Record Weather for July

July 26th, 2010

So far the average temperature for July is 82 °F in Central Park, NY.  If things don’t cool down too much between now and then we may break the record of 81.4 °F July average temperature set back in 1999.  82 °F is about 5.6 degrees above normal.  LaGuardia, NY also has been rather warm this month with the average temperature so far this month being 83.4 °F which is 6.5 degrees above normal.  Here are some other statistics from around the U.S.:

JFK Airport

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 81.5 °F (7 degrees above normal)

Islip, NY

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 78.8 °F (4.3 degrees above normal)

Bridgeport, CT

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 78.6 °F (4.9 degrees above normal)

Newark, NJ

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 83.1 °F (6.1 degrees above normal)

Albany, NY

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 75.9 °F (4.9 degrees above normal)

Glens Falls, NY

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 72.9 °F (3 degrees above normal)

Allentown, PA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 77.5 °F (3.8 degrees above normal)

Atlantic City, NJ

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 80.9 °F ( 5.7 degrees above normal)

Georgetown, DE

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 80.6 °F (4.9 degrees above normal)

Philadelphia, PA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 82.3 °F (4.8 degrees above normal)

Reading, PA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 79.6 °F (5.1 degrees above normal)

Trenton, NJ

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 81.4 °F (5.5 degrees above normal)

Wilmington, DE

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 80.4 °F (3.6 degrees above normal)

Mount Pocano, PA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 72.8 °F (6.4 degrees above normal)

Reagan National, DC

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 83.5 °F (4.4 degrees above normal)

Baltimore, MD

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 82.1 °F (5.6 degrees above normal)

Dulles Airport, DC

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 79.9 °F (4.2 degrees above normal)

Martinsburg, WV

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 78.8 °F (2.3 degrees above normal)

Richmond, VA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 83.1 °F (5.3 degrees above normal)

Norfolk, VA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 83.5 °F (4.4 degrees above normal)

Salisbury, MD

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 80.6 °F (3.4 degrees above normal)

Wallops Island, VA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 81.3 °F (4.5 degrees above normal)

North Myrtle Beach, SC

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 82.1 °F (2.8 degrees above normal)

Lumberton, NC

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 82.5 °F (3.3 degrees above normal)

Atlanta, GA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 81.8 °F (1.8 degrees above normal)

Athens, GA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 82.1 °F (2.4 degrees above normal)

Columbus, GA

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 84.3 °F (2.4 degrees above normal)

Gainesville, FL

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 82.9 °F (2.0 degrees above normal)

Orlando, FL

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 83.4 °F (1.2 degrees above normal)

Melbourne, FL

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 83.4 °F (2.4 degrees above normal)

West Palm Beach, FL

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 84.7 °F (2.3 degrees above normal)

Phoenix, AZ

Average July Temperature as of July 25: 98.0 °F (3.2 degrees above normal) *Only one day this month was the maximum temperature below 100 degrees here*

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Worsening drought and warmest June on record globally!

July 20th, 2010

The August through October drought outlook was issued late last week by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC).  It seems like the story is always the same for the Western U.S.: more drought conditions expected.  The CPC stated that portions of Wyoming, California, Southern Oregon, Nevada, Hawaii, and New Mexico would see a continuation in drought conditions for the next several months.  In Arizona drought conditions were expected to persist in some areas and develop over other areas currently not experiencing significant drought.  In an area already low on water these forecasts do not look good for them.  It looks like the most severe drought will be focused in Arizona, New Mexico, and Hawaii.  Thankfully though on the flip side of things it looks like some regions of the Eastern U.S. should see improvement in their dry conditions over the next few months.

As if this wasn’t bad enough this past June was reported to be the warmest June globally on record.  An analysis performed by the National Climatic Data Center showed that globally the land-ocean temperature was 61.1°F for this past June.  That is over 1 degree warmer than the 1900-1999 June temperature average of 59.9°F.  The most unusually warm conditions were concentrated in Peru, Central U.S., Eastern U.S., and the Eastern and Western parts of Asia.  Though there were some locations like Southern China, Northwest U.S., and Scandinavia that experienced below normal temperatures this past June.

Analysis was also done on the spatial extent of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.  The Arctic Ocean appears to have less sea ice than the 1979-2000 average of the spatial sea ice extent.  However it is currently not known if (and by how much) the spatial extent of the sea ice in the Arctic changed this past June.  Interestingly, the spatial extent of the sea ice in the Antarctic appears to be increasing since the 1979-2000 period.  What are your thoughts on this?

