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NOAA: US Experienced Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation in April

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C) above the long-term (1901-2000) average (14 th warmest April on record). cm) below the 1901-2000 average. Based on a 116-year record since 1895, this monthly analysis prepared by scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. C), which is 2.3 °F

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NOAA: Average US Temperature in September 1 F Above 20th Century Average

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Based on records going back to 1895, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. inches (63 mm), exactly the 1901-2000 average. inches (63 mm), exactly the 1901-2000 average. The acreage burned by wildfires was roughly half of the 2000-2009 average.

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John Brooks Slaughter: Courageous Advocate for Diversity in STEM

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I visited schools in Mississippi, North Carolina, and Georgia, and I established relationships with some of the scientists at Howard University ,” an HBCU in Washington, D.C. At the time, it did not accept part-time students. He told me that if I wanted his job, I would have to get a Ph.D., He eventually chose UCSD.