First half of 2012 hottest on record for Michigan (+27 other states)
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Source: MLive
The first six months of 2012 were the warmest on record in Michigan and the contiguous United States, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Temperatures across the lower 48 states were 4.5 degrees above average during the first half of the year, more than a full degree hotter than the previous record set in 2006.
In Michigan, temperatures were 6.2 degrees above average, topping the previous high of 1921. An unusually hot March pushed up the average, and we just experienced the state's 17th hottest June, according to records that date back to 1895.
Read more: http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/07/first_half_of_2012_hottest_on.html
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Climate change, anyone?
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After hitting 90 degrees 2 days in March, with over a week of highs at least 70, it turned around in April and froze about 2 nights out of 3, ruining the state's important fruit crop, with yields expected to be down from 90% to 99% depending upon the crop.
Out of about 100 fruit trees on my property, I so far have found one apple, two peaches, a quince, and a handful of paw paws. Quite the crop this year.
But, of course, there is no man-made climate change, none, nada, zippo. 
