India, March 9 -- According to US science agency, December2019-February 2020 was mostly warmer and wetter across contiguous US

Some regions in the United States shivered through February 2020 - and some experienced an unusually warm winter.

According to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, the winter (December 2019-February 2020) was much warmer - and wetter - across the 48 contiguous states.

Alaska, on the other hand, shivered under its coldest February in more than two decades.

During February, the average contiguous US temperature was 36.2 degrees Fahrenheit - 2.4degF above the 20th century average. This, according to NOAA data, was among the warmest one-third of the 126-year period on record.

Above-average tempe...