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2006 is third warmest year on record for the United States mongabay.com December 14, 2006 2006 will likely go down as the third warmest year on record for the United States according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, North Carolina. Globally, 2006 will have the sixth highest annual global temperature since record keeping began in 1880 NCDC says that the 2006 annual average temperature for the contiguous United States (based on preliminary data) will likely be 2°F (1.1°C) above the 20th century mean, making 2006 the third warmest year on record, just cooler than 1998 and 1934. 2006 has been a record year for wildfires which researchers say will continue to increase in frequency and intensity as climate continues to warm. NCDC notes that higher temperatures produced a net increase in energy demand with 9 percent lower winter use more than offset by a 13 percent increase in summer use for air conditioning.
The government agency says that hurricane activity was classified as near-normal with nine named storms, the lowest number since 1995. El Niño helped suppress conditions conducive to hurricane formation in the Atlantic, but spurred a sharp increase in the number of Eastern Pacific hurricanes including three that made landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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