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Meteorologist: Too early to know if unusual Wednesday weather is product of climate change

Steve Vavrus, a senior scientist with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison, said the record warmth is a byproduct of a warming climate. “We always expect an event like this to be rare, but climate change loads the dice so that these freakishly warm days, like we had today, become more likely,” he said.