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 [...]
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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 temperature highs in the U.S. over last week
2,430 new high temperature records set in the U.S., March 9-March 15 High Temp: 1587 High Min Temp: 843
Over 1600 high temperature records broken in U.S. over last week
Total Records: 1647 High Temp: 1029 High Min Temp: 618
400 new record highs set across the U.S.
Out of a possible 5,362 records: 307 (Broken) + 93 (Tied) = 400 Total NOTE: These records are based on the historical daily observations archived in NCDC’s Cooperative Summary of the Day data set and preliminary reports from Cooperative Observers and First Order National Weather Service stations, and as such are subject to change. The [...]
