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18 Mar 2007 09:39:18 PM |
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NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
March 15, 2007 — The December 2006-February 2007 U.S. winter season
had an overall temperature that was near average, according to
scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville,
N.C. Precipitation was above average in much of the center of the
nation, while large sections of the East, Southeast and West were
drier than average. The global average temperature was the warmest on
record for the December-February period. (Click NOAA image for larger
view of December 2006 through February 2007 statewide temperature
rankings. Please credit “NOAA.”)
U.S. Temperature Highlights
The winter temperature for the contiguous United States (based on
preliminary data) was 33.6 degrees F (0.9 degrees C). The 20th century
average is 33.0 degrees F (0.6 degrees C). Statewide temperatures were
warmer than average from Florida to Maine and from Michigan to
Montana. Cooler-than-average temperatures occurred in the southern
Plains and areas of the Southwest.
The 11th warmest December on record occurred in 2006.
Upper-level wind patterns brought unusually cold weather to the
southern Plains and much of the West in January. Snow and ice extended
as far south as Arizona, southern California and south Texas. More
typical winter conditions finally arrived in the eastern United States
by late January and a period of colder-than-normal temperatures
persisted through President’s Day weekend. (Click NOAA image for
larger view of December 2006 through February 2007 statewide
precipitation rankings. Please credit “NOAA.”)
February was 1.8 degrees F (0.9 degrees C) below the 20th century
average of 34.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees C), placing it in the top third
coldest Februarys in the 113-year record for the contiguous U.S.
Thirty-six states in the eastern two-thirds of the nation were cooler
than average, while Texas and the eleven states of the West were near
average to warmer-than-average.
The warmer-than-average winter temperatures in the Midwest and East
helped reduce residential energy needs for the nation. Using the
Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI—an index developed
at NOAA to relate energy usage to climate), the nation's residential
energy demand was approximately three percent lower than what would
have occurred under average climate conditions for the season.
Seasonal energy demand would have been even lower, if not for
February’s colder temperatures. For the month, temperature-related
residential energy demand was approximately six percent higher than
what would have occurred under average climate conditions for
February.
For Alaska, both February (1.4 degrees F/0.8 degrees C) and winter
(1.6 degrees F/0.9 degrees C) were warmer than average but far from
the record warmth of 2003 and 2001, respectively.
U.S. Precipitation Highlights
Winter precipitation was above average from the Upper Midwest to New
Mexico, Texas and Louisiana.
Several snow storms hit the Plains, Midwest and Northeast in February.
One storm struck the mid-Atlantic and New England Feb. 14 and 15, and
brought more than 20 inches of snow to widespread sections of the
interior Northeast. This event was preceded by a 10-day lake effect
storm that dumped more than 100 inches of snow on New York’s Tug Hill
Plateau. A total of 141 inches was reported at Redfield in Oswego
County.
Winter storms struck the Upper Midwest in late February and early
March. Heavy snowfall, with record-breaking amounts, occurred from
Feb. 23 through March 2.
Beneficial snows fell in the Sierras of California and the Great Basin
Ranges in late February and early March, but the overall winter
remained much drier than average. For all but the Northern Cascades
and the Front Range of the Rockies in Colorado and New Mexico,
seasonal snowpack was below average at the end of February.
Winter was drier than average from the Deep South to Kentucky, the
mid-Atlantic, and along the Northeast Seaboard states. Much of the
West also was drier than average. For February, precipitation was
below average in the Southeast, Northeast and Midwest regions.
At the end of February, water-year precipitation in Los Angeles was
the lowest on record, less than 25 percent of normal. According to the
U.S. Drought Monitor, 25 percent of the continental U.S. was in
moderate-to-exceptional drought at the end of February. The most
severe conditions were in southwest Texas, northern Minnesota, Wyoming
and the western High Plains.
Global Highlights
The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the sixth
warmest on record in February, but a record warm January helped push
the winter (December-February) to its highest value since records
began in 1880 (1.30 degrees F/0.72 degrees C above the 20th century
mean). El Niño conditions contributed to the season’s record warmth,
but the episode rapidly weakened in February, as ocean temperatures in
the central equatorial Pacific cooled more than 0.5 degrees F/0.3
degrees C and were near average for the month.
Separately, the global December-February land-surface temperature was
the warmest on record, while the ocean-surface temperature tied for
second warmest in the 128-year period of record, approximately 0.1
degree F (0.06 degrees C) cooler than the record established during
the very strong El Niño episode of 1997-1998.
During the past century, global surface temperatures have increased at
a rate near 0.11 degrees F (0.06 degrees C) per decade, but the rate
of increase has been three times larger since 1976, or 0.32 degrees F
(0.18 degrees C) per decade, with some of the largest temperature
increases occurring in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, is celebrating 200
years of science and service to the nation. From the establishment of
the Survey of the Coast in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson to the formation
of the Weather Bureau and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries in the
1870s, much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA. NOAA
is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety
through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related
events and information service delivery for transportation, and by
providing environmental stewardship of the nation's coastal and marine
resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than
60 countries and the European Commission to develop a global
monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes,
predicts and protects.
