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INTERACTIVE: Looking at the weather of 2012

by: Raymond Grumney

Updated: January 7, 2013 - 11:22 AM

In 2012, the weather was like a verse from “Oh, Susannah”: It rained all May, June and July; the weather, it was dry. After an unforeseen mild winter, followed by a March that brought warmth of historic intensity and duration, drought intensified, but many farmers’ harvested record crops. Despite a warm summer, few damaging tornadoes appeared. October wildfires were doused by a record early snowfall. And meteorological winter brought a sun so hot we froze to death (and snow). Click on the tabs on top of the visualization to see other displays of weather data To view or download a PDF of 2012 or previous years of "The year in weather" as it appeared on the pages of the Star Tribune just click on the dates below: 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012

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