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News Release 09-222
Record Highs Far Outpace Record Lows Across U.S.
Daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over past decade
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The ratio of record daily highs to lows from 1950-2009 at 1,800 U.S. weather stations.
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NCAR scientist Gerald Meehl talks about how climate change is being felt on a day-to-day basis.
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This decade's warming was more pronounced in the western than the eastern U.S.
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Much of the nation's warming is happening at night, when record lows occur less often.
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