Warmest March ever, warmest year-to-date ever, for U.S.
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 [...]
March tornadoes racked up $1.1 Billion in insured losses
Severe weather in the U.S., led by tornadoes in the Midwest and Tennessee Valley, caused more than $1.2 billion of insured losses in March, according to Aon Corp. AON, the world’s biggest insurance broker.Insurers reported more than 170,000 claims tied to storms from March 2 and 3, London-based Aon said in a report today. The [...]
98% of Colorado in drought
Climatologists at Colorado State University are confirming what many Coloradans already suspect — almost the entire state is consumed by drought. About 98 percent of the state is experiencing varying levels of drought, according to CSU, with the most severe in the Arkansas Basin, where drought ranges from D1, or “moderate” drought to D3, or [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
986 wildfires in Flordia so far this year, as drought drives blazes
The Florida Forest Service is predicting a difficult wildfire season if dry conditions persist.Those conditions have created four wildfires in Putnam County that have burned about 900 acres, according to figures provided by the state. In addition, statewide, the dry conditions and the lack of tropical systems last year have helped cause 986 wildfires that [...]
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 [...]
