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Title: New Record Highs Continue Outpacing Lows By Wide Margin: Nearly 5:1 in October
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Capital Climate
URL Source: http://capitalclimate.blogspot.com/ ... -highs-continue-outpacing.html
Published: Nov 2, 2010
Author: Capital Climate
Post Date: 2010-11-02 10:00:08 by go65
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Views: 302
Comments: 13
Continuing the pattern established in the spring, extending through the summer and into September, new record high temperatures are outpacing record low temperatures in the U.S. for the 10th consecutive month. Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) for October show over 1500 new record highs, vs. slightly more than 300 lows, giving a ratio of 4.75 to 1. For the year to date, new highs are exceeding new lows by a ratio of 2.8 to 1. Reversing the trend in September, new record warm minimum temperatures also exceeded record high maximums as they have in nearly every month so far in 2010. The excess of high minimum records was particularly strong in the summer, when as many as 3761 were reported in August alone. With the exception of a cold spell from October 5th through 7th, record highs equaled or exceeded record lows every day of the month. The large monthly excess of heat records vs. cold records was driven by two very warm spells, one in each half of the month. The first one, around Columbus Day, peaked on the 11th, when 194 record highs were set, vs. only 1 record low. In a 3-day period, 530 heat records were set, over 50% more than the cold records for the entire month. In connection with the Minnesota Maxi-cyclone late in the month, many more records were set in the eastern half of the country. There were 325 individual record high temperatures from the 26th through the 28th, more than the total lows for the whole month. During the same 3 days, there were only 18 record lows.
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#7. To: go65 (#0)
Greenland ice mass loss after the 2010 summer by John Cook, Skeptical Science, November 1, 2010 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released the Arctic Report Card. The report contains a wealth of information about the state of climate in the Arctic circle (mostly disturbing). Especially noteworthy is the news that in 2010, Greenland temperatures were the hottest on record. It also experienced record setting ice loss by melting. This ice loss is reflected in the latest data from the GRACE satellites which measure the change in gravity around the Greenland ice sheet (H/T to Tenney Naumer from Climate Change: The Next Generation and Dr. John Wahr for granting permission to repost the latest data). http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/
#8. To: All (#7)
HELLO TEXAS!!! 8D How about a Cat 5 in November. Hat tip to Climate Progress commenter Adam R. SXUS74 KHGX 280752 CCA RERHOU RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 250 AM CDT THU OCT 28 2010 ...HOTTEST TEMPERATURES FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON AT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AND HOUSTON/HOBBY... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL ON WEDNESDAY.
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