This winter was roughly average in temperature, he said, while the last two were abnormally warm.
The lead into the summer heat wave in 2010 began as an abnormally warm autumn and spring in 2009-2010.
Others suspected the broken windows were due to flying gravel and abnormally warm temperatures.
Because of the hot summer and fall, the lake's waters were abnormally warm until the middle of December.
And reports on the economy, though distorted by abnormally warm winter weather, nevertheless suggest that recession has been avoided.
For now, the sea surface remains abnormally warm, and it is expected to continue that way at least through May.
Infrared images are used in medicine to detect abnormally warm areas of the body, revealing the location of diseased tissue.
Symptoms of sunburn are well known: the skin becomes red, painful, and abnormally warm after sun exposure.
Temperatures were abnormally warm for the already hot LA autumn.