The above information was provided courtesy of the Climate Prediction Center and the National Climatic Data Center.

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High Humidities in the Midwest Last week

July 19th, 2010

It was rather humid last week and there were many locations that had average dewpoints over 75 degrees for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Here are the top ten locations with the highest dewpoints each day.  Notice Minnesota on Wednesday, right up there with Texas and Oklahoma.

On Wednesday July 14th:

City/Location State Average Temperature (°F) Average Dewpoint (°F)
GROVE Oklahoma 86.7 80.7
OKMULGEE Oklahoma 86.8 80.2
POTEAU Oklahoma 87.2 80.2
FT HOOD AAF/KILLEEN Texas 86 80.1
ORANGE CITY Iowa 82.8 79.5
OFFUTT AFB Nebraska 86.4 79.3
ST JAMES MUNI ARPT Minnesota 82.3 79.2
CORPUS CHRISTE NAS Texas 84.9 78.9
PORT ARANSAS Texas 86.5 78.8
BAY CITY Texas 85.4 78.7

On Thursday July 15th:

City/Location State Average Temperature (°F) Average Dewpoint (°F)
HOUSTON CO Texas 84 84
FLORA Illinois 86.1 80.7
CORNING MUNI Arkansas 84.7 80.5
GROVE Oklahoma 85.5 80.2
OKMULGEE Oklahoma 86.1 79.9
POTEAU Oklahoma 88 79.7
ST LOUIS RGNL Illinois 86.5 79.7
FT HOOD AAF/KILLEEN Texas 86 79.4
NEWPORT MUNI Arkansas 86.6 79.3
PORT ARANSAS Texas 86.2 78.8

On Friday July 16th:

City/Location State Average Temperature (°F) Average Dewpoint (°F)
POTEAU Oklahoma 89.5 80.7
OKMULGEE Oklahoma 86.3 78.1
GROVE Oklahoma 83.1 78
CORPUS CHRISTE NAS Texas 83.5 77.4
BAY CITY Texas 84.5 77.3
PORT ISABEL/CAMERON Texas 87 77.1
FLORA Illinois 83.1 77
PORT ARANSAS Texas 85.6 76.8
TAHLEQUAH Oklahoma 84.4 76.8
VALLEY INTL Texas 83.2 76.6

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Record Heat in the Northeast Part II

July 8th, 2010

Thanks to a persistent upper level high pressure system over the Northeast U.S. it was quite hot again yesterday, like Tuesday, allowing for these last few days to be declared the first official heat wave of the season.  A heat wave here is defined as three or more days of 90 degree temperatures.1 Here are some of the high temperatures from yesterday:

Connecticut:

  • Falls Village 96°F
  • Black Rock Lake 94°F
  • Bradley International Airport 100°F
  • Hartford 99°F
  • Willimantic 95°F

Massachusetts:

  • North Adams 94°F
  • Pittsfield 93°F
  • Savoy 92°F
  • Bedford 95°F
  • Boston Logan Airport 83°F
  • Lawrence 94°F
  • Norwood 93°F
  • Plymouth 92°F
  • Taunton at NWS location 96°F
  • Marthas Vineyard 90°F
  • Fitchburg 97°F
  • Orange 98°F
  • Westfield 100°F
  • Worcester 93°F (First Heatwave since August 26-28, 1993)

New York:

  • Albany Airport 95°F
  • Columbia County Airport 97°F
  • Livingston 96°F
  • Beacon Hills 101°F
  • Poughkeepsie 101°F
  • Annadale 98°F
  • Millbrook 96°F
  • Staatsburg 94°F
  • Johnstown Airport 91°F
  • Lake Pleasant 92°F
  • Old Forge 88°F
  • Fort Plain 94°F
  • Stephentown 95°F
  • Saratoga County Airport 95°F
  • Schenectady County Airport 95°F
  • Charlotteville 93°F
  • Glens Falls Airport 95°F
  • Whitehall 95°F
  • Central Park 100°F (Record high for the day)
  • La Guardia 101°F (Record high for the day)
  • JFK Airport 100°F (Record high for the day)
  • Islip 96°F (Record high for the day)
  • Syracuse 93°F

Vermont:

  • Bennington Airport 92°F
  • Searsburg 87°F
  • Brattleboro 96°F
  • Townshend 96°F
  • Grafton 93°F
  • Burlington 95°F

