NOAA: Above-Normal February Temperatures Across Much Of US

Published: Jan 31, 2012

By David Bird
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES


NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Above-normal temperatures are expected across much of the U.S. in February, government forecasters said Tuesday in an end-of-the-month outlook.

The forecast extends the area of above-normal temperatures farther into the northern and western Plains than was expected in the Jan. 19 forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

From the West Coast inland to central Montana and Arizona, NOAA sees equal chances of normal, above-normal or below-normal temperatures in the month. An equal chances designation also is in place for northern New England and South Florida.

-By David Bird, Dow Jones Newswires; 1-212-416-2141; david.bird@dowjones.com