In a USA Today article published on Friday, it states that according to climatologists, the Earth was about 1.3 degrees above average last month. Sounds a bit skeptical to those of us in the United States and Europe that have been experiencing winter weather extremes in the form of record breaking low temperatures and snowfall. But our weather conditions are only a very small fraction of Earth's overall dynamic atmospheric environment.
The main heat in January is said to have come from the subtropical areas, especially from the Sahara through Arabia and South Asia.
Meanwhile in the United States, nearly three quarters of the nation is snow covered and for the first time in 14 years, Lake Erie, with an average depth of 62 feet, completely froze over!
And these crazy extremes are why we love weather!
