2012 to Be the Warmest Year on Record

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Another factor in energy costs that may keep oil and gas prices low is the prevalence of unusually warm weather. Daytime temperatures will not be below freezing anywhere in the United States today, with the exception of northern Minnesota. The Weather.com 30-day temperature forecast shows more than half the nation will experience higher-than-normal temperatures. Only the area around Florida is expected to be lower than normal.

And the number of areas that expect record temperature averages for the entire year continues to rise. Weather.com reports:

The warmest year on record is a virtual certainty in the Lower 48 states this year as NOAA and weather.com reported earlier this month.

While that covers the nation, Climate Central has localized this story by illustrating New York City’s chance at the warmest year on record in the graphic above. Through November, the average temperature for the year in the Big Apple was tracking very close to the warmest year ever recorded in the city set in 1991, 1990 and 1998.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Trey has been an editor and author at 24/7 Wall St. for more than a decade, where he has published thousands of articles analyzing corporate earnings, dividend stocks, short interest, insider buying, private equity, and market trends. His comprehensive coverage spans the full spectrum of financial markets, from blue-chip stalwarts to emerging growth companies.

Beyond 24/7 Wall St., Trey has created and edited financial content for Benzinga and AOL's BloggingStocks, contributing additional hundreds of articles to the investment community. He previously oversaw the 24/7 Climate Insights site, managing editorial operations and content strategy, and currently oversees and creates content for My Investing News.

Trey's editorial expertise extends across multiple publishing environments. He served as production editor at Dearborn Financial Publishing and development editor at Kaplan, where he helped shape financial education materials. Earlier in his career, he worked as a writer-producer at SVE. His freelance editing portfolio includes work for prestigious clients such as Sage Publications, Rand McNally, the Institute for Supply Management, the American Library Association, Eggplant Literary Productions, and Spiegel.

Outside of financial journalism, Trey writes fiction and has been an active member of the writing community for years, overseeing a long-running critique group and moderating workshop sessions at regional conventions. He lives with his family in an old house in the Midwest.

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