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Earth's temperature in May was the fourth-warmest May on record. Only the Mays in 1998, 2001 and 2005 were warmer. The globes most unusual warmth was measured in the western United States, Alaska, Iceland and much of Europe and Asia. El Nino, a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that effects weather patterns around the world, could be developing. The Climate Prediction Center's most recent updates notes that current observations and dynamical model forecasts indicate that conditions are favorable for a transition during June-August 2009. One of the most intense El Ninos occurred in 1998, which is also the year that the Earth recorded its warmest temperature on record. ![]() Copyright © 2003-2009 Weather Wiz Kids, LLC, All Rights Reserved.
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