<div id="subtitle">Records show record high temps now twice as likely as record lows</div><div><p>Record high temperatures are occurring more than twice as often as record lows.</p><p>According to a new study, between Jan. 1, 2000 and Sept. 30, this year the continental United States set 291,237 record highs and 142,420 record lows at various locations.</p><p>"Climate change is making itself felt in terms of day-to-day weather in the United States," said Gerald Meehl, a researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the lead author of the study.</p><p>In addition to NCAR, the research was done by scientists at the Weather Channel and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is being published in Geophysical Research Letters.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=63242017&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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