2011 was a hot year mostly because of a very hot 2010/11 summer, particularly February, and the onset of above
average rainfall after May creating nighttime cloud cover that traps heat and increases the overnight minima.
Not exact matches
U.S. Data Since 1895 Fail To Show Warming Trend LINK WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 —
After examining climate data extending back nearly 100 years, a team of Government scientists has concluded that there has been no significant change in
average temperatures or
rainfall in the United States over that entire period.
The 2002 drought came
after several years of good
rainfall (
averaged across the country), rather than during an extended period of low
rainfall such as occurred in the 1940s.
Please note that on
average once in three years we do have above normal
rainfall in the Eastern Cape and then the entrance / exit bridge is flooded, but usually within 24 hours
after the rain it is accessible again.
U.S. Data Since 1895 Fail To Show Warming Trend LINK WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 —
After examining climate data extending back nearly 100 years, a team of Government scientists has concluded that there has been no significant change in
average temperatures or
rainfall in the United States over that entire period.
After all the listening and talking and research, American Rivers recommended that the first 1.8» of
rainfall should be retained onsite (as opposed to sending it offsite and downstream to cause flooding and pollution)-- an ambitious, yet feasible amount equivalent to 95 % of all 24 - hour storms that hit Atlanta in an
average year.