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Record Low Mid-Atmospheric Pressure Predicted for Midwest Blizzard
The maximum intensity for the developing Midwest blizzard is nearly 2 days away, but a major forecast model is predicting mid-atmospheric pressures at least as low as any observed during February in...
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Blizzard Threatens Texas All-Time Snowfall Records
8 PM CST February 26 Update: Map updated with final totals.8 PM CST Update: The Amarillo snow total of 19" is the third heaviest for any storm on record:19 inches of snow at NWS #Amarillo. 2nd most...
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Washington March Snow: Rare Event Becoming Rarer?
The climatological average for March snowfall in Washington is just 1.3", so significant snowfalls in the first month of meteorological spring are rare. With the bust of the current "Snowquester",...
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Think It Was Cold Today, DC? Not Your Great-Great Grandfather's March of the...
Denizens of the DMV were complaining about the early-spring cold this March 21, but the chill was nowhere near the historical extremes for this date or any other date through the end of the month....
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Snowbound Sunday in Springfield: All-Time Daily Snowfall Record; St. Louis...
The National Weather Service reports that Springfield, Illinois set a daily snowfall record on March 24: A RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL OF 17 INCHES WAS SET AT SPRINGFIELD IL ON SUNDAY MARCH 24TH. THIS...
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Washington Fails to Reach 65° in March, First Time Since 1958
March 2013 has closed out the record books with a monthly high temperature in Washington of 63°. This is the coldest high for March since the 58° in 1958. It's only the second time Washington has...
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Washington Has Latest Occurrence of First 75° Temperature*
* since 20015:30 PM Update: The preliminary high for the day was 79° at 3 pm EDT.Original Post: With a noon temperature of 70°, Washington is well on its way to the first 75° or higher temperature of...
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Weather Whiplash: U.S. Cold Records Crush Heat Records 6.5 to 1 in April
One year after heat records smashed cold records by a ratio of over 35 to 1, preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) show that new daily low temperature records in the U.S....
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Triple-Digit Temperatures Crush Northern Plains/Midwest Heat Records;...
Image (click to enlarge): U.S. daily high temperatures for May 14, 2013, from Unisys While Mid Atlantic residents were complaining about the unseasonable cold temperatures on Tuesday, heat records were...
View ArticleAndrea Smashes Early-Season Rainfall Records
June 8, 10 AM Update: Added Salisbury, Wilmington, Allentown, Islip, Massena, Boston, Providence. Updated totals through midnight.10 PM EDT Update: Added Richmond, New Bern, Hartford, Bridgeport,...
View ArticleEarly Summer Heat Krushes Kansas Records
9 PM CDT Update: The preliminary final high temperature at Goodland was 107°, smashing the old record by 7°. Other records were tied or broken in Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and...
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New York on Track for Wettest June in 145-Year Climate Record
Images (click to enlarge): June total rainfall to date for New York and southern New England from National Weather Service (NWS); 48-hour total precipitation forecast through Friday evening, June 28,...
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Southwest Scorched by Historic Heat; Update: All-Time June Records at Death...
Image (click to enlarge): U.S. daily high temperatures, June 28, 2013, from Unisys. Note the bright blue area of 120°+.July 1 Update: The 129° at the aptly-named Furnace Creek in Death Valley on June...
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Record Rainfall Drenches Dulles; Update: Rain Ransacks Roanoke Record
Images (click to enlarge): Washington, DC regional radar, 12:49 am EDT, July 12, 2013, from The Weather Channel; 24-hour precipitation ending 8 am EDT, July 13, 2013, for Washington region, from...
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Record Heat in Northern Maine, Eastern Canada
Image (click to enlarge): U.S. temperatures at 4 pm EDT, July 15, 2013, from Unisys Record heat extended from northernmost Maine into eastern Canada on Monday, July 15: - The high temperature at...
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San Juan Swamps Century-Plus Rainfall Record
Image (click to enlarge): Puerto Rico 24-hour precipitation ending 8 am EDT, July 19, 2013, from National Weather ServiceMidnight Update: The final daily rainfall for San Juan is 9.23", the second...
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Super Summer Soaker Phloods Philadelphia Rainfall Record; Second Extreme in 3...
Images (click to enlarge): Top 10 wettest summers in Philadelphia, CapitalClimate chart from National Weather Service (NWS) data; Philadelphia precipitation percentage of normal for 90 days ending...
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Rain's Early Fall Smashes Pacific Northwest Precipitation Records
September 30 Update: September monthly precipitation records have also been set in Oregon at Eugene, Hillsboro, McMinnville (second highest), Portland (downtown and airport), and Salem, as well as at...
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It Hasn't Cooled Since 1989;Washington December Daily Low Temperature Records
Images (click to enlarge): December daily record low temperatures for Washington, DC, by year of occurrence; Number of December daily record lows per decade; CapitalClimate charts from National Weather...
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Omaha Crushes 119-Year Temperature Record
Image (click to enlarge): U.S. temperatures at 3 pm CST, January 19, 2014, from Unisys 9 PM Update: Added Hastings, Broken Bow, Imperial NE and Salina, Russell KSOriginal post: A mid-winter...
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Washington DC Climate: January 2014
Washington DC daily temperature departures and monthly average to date (click to enlarge): Washington DC daily precipitation and monthly departure to date (click to enlarge):CapitalClimate charts from...
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Top 3 Warmest Januaries Across Alaska
From National Weather Service Alaska (click to enlarge):
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Washington DC Climate: February 2014
Latest update: February 28 For daily updates most days around 5 pm EST:Follow @capital_climate Final February charts: Washington DC daily temperature departures from normal and monthly average to date...
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Washington DC Climate: March 2014
Latest update: March 23 For daily updates most days around 6 pm EDT:Follow @capital_climate March is on track for an average temperature of 42.7°, which would be 4.1° below the long-term average and...
View ArticleA Half Century of Climate Change: Personal Perspective
On the occasion of the 50th reunion of the Class of 1968: I aspire to be "a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children" [Wendell Berry]. During the more...
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