Many meteorologists and scientists say that a single warm winter is all part of the natural variations of an unpredictable climate, but a new climatic survey has reported that Europe's Alpine region is now warmer than at any other time since the Middle Ages, so could the current conditions be a taste of things to come?
While Moscow said the failure to notify Ashgabat was an accident, Russia simply did not need the gas as European demand was down significantly due to the financial crisis and a relatively warm winter.
The result is a three-in-one piece that's as appropriate for a warm fall morning as for a chilly winter night.
Some 19% of children in poverty said they had missed out on school trips and 14% said they did not have a warm coat to wear in the winter.
The unseasonably warm winter has resulted in a glut of lobster this year, bringing prices to a 40-year-low, according to Maine Marine Commissioner Patrick Keliher.
Home insulation, often referred to as cavity insulation, is a cast iron money saver during the winter months because it regulates the flow of heat from a warm area to a cold one.
Thames Valley Police officers can now keep warm in the winter weather with a uniform-issue woolly hat.
Over a third (37%) cannot afford warm winter clothes for the children and one in five cannot afford toys and sports equipment for them.
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This style, found almost nowhere else in Germany, uses dry straw and water reed to build the roofs, resulting in a home that is cool in the summer and warm in winter.
Home Depot shares might not have held up under pressure when the company reported fourth quarter results because of a highly profitable winter last year an unseasonably warm period that boosted numbers across retail.
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Talking about how the warm winter caused low demand for natural gas, which resulted in low prices, Mr. McClendon said a warm summer would increase demand for power generation and could boost prices for natural gas.
Inside the greenhouse, lines of bright sodium lights shine down on the growing tomato plants, and the temperature remains a constant, warm 23C -- even in the depths of winter when outside temperatures drop well below freezing.
But shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint insisted the government's "warm words" wouldn't "heat homes during a bitter winter".
The heating and cooling systems use air that has been earth-tempered drawn into a large tube and passed through the ground, which has a consistent temperature that is cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Ideally, bats need a warm spring followed by a summer without heavy rain and high winds and a steady cold winter so they remain in hibernation.
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Economists warn though that the warm winter may be artificially fueling both job creation and consumer spending, leaving a slowdown likely later this spring or during the summer.
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The consortium also pointed to a spell of warm weather in the middle of the month which "dampened demand" for autumn and winter clothes which had just arrived in the shops.
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The song has been public since January or so, and as winter returns, it's nice to look back on its ode to a quintessential warm-weather activity: cruising, among other forms of bragging sport.
Weather conditions similar to 2012 occurred in the winter of 1942, when the U.S. Midwest was unusually warm, and when the Wehrmacht encountered the formidable forces of "General Frost" in a Russian winter not unlike the one Russians just had.
But Teton gets a lot of online searches in both summer and winter since it's a gateway to Yellowstone National Park, where there are plenty of warm-weather activities, such as rock climbing, mountain biking and white-water rafting, says Lisa Delaney, vice president of marketing for Jackson Hole Sotheby's International Realty.
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