{"id":6988,"date":"2016-05-09T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=6988"},"modified":"2016-05-09T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:50:58","slug":"noaa-warm-april-contributes-to-second-warmest-year-to-date-for-contiguous-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/05\/noaa-warm-april-contributes-to-second-warmest-year-to-date-for-contiguous-us\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA: Warm April contributes to second warmest year to date for contiguous US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest monthly climate summary for the US from NOAA was published late last week. \u00a0It shows that the average temperature for April for the contiguous US was the 18th warmest on record, while Alaska continued to see record warmth. \u00a0April was warm enough that the January-April average temperature for the lower 48 was the second warmest on record. \u00a0You can read the details at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/sotc\/summary-info\/national\/201604\">https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/sotc\/summary-info\/national\/201604<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-temp-by-cd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6989\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-temp-by-cd-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"apr 16 temp by cd\" width=\"308\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-temp-by-cd.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-temp-by-cd-189x138.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-precip-percentage.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6990\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-precip-percentage-300x227.gif\" alt=\"apr 16 precip percentage\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-precip-percentage-300x227.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/apr-16-precip-percentage-183x138.gif 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-temp-dep-us.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6991\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-temp-dep-us-300x226.gif\" alt=\"j-a 16 temp dep us\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-temp-dep-us-300x226.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-temp-dep-us-183x138.gif 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-precip-percentage.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6992\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-precip-percentage-300x227.gif\" alt=\"j-a 16 precip percentage\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-precip-percentage-300x227.gif 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/05\/j-a-16-precip-percentage-183x138.gif 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest monthly climate summary for the US from NOAA was published late last week. \u00a0It shows that the average temperature for April for the contiguous US was the 18th warmest on record, while Alaska continued to see record warmth. \u00a0April was warm enough that the January-April average temperature for the lower 48 was the 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