If all goes according to plan, this winter will take the heat as the warmest winter on record.
Thus far this year, those of us in the Northern Hemisphere have felt temperatures 1.3 degrees above the norm. Experts predict that the trend will continue and break 2005's warm winter record.
Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere is only in its ninth-warmest winter.
Back in the U.S., temperatures in December through February are expected to be 4 percent hotter than the 30-year average. During the last 10 years, winters have been more mild across the country. Northern states have been particularly mild.
With the heat comes drought. Experts predict the U.S. will see below-average rainfall in the Southeast and Southwest.
