The United States is warming fastest at two of its corners, in the Northeast and the Southwest, an analysis of federal temperature records shows, AP reported. Northeastern states - led by Maine and Vermont - have gotten the hottest in the last 30 years in annual temperature, gaining 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.4 degrees Celsius) on average. But Southwestern states have heated up the most in the hottest months: The average New Mexico summer is 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit (1.8 degrees Celsius) warmer now than in 1984; in Texas, the summer days are 2.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) hotter. The contiguous United States' annual average temperature has warmed by 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit (0.7 degrees Celsius) since 1984. But that doesn't really tell you how hot it's gotten for most Americans. While man-made greenhouse gases warm the world as a whole, weather is supremely local. Some areas have gotten hotter than others because of atmospheric factors and randomness, climate scientists say. -- SPA 21:30 LOCAL TIME 18:30 GMT تغريد
