It is the new normal that businesses almost everywhere in the U.S. must adopt to. Extreme weather. As you have probably heard by now, 2012 was the warmest year in recorded history for the country, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
2012 was a full 3.2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, and a full degree hotter than the previous record year, 1998, according to NOAA.