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Hot Weather Leads to 'Yucky' Maple Syrup

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:48:38 CDT

The record high temperatures in March resulted in maple syrup that one syrup distributor refers to as simply “yucky,” and total syrup output in the US fell as much as 40%, Reuters reports. "It was kind of a disaster," the company owner says with regard to the 2012 season. Sugar...

Last 12-Month Stretch Warmest on Record

Rob Quinn — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:44:56 CDT

It's getting hot out there. The 12-month period from May 2011 to April 2012 was the warmest since records began in 1895, according to the NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. The year-long stretch was 0.1°F warmer than the previous record-setter, November 1999-October 2000, and was 2.8°F warmer than...

Parts of East Coast to Get Blanketed in Snow

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:48:50 CDT

Heat records are being obliterated left and right this year, but apparently the Northeast hasn't quite seen the last of winter yet: A rare late-April snowstorm is headed for western Pennsylvania and upstate New York, leading some schools in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains to preemptively close. The nor'easter, which caused rain...

2012 Obliterating US Heat Records

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:51:56 CDT

If you found yourself thinking last month, "Wow, it's awfully hot for March," you weren't wrong. Temperatures were 8.6 degrees higher than normal last month in the contiguous US, and 6 degrees above average for January, February, and March, the AP reports. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Much of US Choked by Drought

Matt Cantor — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:01:34 CDT

Last year, dry conditions cost Southern farmers some $10 billion, and once again, things are looking bleak. Some 61% of the lower 48 states is experiencing drought or "abnormally dry" weather—the biggest proportion of the country since September 2007, USA Today reports. Just two states have completely escaped such...

Weatherman Sues CBS for Sex Discrimination

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:15:00 CDT

A San Diego weatherman is suing CBS for sex and age discrimination. Kyle Hunter , who works for Fox 5, claims his job applications have been ignored by KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles because he's not a 20-something female, reports the Daily Mail . Hunter, 40, is seeking unspecified damages for...

Winter Storm Pounds Colorado

Matt Cantor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:48:28 CST

Heavy snowfall in Colorado has shut down sections of I-70 and I-25 amid a number of accidents, as snow piled up at two inches per hour on the Eastern Plains. An area near Denver has already seen a foot and a half of snow, and another foot is likely in...

11K Serbians Trapped by Snow

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:50:24 CST

Eastern Europe's week-long cold snap shows no sign of relenting, with increasingly tragic consequences: The death toll has risen to 114, and some 11,000 Serbians living in remote villages are trapped, reports the AP . Heavy snow and blizzards have made the roads impassable, stranding those living in some 6,...

58 Dead in European Cold Snap

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:46:47 CST

Thirty people, most of them homeless, have died of hypothermia in recent days in Ukraine, part of a surge of deaths across eastern Europe as the region grapples with an unusually severe cold spell. In all, at least 58 people have died from the cold in Europe over the last...