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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2004
Page
3
The World Meteorological Organization reports 2004 as the fourth warmest year on record with global temperatures about 0.8 degrees above normal. October 2004 was the warmest October since 1861, as hurricanes and typhoons drive costly weather disasters.
State climatologist notes 2004 averaged 48.8 degrees in Iowa, slightly above normal, ranking as the 45th warmest year in 132 years. Summer was among the coolest on record with a statewide 67.8 degree average and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City hitting 90 degrees on July 13. Jarraud cites global warming as a plausible factor behind rising temperatures and increased storm activity.
Cornell scientist David Wolfe and colleagues at Wisconsin report lilacs in the Northeast bloom about four days earlier than in 1965. The study ties shifting bloom times to global warming and will appear in the International Journal of Biometeorology.
A bomb targeted Shiite cleric Sheik Abdul Mahdi al Karbalayee killing seven near Karbala as Iraq kicks off its first post-Saddam election campaign. Iran and Syria accused of backing security operatives while Ayad Allawi unveils his candidate list amid Sunni boycott threats.
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