MAP: 2012 Was the Hottest Year on Record in the US

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| Wed Jan. 9, 2013 3:34 PM PST

Just saying.

This NOAA map shows a sampling of places where weather records were broken last year. You probably guessed that red indicates heat. Yellow represents dryness; orange is a double whammy record for heat and dryness.

Image courtesy of NOAA
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