Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Bur
Forget spring: This week, much of the interior U.S. is getting a sneak preview of summer. A wave of unusual high temperatures — often 30 to 40 degrees above average — are blasting states from Texas to the Dakotas and east to the shores of the Great Lakes. That heat follows the hottest December on…