telling myself out of habit "oh spring isn't here for the year. We haven't had the Easter snow yet"

I don't think that's gonna happen this year. And maybe it won't ever happen again...

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