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Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Snow in central New York in April - we may not like it, but the fact is, it's normal. Climate averages tell us that Syracuse averages 3.8 inches of snow in the month of April.

Monday, December 31, 2012  A new report says Lake Erie is one of the most threatened of the five Great Lakes.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Late last week the Climate Prediction Center (CPC), issued their winter weather outlook. In the Northeast, it calls for equal chances of both above and below average temperatures and precipitation.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  No surprise for Northeast residents sweating out the summer after a winter barely touching their snow shovels: this is the hottest year on record in the region so far.

Friday, July 20, 2012  The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University says the first half of 2012 was abnormally dry for the Northeast, except for Maine.

Monday, April 16, 2012  A Syracuse University scientist says global warming skeptics are misrepresenting his research on ancient crystal sediments in Antarctica.

Monday, February 20, 2012  A Cornell University crop and soil science professor says a warming climate could present a profitable opportunity for farmers in northern New York: soybeans.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Two groups of scientists at Cornell University are dueling over whether natural gas from shale is better or worse than coal when it comes to global climate change.

Monday, January 09, 2012  Along with ski resort operators and snowmobile vendors, the unusually mild winter has been rough on makers of a cold-climate delicacy called ice wine.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  Climate experts at Cornell University have made their annual predictions about the probability of a white Christmas, while noting that December is shaping up as the 12th month in a row of above-normal temperatures in the Northeast.

Thursday, October 06, 2011  Clocks may not be the only thing falling back: That signature autumn change in leaf colors may be drifting further down the calendar.

Friday, May 20, 2011  Last year was an active hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin with 19 named storms, of which 12 became hurricanes. The United States coastlines lucked out with most of the storms and all of the hurricanes staying out to sea.

Monday, March 21, 2011  Locally, our forecast on CNYcentral.com calls for weather conditions to more resemble wintertime this middle to late week.

Sunday, February 06, 2011  Atomospheric scientists ponder the effects of geo-engineering the strength of our sun.

Thursday, January 13, 2011  This story may be a hard one to swallow give the recent and coming cold and snowy conditions here in Central New York.