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Preliminary Data: Sandy Precipitation Breaks Mid-Atlantic Records
October 30, 7 PM Update: Based on daily records from the National Climatic Data Center, yesterday's rain from Sandy was also the 5th wettest day of any month in Baltimore climate history dating back to...
View ArticleSuperstorm Sandy Pushes Cleveland Rainfall to October Record
The fringes of Superstorm Sandy reached well into the Midwest, as Cleveland reported a peak wind gust of 68 mph at 11:25 pm on October 29. Heavy rainfall also pushed the monthly precipitation to new...
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Sandy Precipitation Update: Maryland in Bullseye
Preliminary analysis from the National Climatic Data Center for the precipitation totals from Superstorm Sandy shows that Maryland was in the bullseye. Nearly all of the area of highest rainfall...
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November Snowfall Records Broken in New York Area; Earliest 4"+ at Central Park
As noted here previously, measurable snowfall has been observed as early as late August, September, and October in the interior of the Northeast during the 19th century, but yesterday's storm set...
View ArticleHeat Records Set in Northern New York, New England
8 PM Update: Mt. Mansfield VT also set a record: A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEGREES WAS SET AT MOUNT MANSFIELD VT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 53 DEGREES SET IN 1964. Original post:With...
View ArticleWind Power's Health Hazards
Wind turbine syndrome might just seem like a collection of unrelated health complaints to the untrained eye, but untrained eye is also a symptom of wind turbine syndrome. Stephen Colbert reports:The...
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2012 U.S. Heat Records Exceeding Cold Records at Nearly Double Last Year's Pace
The number of new daily high temperature records in the contiguous 48 states of the U.S. declined below the number of low records in October for the first time in 22 months. Nevertheless, the first...
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Washington's 7th Driest November; Second Biggest October/November Relative...
November 30, 5 PM Update: Added 2012 monthly data and charts.Original post:With the mere 0.06" of light rain on Tuesday, November 2012 will close out tomorrow with only 0.60" of precipitation at...
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Record Northern Pacific Coast Rainfall
Image (click to enlarge): Northern California precipitation for 24 hours ending at 5 am PST, November 30, 2012, from National Weather ServiceNovember 30 Update: Crescent City peaked out at 4.14" of...
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Pacific Coast Rainfall Record Update: Focus Shifts to Central California;...
The focus of record-breaking rainfall shifted southward to central California on Friday. At downtown San Francisco, where climate records began in 1850, the 1.39" broke a 133-year-old record for...
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Decmber Kicks Off With a Record-Smashing Start: U.S. Heat Records Beat Cold...
December 3 Update: The number of new high temperature records for the first 2 days of December has now reached 195 in the 48 contiguous states, a ratio of nearly 100 to 1.8 PM Update: Here are some...
View ArticleEarly December Heat Sets Mid Atlantic Records
The high temperature of 71° set a new record for December 3 at Washington. The National Weather Service report: A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON REAGAN NATIONAL DC TODAY....
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November Update: U.S. Continues on Track for Record Warmest Year
The preliminary national climate review for November from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) shows that the U.S. is virtually certain to set a record for warmest yearly average temperature in...
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Midwest Mildness Smashes Snowless Streaks; Records Broken in Nebraska
December 10 Update: The streak continues at Milwaukee, where no precipitation is forecast before Saturday. It also continues at Chicago, Omaha, Lincoln.December 9 Update:The Omaha snowless streak has...
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Record Daily Snowfall at Minneapolis
Images (click to enlarge): Snowfall amounts in Minnesota and the Minneapolis region, December 8-9, from National Weather ServiceDecember 14 Update: The average temperature at Minneapolis for the first...
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Counting Down to Washington's Record Warmest Year: "It Hasn't Warmed Since...
Record Hot Year Countdown Scorecard Date High Low 2012-YTD 1991-YTD Departure to Miss 12-10 63 49 62.7 61.5 -18.1 12-11 62 41 62.6 61.4 -19.5 12-12 47 39 62.6 61.4 -20.7 12-13 50 35 62.5 61.4 -22.1...
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Spectacularly Warm Start to December in U.S.; Above-Average Temperatures From...
As noted last week, December got an exceptionally warm start in the contiguous 48 states of the U.S., and that trend has continued even more strongly through the first third of the month. Except for 2...
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Global Temperature Update: 5th Warmest November, 2nd Warmest Fall, 8th...
The National Climatic Data Center preliminary analysis for November 2012 shows that it was the 5th warmest November globally since records began in 1880. For meteorological autumn (September-November),...
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New South Carolina All-Time State High Temperature Record Confirmed
Images (click to enlarge): South Carolina high temperatures, June 29, 2012, from National Weather Service; Location of South Carolina all-time record high temperature, from South Carolina State...
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