No U.S. states had a record cold winter. Nine had a record hot one | Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat

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No U.S. states had a record cold winter. Nine had a record hot one | Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat - SLRPNK

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What’s going on in Utah? Record hot with a mystery chunk of below average just chillin

Looks like the Salt Lake, other bodies of water like Lake Okeechobee in Florida or the Salton Sea are the same color.
Part of me feels dumb as fuck but I’m going to blame this one on the map makers’ color choices