Relevant Web Sites
NOAA Climate of 2007: February in Historical Perspective
NOAA National Climatic Data Center
Media Contact:
John Leslie, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, (301) 713-1265
--
There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr" |
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| Title: Re: NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
18 Mar 2007 11:29:01 PM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
March 15, 2007 — The December 2006-February 2007 U.S. winter season
had an overall temperature that was near average,
but then your article states
.... The global average temperature was the warmest on
record for the December-February period.
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
18 Mar 2007 11:52:16 PM |
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:29:01 -0700, George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr
<tyrebiter@mooresciencehigh.edu> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
March 15, 2007 — The December 2006-February 2007 U.S. winter season
had an overall temperature that was near average,
but then your article states
.... The global average temperature was the warmest on
record for the December-February period.
So..... Global warming is happening everywhere except the US?
--
There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr" |
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| Title: Re: NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
19 Mar 2007 05:09:00 PM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:29:01 -0700, George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr
<tyrebiter@mooresciencehigh.edu> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
March 15, 2007 — The December 2006-February 2007 U.S. winter season
had an overall temperature that was near average,
but then your article states
.... The global average temperature was the warmest on
record for the December-February period.
So..... Global warming is happening everywhere except the US?
In the period December to February, yes.
Some days it is hotter than usual and some days it is colder than usual.
The occurrence of a warmer-than-normal day or period of time in one area
of the globe does not refute the overall trend of heating.
Why must I explain such obvious things to you?
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
19 Mar 2007 06:27:07 PM |
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:09:00 -0700, George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr
<tyrebiter@mooresciencehigh.edu> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:29:01 -0700, George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr
<tyrebiter@mooresciencehigh.edu> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
March 15, 2007 — The December 2006-February 2007 U.S. winter season
had an overall temperature that was near average,
but then your article states
.... The global average temperature was the warmest on
record for the December-February period.
So..... Global warming is happening everywhere except the US?
In the period December to February, yes.
Some days it is hotter than usual and some days it is colder than usual.
The occurrence of a warmer-than-normal day or period of time in one area
of the globe does not refute the overall trend of heating.
Nor does it constitute empirical proof. It is merely antidotical
evidence.
Why must I explain such obvious things to you?
Indeed.
--
There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "PagCal" |
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| Title: Re: NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
19 Mar 2007 05:34:08 AM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:29:01 -0700, George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr
<tyrebiter@mooresciencehigh.edu> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
March 15, 2007 — The December 2006-February 2007 U.S. winter season
had an overall temperature that was near average,
but then your article states
.... The global average temperature was the warmest on
record for the December-February period.
So..... Global warming is happening everywhere except the US?
Please re-read your own post:
During the past century, global surface temperatures have increased at
a rate near 0.11 degrees F (0.06 degrees C) per decade, but the rate
of increase has been three times larger since 1976, or 0.32 degrees F
(0.18 degrees C) per decade, with some of the largest temperature
increases occurring in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
19 Mar 2007 09:28:02 AM |
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:34:08 -0400, PagCal <pagcal@runbox.com> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:29:01 -0700, George Leroy Tyrebiter Jr
<tyrebiter@mooresciencehigh.edu> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Record
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
March 15, 2007 — The December 2006-February 2007 U.S. winter season
had an overall temperature that was near average,
but then your article states
.... The global average temperature was the warmest on
record for the December-February period.
So..... Global warming is happening everywhere except the US?
Please re-read your own post:
During the past century, global surface temperatures have increased at
a rate near 0.11 degrees F (0.06 degrees C) per decade, but the rate
of increase has been three times larger since 1976, or 0.32 degrees F
(0.18 degrees C) per decade, with some of the largest temperature
increases occurring in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
But not in the US this winter. Perhaps the US will make up for lost
ground in the spring and summer.
Science that lives by anecdotal evidence dies by anecdotal evidence.
-- Captain Compassion
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There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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19 Mar 2007 12:38:06 AM |
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On Mar 18, 6:39 pm, Captain Compassion <dar...@NOSPAMcharter.net>
wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Recordhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
Is this the same NOAA whose chief climatologist was silenced by Bush
presidential order last year?
Seems we got some problem with NOAA prognostications.. eh?
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE |
19 Mar 2007 09:23:13 AM |
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On 18 Mar 2007 22:38:06 -0700, wrote:
On Mar 18, 6:39 pm, Captain Compassion <dar...@NOSPAMcharter.net>
wrote:
NOAA SAYS U.S. WINTER TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE
Global December-February Temperature Warmest on Recordhttp://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2819.htm
Is this the same NOAA whose chief climatologist was silenced by Bush
presidential order last year?
Seems we got some problem with NOAA prognostications.. eh?
This is not a prognostication. Right or wrong it is a statistic.
--
There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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