NOAA's new 'normal' makes it official: U.S. is heating up

摘要

NOAA released a new 30-year set of climate data yesterday that offers an updated standard for what will define"normal" weather in the next decade.One thing is clear: The nation is getting warmer, at least most of it.NOAA officials said the overall trend from 1991 through 2020 showed the West, the South and eastern parts ofthe United States heating up, with an increase of anywhere from 0.5 to 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit in maximum andminimum temperatures.