Extreme Weather Map Shows 3,527 Monthly Weather Records
Shattered in 2012 Top Ten States with Greatest Percentage of
Locations with Record-Breaking Heat: TN, WI, MN, IL, IN, NV, WV,
ME, CO, MD NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In
2012, there were at least 3,527 monthly weather records for
heat, rain and snow broken by extreme weather events that hit
communities throughout the U.S., according to an updated
interactive extreme weather mapping tool and year-end review
released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The
2012 tally exceeds the 3,251 records smashed in 2011 and
catalogues these record-breaking extreme events in all 50
states. New this year, the interactive map at
www.nrdc.org/extremeweather also ranks all 50 states for the
percentage of weather stations reporting at least one monthly
heat record broken in 2012. The ten states showing the highest
percentage with new heat records are: Tennessee (36%), Wisconsin
(31%), Minnesota (30%), Illinois (29%), Indiana (28%), Nevada
(27