Rhode Island:

  • Providence 92°F

New Hampshire:

  • Manchester 95°F
  • Keene 95°F
  • Jaffrey 95°F
  • Nashua  96°F
  • Concord 97°F (Tied record high for the day)

Maryland:

  • Baltimore 101°F (Tied record high for the day)
  • Washington National 102°F (Tied the record for the day)

Pennsylvania:

  • Scranton 95°F
  • Allentown 99°F (Record high for the day)
  • Philadelphia 103°F (Record high for the day and hotter than 7/6/10 )
  • Reading 101°F (Record high for the day)
  • Mount Pocano 91°F
  • Harrisburg 99°F

New Jersey:

  • Newark 101°F (4 days of 100+ temperatures, last happened in 1993)
  • Teterboro 101°F
  • Atlantic City 98°F (Tied record high for the day)
  • Trenton 103°F (Record high for the day)

Maine:

  • Bangor 89°F
  • Caribou 93°F (Tied record for the day)
  • Houlton 91°F
  • Millinocket 92°F
  • Gray 84°F
  • Portland 85°F

Delaware:

  • Georgetown 97°F (Tied record high for the day)
  • Wilmington 103°F (Record high for the day, same as yesterday)

Temperature information courtesy of the National Weather Service

1http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=heat-wave1

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Record Heat in the Northeast

July 7th, 2010

Thanks to an upper level high pressure system over the Northeast U.S. it was quite hot yesterday, so hot in fact that multiple heat advisories and air quality advisories were issued.  Here are some of the high temperatures from yesterday:

*I will try and post information on today’s temperatures as today is forecast to be another hot day.

Connecticut:

  • Falls Village 96°F
  • Black Rock Lake 95°F
  • Norfolk 92°F
  • Bridgeport 98°F
  • Bradley International Airport 102°F
  • Hartford 102°F (Record High for the day)
  • Willimantic 99°F

Massachusetts:

  • North Adams 93°F
  • Pittsfield 91°F
  • Savoy 90°F
  • Beverly 99°F
  • Bedford 102°F
  • Boston Logan Airport 100°F
  • Lawrence 99°F
  • Norwood 101°F
  • Plymouth 101°F
  • Taunton at NWS location 102°F
  • Chatham 94°F
  • Marthas Vineyard 95°F
  • Nantucket 91°F
  • Fitchburg 100°F
  • Orange 99°F
  • Westfield 103°F
  • Worcester 96°F

New York:

  • Albany Airport 96°F
  • Columbia County Airport 100°F
  • Livingston 99°F
  • Beacon Hills 102°F
  • Poughkeepsie 102°F
  • Annadale 99°F
  • Millbrook 97°F
  • Staatsburg 95°F
  • Johnstown Airport 93°F
  • Lake Pleasant 90°F
  • Old Forge 89°F
  • Fort Plain 94°F
  • Stephentown 95°F
  • Saratoga County Airport 97°F
  • Schenectady County Airport 97°F
  • Charlotteville 92°F
  • Glens Falls Airport 94°F
  • Whitehall 98°F
  • Central Park 103°F (Record high for the day)
  • La Guardia 103°F (Record high for the day)
  • JFK Airport 101°F (Record high for the day)
  • Islip 101°F (Record high for the day)
  • Syracuse 94°F (Tied record high for the day)

Vermont:

  • Bennington Airport 92°F
  • Searsburg 87°F
  • Brattleboro97°F
  • Townshend 95°F
  • Grafton 92°F
  • Burlington 95°F (Record high for the day)

Rhode Island:

  • Newport 98°F
  • Providence 102°F (Record high for the day)

New Hampshire:

  • Manchester 99°F
  • Keene 95°F
  • Jaffrey 94°F
  • Nashua  98°F
  • Concord 99°F

Maryland:

  • Baltimore 105°F (Record high for the day)
  • Washington National 102°F

Pennsylvania:

  • Scranton 96°F
  • Allentown 101°F (Record high for the day)
  • Philadelphia 102°F (Record high for the day)
  • Reading 102°F (Record high for the day)
  • Mount Pocano 94°F (Record high for the day)
  • Harrisburg 100°F

New Jersey:

  • Newark 103°F (Record high for the day)
  • Atlantic City 102°F (Record high for the day)
  • Trenton 104°F (Record high for the day)

Maine:

  • Bangor 91°F
  • Caribou 86°F
  • Houlton 86°F
  • Millinocket 91°F
  • Gray 95°F
  • Portland 95°F (Record high for the day)

Delaware:

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Aftermath of Alex

July 1st, 2010

Alex made landfall late yesterday around 10pm near San Fernando, Mexico.  Alex spawned 5 tornadoes along the Eastern Texas coast and brought heavy rainfall to the area.  Several locations have reported receiving record rainfall from Alex.  More reports are expected over the next day or two.  Here is some information that has been submitted so far:

2 tornadoes were reported in Cameron County, TX.  And one tornado was reported in each of these three counties: Willacy, Matagora, and Refugio.

