Winter 'second warmest on record'
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The UK experiences its second warmest winter since records began in 1914, Met Office figures show.
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A sweltering heat wave lingering over  the U.S. Northeast was expected to boost power consumption to  record levels for the second day in a row on Wednesday.
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Residential heating costs are projected to soar this winter to more than &#36;1,000 on average because of higher fuel costs and expected colder weather, the government said Wednesday.
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It should be warmer than normal for  most of this week in the U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest  consumer of heating oil, private weather forecaster Meteorlogix  said Monday.
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An above expected chilly winter almost a week away from its official arrival date, with temperature already hovering below freezing; top it with a US government data showing a slight decline in crude and heating oil supplies is a wonderful recipe for
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Residents in parts of the Northeast braced Monday for the second winter storm in as many days, testing weather records and motorists' patience but delighting operators of ski resorts. The storm could dump as much as 9 inches of snow in higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England on Tuesday, adding a new coating to the foot or more that has already fallen in spots.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 2--It's even more predictable than the weather. Plenty of people,  when they hear that an international panel of scientists is saying today that  it's "very likely" human activity is causing global warming, will point to  Thursday's winter storm.
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Brutal winter weather that has battered China's central, eastern and southern sections prompted the China Meteorological Administration to issue a rare red alert Monday as the nation braced for more snow and bone-chilling temperatures.
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This year has been one of the warmest globally since reliable records began, a preliminary analysis concludes.
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Warmer temperatures were forecast Friday for the Northeast, with some locations topping Thursday's highs by as much as 20 degrees.
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Tokyo has set a record for its longest snowless winter amid growing worldwide concerns about global warming, according to meteorologists.
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There's new evidence from an Antarctic ice core that the popular image of the melting poles doesn't quite fit reality at the southern one. Elizabeth R. Thomas of the British Antarctic Survey and colleagues report in Geophysical Research Letters that snow accumulation has doubled since 1850 in the western Antarctic peninsula, and that the trend [...].
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Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century.
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Heating bills will still be higher this winter, but costs appear to have peaked last month.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Strength in heating-oil and natural-gas futures led an overall climb among energy prices for a second session Tuesday, as cold US weather sparked concerns over heating-fuel supplies for the winter season.
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Mother nature is fickle. Just two weeks ago, freezing ice and snow blanketed the region. Last week, she teased us with mild weather. Dare we say it? Spring is just around the corner.
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The forecasters who predicted this summer's rain expect one of the coldest winters on record - but the Met Office is not so sure.