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- Global April temperatures were 13th highest on record; Year-to-date is eighth warmest period on record; North American snow cover was third largest
According to NOAA scientists, April 2013 was also the 37th consecutive April and 338th consecutive month (more than 28 years) with a global temperature above the 20th-century average. - April was cool, wet and had more snow on the ground for the contiguous U.S.; April temperatures were coolest since 1997
According to NOAA scientists, the average temperature for the contiguous United States during April was 49.7°F, 1.4°F below the 20th-century average. It was the 23rd coolest April on record. Below-average temperatures dominated the central United States.
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- New current meter at Stevens will feed data into NOAA’s real-time information system to allow ships to navigate more safely in New York harbor
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