Word: weather
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ammunition in the continuing debate. A study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters shows that the climate in the 48 contiguous states of the U.S. has remained pretty much unchanged for nearly a century. By analyzing data gathered at weather stations across the U.S. between 1895 and 1987, meteorologist Kirby Hanson and two NOAA colleagues found that the average annual temperature had fluctuated between 52 degrees F and 54 degrees F, with no statistically significant long- term trend either up or down. The same was true of average rainfall, which generally ranged...
...longer. With freezing rain and slush, winter finally announced its return from vacation. Although there has not been a blizzard yet, this frigid weather seems to be a good omen for the future...
...what have we had instead of winter? The same boring weather, day after day. All of January was the same, 55 degrees and partly cloudy. So was the entire fall. For variation, it rains...
Rumor has it that students at the University of Miami are lining up outside travel agencies to get their Fun-in-the-Sun packages--four days of 70 degree weather in New England, guaranteed spots on the steps of Memorial Church for tanning, free sailing and surfing on the Charles...
...feel sorry for these poor, heat-crazed Western freshmen. The way this winter is going, they may never get the pleasure of falling through pristine snow and making snow angels. Instead, they will toss their frisbees at squirrels and say, "Hey, dudes, this weather, like, shreds. This is, like, what it's like in Southland--bitching. Rock...