Cause Of Climate Change In New York City

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Climate Change
New York City in the beginning of March of 2016 first high temperature at 75 degrees and low at 57 degrees , a year ago the same date the high was 53 degrees high and the low 39 degrees. That’s a difference for the high of 18 degree and 14 for the low. Flowers and plants began to bloom this year at end of February ,usually their blooming season starts in April.
Climate refers to longer-term averages, the weather averaged over several seasons, years or decades. In New York, we have usually low temperatures in the winter and high temperatures in the summer, and intermediate temperatures in the Spring and Fall. Ultimately, climate has been changing with warmer winters, longer summers, increase of storm intensity and frequency.

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