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Global Warming Facts and Our Future
  PAST CHANGE

Regional Climate Change

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The year-to-year variability—the spikiness—of the record at any one location is generally greater than the global average.

Graph of the temperature around Washington DC during the 20th Century
This graph show the variability in temperature for the Washington, DC area during the twentieth century. A warming trend similar to the global average can be seen.


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