Persistent Weather Patterns (IMAGE)

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Persistent Weather Patterns

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These are land surface temperatures from December 26, 2017 to January 2, 2018, compared with the 2001 to 2010 average for the same eight-day period. The persistent warm West and cold East pattern that was so prevalent last winter caused a western drought that led to summer fires, a prolonged cold spell in much of the East and a parade of nor'easters along the East Coast.

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NASA Earth Observatory

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