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Punxsutawney Phil was right, at least in Cleveland
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It's been six weeks since Punxsutawney Phil predicted we would get six more weeks of winter.
Driving the news: Phil was partially correct, depending on where you live, NOAA Weather Prediction Center meteorologist Deirdre Dolan tells Axios.
What they're saying: "February was anomalously cold for the Northeast, but temperatures elsewhere in the nation were warmer than average," said Dolan.
Zoom in: Cleveland's average February temperature was 28.8 degrees, 2.3 degrees lower than normal, per NOAA.
- The region saw 13 days of max temps below freezing in February.
Zoom out: Pittsburgh, New York City, and Orlando also had colder-than-average February temperatures.
- But regions west of the Mississippi River saw much warmer February temperatures.
- Denver and Kansas City were over 9 degrees warmer than usual.
