LAST YEAR, 2017, WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD IN NEW MEXICO. AND IT LOOKS LIKE 2018 WILL ALSO BE AMONG THE WARMEST…COMING IN AT NUMBER THREE AT THIS POINT. METEOROLOGIST DAVID CRAFT AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THIS TREND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. HE SAYS EIGHT OF THE TOP 10 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR NEW MEXICO HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE YEAR 2000. FOR ALBUQUERQUE, SIX OF THE 10 YEARS DEEMED THE WARMEST HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2000.
CRAFT SAYS SOME REFER TO THE LONG TERM WARMING TREND AS GLOBAL WARMING OR CLIMATE CHANGE…AND EVIDENCE OF THAT IS BEING SEEN HERE IN NEW MEXICO.
