Sentences with phrase «average winter»

Since 1912, states with average winter temperatures below 32 °F have warmed three times faster than states with average temperatures above 32 °F.

The top plot is the seasonal averages through 2009 plus the yearly average, and the bottom plot is average winter sea ice cover through 2010.

With this below average winter, I have had a pair of boots warming my feet almost daily.

An above - average winter wet season was needed to make a significant dent in the drought, but the year ended around normal.

This is equal to two full days of average summer sun exposure, or four days of average winter sun exposure, the study authors write.

Average winter temperatures will still allow for snow under a high emissions scenario.

One potential reason for this difference was that Brown and Fogel [40] modeled the treatment - runoff relationship to be constant over time, 18 mm (0.71 inches), and did not evaluate variability in precipitation but instead assumed average winter precipitation of 396 mm (15.6 inches).

If you think you've got it bad for snow this winter, take a moment to consider the people of Oymyakon, the world's coldest inhabited place where average winter temperatures dip to as low as − 50 °C (− 58 °F) and people risk frostbite, even if they step outside for just a few minutes.

The top image was acquired on March 27, 2010, the last year with average winter snowfall in the region.

Not surprisingly, O'Gorman found that under relatively high warming scenarios, low - elevation regions with winter temperatures initially just below freezing experienced about a 65 percent reduction in average winter snowfall.

Texas experienced blackouts in February 2011, as colder - than - average winter weather simultaneously increased demand for electricity and damaged coal - fired power plants and wind turbines.

Early predictions, including AccuWeather and the national Climate Prediction Center, say that El Niño, the abnormally warm waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean that can affect North American weather, spells a warmer - than - average winter for the northern U.S. (Fingers crossed).

Temperatures in Alaska hit 11C above average this winter.

Averaging up polar and tropical values and then top it all off by averaging winter and summer temperatures to give a yearly average and a ranking is really quite meaningless.

An analysis of influenza patterns show that warmer - than - average winters coincided with more severe outbreaks, bad news for a warming world

Unfortunately, the projections suggest that future average winter snowfall will be ten times less than present day amounts, virtually erasing all snow cover.

Scientists looking at influenza patterns across the United States going back more than a decade found that warmer - than - average winters give way to earlier and more severe outbreaks.

«As an example, this means that at present, Washington DC is just a little too cold (34 degrees F in January) for palms to successfully propagate in the wild, but that you can expect range expansion in the coming decades as average winter temperatures warm up,» said Reichgelt.

Specifically, a region would experience less seasonal snow if average winter temperatures were initially above minus 14 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit).

I would really like to see a REAL NUMBER for energy consumption right up front on the box (actually I'd like to see at least THREE numbers; maximum consumption; average winter consumption, average summer consumption) AND a total number for the embedded energy in the appliance.

For instance, Boston will have the same average winter temperatures in 2100 that Marietta, Georgia does now.

Average winter wave heights along the Atlantic coast of Western Europe have been rising for almost seven decades, according to new research.

However, one analysis that has attempted to explain both the very large winter extents of 2012, 2013, and 2014, and the subsequent lower and near - average winter maximums in 2015 and 2016 has suggested that the El Niño Southern Oscillation and a Pacific trend called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (a residual tendency toward El Niño or La Niña in the Pacific that shifts on multi-decadal timescales) may be linked to the change.

For average winter precipitation and March — July temperatures for the Upper Colorado River Basin, the research team turned to a database that provides climatological data at very high spatial resolution for locations all over the U.S..

Average winter snow extent has increased since the 1990s, by nearly the area of Texas and California combined.

46 states had above average winters, with Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, all having record warm winters.

With average winter temperatures of just over 15 degrees Fahrenheit, you might think Minneapolis could use a little warming.

And an increase in average temperature of the Earth would also mean an increase in average winter temperatures, hence warmer winters.

Temperatures in Ocean City vary from being in the 90s F in the summer down to the teens during the average winter, Moore estimates.

«Farmers need to be aware that the chances of El Niño occurring are rising and that from the current forecast it is likely farmers may again face drier than average winter and spring conditions across southern and central regions of the country,» said Julie Iommi, issue management manager, Dairy Australia.

In the grain - growing areas we've had an average winter crop but some of the more western regions missed out through a combination of dry weather and frost,» he said.

The Seattle area has suffered its most significant and lingering snowfall — and lower than average winter temperatures — in decades.

Still, in a country where the average winter temperature is around minus 4 C and can drop to minus 30 C, many Finns may welcome the shift to higher temperatures.

Scientists suggest that above - average winter temperatures were correlated with La Niña events, which were ultimately a good predictor of drought that reduced available nesting cover in the spring.

It's just going to be an average winter,» he said.

Since the 1950s, the average winter temperature of Alaska's interior has risen by 7 degrees Fahrenheit.

But in Mediterranean climates — where the average winter temperatures usually are above 30 degrees Fahrenheit — a different phenomenon occurs.

For the study, Lundquist examined relevant published research the world over that listed paired snow measurements in neighboring forested and open areas; then she plotted those locations and noted their average winter temperatures.

Dozens of fires are raging across California, Oregon and Washington, many triggered by lightening and spreading rapidly through parched forest and vegetation as the West Coast endures years of drought and warmer - than - average winters.

If you want something more scientific, there's the The National Weather Service's winter weather outlook, which is calling for warmer than average winter temperatures in the northeast.

Despite a near - average winter precipitation total for California, Oregon, and Washington, the record warmth caused most of the precipitation to fall as rain and not snow, which had implications on the drought intensification and water resource crisis during the warm months.

For example, below - average winter precipitation can lead to smaller mountain snowpack volumes, which tend to result in shorter duration spring runoff (Hamlet and Lettenmaier 1999; Stewart et al. 2004; Moore et al. 2007; Whitfield 2013).

Average winter precipitation has decreased by 0.9 inches (2.3 cm), which can mostly be attributed to natural variability and an increase in El Niño events, especially in the western and central parts of the state.