Interestingly there were no high wind reports submitted to SPC yesterday.

Brownsville International Airport received 5.86 inches of rain yesterday smashing the previous record of 3.80 set back in 1995.  Harlingen International Airport also broke their record rainfall after receiving 3.43 inches of rain.  McAllen Miller International Airport reported a whopping 6.66 inches of rainfall blowing their previous record of .85 inches (in 2007) out of the water.  Corpus Christi received 3.38 inches of rainfall yesterday.  Other locations in the area appear to have received at least 3-4 inches of rain.

Here is the radar image displaying radar estimated rainfall totals (image courtesy of Brownsville National Weather Service):

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Tornado and the Latest Weather

June 29th, 2010

Did you hear that there was a tornado yesterday in Herkimer County New York in the village of Herkimer?  If you aren’t familiar with where Herkimer County is it is north and west of Albany county.  Herkimer, NY is about 75 miles away from Albany, NY and about 15 miles from Utica, NY.   The National Weather Service was quick to analyze the damage from this storm and had a storm report issued by 7:15pm yesterday.  That was only about  3 and a half hours after the tornado hit the region!  Thankfully there were no injuries or fatalities.  It was rated a EF0 (a zero on the Enhanced Fujita Scale).  the maximum winds were estimated to be about 80mph.  It only traveled about a mile and was about 150 feet wide.   Most of the damage was confined to Francis Street.

There are a few pictures of the damage available on The Evening Telegram website.

What is going on with Alex, well check it out on the Infrared Imagery.

Tropical Storm Alex Loop

It is currently looking like it is forecast to make landfall just south of the Mexico Texas border late Wednesday or very early Thursday.  Rainbands with this system could easily reach on shore sooner.  Right now there is about a 50-60 percent chance of 2 feet + storm surge along the very southern tip of Texas.   There should be a new forecast and new public weather advisory later this morning, at that point we may see an upgrade from tropical storm to hurricane strength for Alex.

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Active in the Pacific and tropical wave in the Atlantic

June 25th, 2010

I just saw the latest tropical activity in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific and here is what we got (yes I enjoy the funktop rainbow IR satellite imagery):

Hurricane Celia, category five right now.  Look at how annular this hurricane looks.

Here is Hurricane Darby.  This storm is only a category 2 right now.  It isn’t forecast to strengthen too much.  This storm is definitely not as organized as Celia is.

And now in the Atlantic we have a tropical wave that has about a 70% chance of development today or tomorrow.  They are sending out Air Force Reconnaissance later today to check this out.  This is heading towards the Yucatan Peninsula.  Will it end up in the Gulf of Mexico, only time will tell.

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Did you feel the Ottawa Earthquake?

June 24th, 2010

Well as many of us have heard there was a 5.0 earthquake yesterday afternoon just north of Ottawa, Canada.   Please let me know your experience.  I know it was definitely felt in Troy, NY where I work.

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Latest on the Atlantic Hurricane Season

June 22nd, 2010

Well we are 22 days into hurricane season and so far haven’t seen any development in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, or Gulf of Mexico.  Don’t worry though hurricane season is just beginning.  We have a whole 161 days left in hurricane season.

Thus far we have seen several tropical waves come through with the most recent one now being situated in the Caribbean south of Hispaniola.  Right now it is fairly disorganized but conditions are somewhat favorable for organization and intensification.  Here is what it looks like on the Infrared Satellite imagery (11:45am EST):

The Sea Surface Temperatures are also quite warm in that area with temperatures above 80° F (minimum temperature necessary for tropical development):

The temperatures are definitely warmer than usual for the Atlantic.  They are about 2-3 degrees warmer than usual as seen on this Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Map:

*Note the clear El Niño temperature signal off the western cost of South America.

If these warm temperatures persist we just may see an above normal amount of tropical activity for the Atlantic.  Will this be another 2005?  It is too soon to tell.

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