Signal: Climate Extremes Index - USA
PrecipExtremes2011USA

2011 a record year for wet/dry extremes in the U.S.

by on 19. Jan, 2012 in Uncategorized

The combined percent area of the country experiencing either extremely-wet or extremely-dry conditions during 2011 was record high at 58 percent.

climateExtremeIndex

April-Sept climate extremes in USA way above average

by on 22. Oct, 2010 in Uncategorized

Climate extremes in U.S for April-September was about 35, or 15 points higher than the historical average, making it the fourth highest value since 1910. The Climate Extremes Index (CEI) measures several types of climate extremes like record or near-record warmth, prolonged drought, flooding events, and frequency and intensity of storms like hurricanes and tornadoes. [...]

CEIsummer2010

Climate Extremes Index at 1.5 times average

by on 13. Sep, 2010 in Uncategorized

NOAA/NCDC’s Climate Extremes Index (CEI) for summer 2010 was about one-and-a-half times its historical average. The CEI measures the occurrence of several types of climate extremes (like record or near-record warmth, dry spells or rainy periods). Factors contributing to this summer’s value: a very large area with extremely warm nighttime low temperatures (six times larger [...]