Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Freezing cold temperatures and a parade of winter storms, this was a memorable winter, but it wasn’t as cold as you think! It was actually the second warmest on record for the Lower 48, many more heat records broke out West, 0 cold records broke in the East!

AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Elisa Raffa chats with Dr. Zachary Labe, climate scientist at Climate Central, about how one cold winter does not negate a warming climate.