Tag Archives: climate extremes index
OctoberTempAnomolies

Record temperature highs outpaced new lows 5:1 in October

by on 10. Nov, 2010 in Uncategorized

The incredible warmth globally this year has continued into October across America. Almost the entire 48 states were above normal in October. The Mountain West and the North were the warmest. This warmth also shows up in the temperature extremes. Nationwide, there were 1544 new record highs in October. Only 321 record lows were set. [...]

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 [...]