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January the 4th-warmest in more than a century
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| Last Edited | kal Feb 09, 2012 12:20pm |
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| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Thursday, February 9, 2012 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dogwood and daffodils are abloom across the South, a fact that's not really that unusual until you look at the calendar -- it's only the first week of February.
The blossom confusion is due to the unusually warm conditions across that region and most of the rest of the United States, with the temperatures from last month making it the fourth warmest January in 117 years, the National Climatic Data Center reported Tuesday.
Several cities across the United States shattered or tied their record high temperatures for the month.
In the northern Plains, where it's usually very frigid this time of year, tulips are already sprouting in Iowa due to the warm weather. Iowa broke a 98-year-old record for the latest winter day reached without hitting a zero degree temperature, the National Weather Service said. The lowest temperature so far this season recorded at the Des Moines airport was 1 degree above zero.
The unseasonably warm weather could spell disaster for these early bloomers. With several weeks of winter left on the calendar, killing frosts and freezes are still possible. If the temperature dips below freezing, the blooms will die and fall to the ground, not coming back until next year. If fruit trees bloom too early, a cold snap could kill the blossoms, preventing the trees from bearing fruit.
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