{"id":2263,"date":"2015-03-06T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2015-03-06T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:33:05","slug":"winter-2014-15-extreme-warmth-in-the-west-outweighed-the-cold-in-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/03\/winter-2014-15-extreme-warmth-in-the-west-outweighed-the-cold-in-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 2014-15: Extreme warmth in the West outweighed the cold in the East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA released their summary for the past winter on Friday (link to summary report <a title=\"NOAA winter 2014-15 climate summary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/sotc\/summary-info\/national\/2015\/2\" target=\"_blank\">her<\/a>e). \u00a0Statistics for February are also available there. \u00a0The report notes that:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"summary-highlights\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/temp-and-precip\/climatological-rankings\/index.php?periods[]=3&amp;parameter=tavg&amp;state=2&amp;div=0&amp;month=2&amp;year=2015#ranks-form\">Arizona<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/temp-and-precip\/climatological-rankings\/index.php?periods[]=3&amp;parameter=tavg&amp;state=4&amp;div=0&amp;month=2&amp;year=2015#ranks-form\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/temp-and-precip\/climatological-rankings\/index.php?periods[]=3&amp;parameter=tavg&amp;state=26&amp;div=0&amp;month=2&amp;year=2015#ranks-form\">Nevada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/temp-and-precip\/climatological-rankings\/index.php?periods[]=3&amp;parameter=tavg&amp;state=42&amp;div=0&amp;month=2&amp;year=2015#ranks-form\">Utah<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/temp-and-precip\/climatological-rankings\/index.php?periods[]=3&amp;parameter=tavg&amp;state=45&amp;div=0&amp;month=2&amp;year=2015#ranks-form\">Washington<\/a> each had their warmest winter on record. In California, the winter temperature bested the previous seasonal record that occurred just last year by 1.5\u00b0F. An additional five states, from the Rockies to West Coast, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/temp-and-precip\/climatological-rankings\/index.php?periods[]=3&amp;parameter=tavg&amp;state=50&amp;div=0&amp;month=2&amp;year=2015#ranks-form\">Alaska<\/a>, had one of their 10 warmest winters on record.<\/li>\n<li>Below-average winter temperatures, driven in large part by a frigid February, were observed from the Mississippi River to the East Coast. Due to a mild first half of winter, no state had winter temperatures that ranked among the 10 coldest on record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-temp-rank-2014-15.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2264\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-temp-rank-2014-15-300x219.gif\" alt=\"winter temp rank 2014-15\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-temp-rank-2014-15-300x219.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-temp-rank-2014-15-189x138.gif 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-precip-rank-2014-15.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2265\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-precip-rank-2014-15-300x219.gif\" alt=\"winter precip rank 2014-15\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-precip-rank-2014-15-300x219.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/03\/winter-precip-rank-2014-15-189x138.gif 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA released their summary for the past winter on Friday (link to summary report here). \u00a0Statistics for February are also available there. \u00a0The report notes that: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, andWashington each had their warmest winter on record. In California, the winter temperature bested the previous seasonal record that occurred just last year by 1.5\u00b0F. 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