Happy New Year and are you ready to rumble (7AM - 01*01*2007)
First, let’s look at the weather for 2006.
Average temperature - 52.0 (2.1 degrees above average). This is the 14th warmest year on record.
Preciptation - 39.89 (5.87 inches above average). This is the 25th wettest year on record.
Seasonal Snowfall (Nov. 2005 - Apr. 2006) - 25.8 (10.7 inches below average)
I have 3 charts I want to show you. I’ll talk about each of them.
The period 1905-1977 had 54 years out of 73 above average (74%). The last 30 years only have 11 years above average (37%). It’s very interesting considering all the talk about global warming. Let’s move onto snowfall.
Look at the period before 1958. There were 32 years out of 72 (44%), that had less than 30 inches of snow. So, sub 30 inch winters are not that uncommon. In fact, 72 years out of 120, had below average snowfall. The 6 years from 1973-1978, the average snowfall was 62 inches. This skews the average by almost 2 inches. Let’s look at precipitation.
This chart is fairly easy. There doesn’t seem to be any distinct pattern. I guess we could compare it to temperature and determine that if it’s dry, it’s above and if it’s wet, it’s below.
This evening, I’ll get back into the upcoming artic blast. No not this week, but I’ll clue you in on the pattern we’ve been talking about and how it is taking shape in the GFS.
Bye for now.
