Due to the extraordinary heat wave that sent temperatures soaring to summer-like levels across the eastern two-thirds of the country, March was officially the warmest such month in history for the Lower 48 states, the National Climatic Data Center NCDC announced Monday. The heat wave was unprecedented in its scope and magnitude for so early [...]
Signal: record high temperature
Heat records in U.S. outnumber cold records 35 to 1 in March
U.S. daily record high temperatures continued to surge into the end of March, with new heat records overwhelming cold records by the incredible ratio of 35.3 to 1. The total number of heat records was 6,182, nearly double the number in the sweltering month of August last year. The monthly count for March was also [...]
“Surreal heat” jump starts early asthma season with record pollen counts
The surreal heat that’s baking much of the central and eastern USA has unleashed an unusually early and intense blast of tree pollen, making life miserable for tens of millions of people who suffer from seasonal allergies. Forecasters and allergists blame the unseasonably warm weather, and few cold snaps, for causing plants to bloom weeks [...]
“Mind-boggling” temperatures across U.S. says NOAA
With temperatures soaring in many places around the United States, many might be wondering if this is a sign of another sweltering summer. On Wednesday (March 21) alone, more than 70 major cities were within sight of record highs, according to the Weather Channel. Quite a few of those cities have already broken the previous [...]
Mutant Heat Wave Shattering Records
More than 2,200 warm temperature records have been set so far in March. Take a look at the map above to see where temps are crazy departures from normal. This isn’t your average heat wave. Its duration, set against more than a century of record keeping, makes it one for the climate change chronicles. Here’s [...]
New record highs outpacing new record lows in U.S. at 14:1
The surge of early spring heat records reached over 400 yesterday alone in preliminary reports from the National Climatic Data Center. This includes 68 official National Weather Service locations out of 290 possible records. In other words, over 23% of all official reporting locations in the entire U.S. set new daily records for March 15. [...]
2,430 new record temps last week as heat soared in USA
Total Records: 2430 High Temp: 1587 High Min Temp: 843 March 9 – March 16, 2012
Summer in March: “one the most extreme meteorological events in U.S. history”
Each year, when the list of coldest U.S. cities is compiled, International Falls, Minnesota regularly winds up at the top of the list, earning its title as “Icebox of the Nation”. The city once hit -55°F (on January 6, 1909), and takes pride in the distinction of being the coldest city in the U.S., having [...]
Heat records smashed across Midwest
For the third consecutive day, Chicago, Illinois hit their warmest temperature on record so early in the year, going back to 1872. The mercury hit 82°F, giving the city its third consecutive day of 80°+ temperatures, smashing the old record by a month. Previously, the earliest Chicago had ever seen three consecutive 80 degree days [...]
Weathercasters “freaked” over weird, hot weather
Our intrepid reporter Mr. Mat Honan spent some time in Kentucky this past week, and he said the weather was incredibly, unseasonably hot. It was in the 80s in March. Not normal. What the heck? So we asked our friends at The Weather Channel: please explain? We were hoping they’d say something reasonable, like, about [...]
