Subject: BREAKING NEWS: U.S. posts second hottest year on record
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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 09:32:00 -0600

2015 was the second-hottest year on record in the U.S., government scientists said Thursday.

Thursday's announcement, coming on the heels of a landmark global climate deal and an abnormally warm Christmas holiday season in much of the country, means that the United States experienced its 19th year in a row with temperatures that exceeded the 20th-century average. Only 2012 was hotter.

Scientists have said it's still likely that 2015 will set the record as the warmest year worldwide. Those data are due for release Jan. 20. 

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