April 2012 News

April 2012 Heats Up as 5th Warmest Month Globally

Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, U.S. weather statistics show. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center calculated that April’s average temperature of 57.9 degrees (14.4 degrees Celsius) was nearly …

Severe Weather Insured Losses Approach $1B in April

A series of severe weather events across central and southern sections of the United States in April caused upwards of $1 billion in insured losses, according to Aon Benfield’s latest edition of its Global Catastrophe Recap report. During last month’s …