In December, central Europe and central and eastern parts of Asia experienced significantly
colder than average temperatures.
The almanac's 2009 edition, which goes on sale Tuesday, says at least two - thirds of the country can expect
colder than average temperatures, with only the Far West and Southeast in line for near - normal readings.
«Despite
colder than average temperatures in any one part of the world, temperatures over the planet as a whole continue the rapid warming trend we've seen over the last 40 years,» said Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, at the press conference.
This year, AER's Director of Seasonal Forecasting, Judah Cohen, is calling for
colder than average temperatures along much of the east coast and into New England.
Not exact matches
Climbing oil and natural gas prices at the moment are due to this winter forecasts calling for
colder temperatures than average.
Although considered a relatively mild winter, with late January and February
temperatures above
average, the devastatingly
cold weather experienced from late November through to early January saw the number of deaths rise above the national
average, peaking during the first week of January 2011 with almost 3500 more deaths
than the five - year
average for that time of year.
It was
cold, so
cold that the dogs suffered visibly; yet the
average temperature was no lower
than that in many an inhabited part of Canada.
With
average summer
temperatures around 14 degrees Fahrenheit and less
than 10 percent humidity, the Dry Valleys of Antarctica are too
cold and too dry for significant snowfall.
In the latter half of the decade, La Niña conditions persisted in the eastern and central tropical Pacific, keeping global surface
temperatures about 0.1 degree C
colder than average — a small effect compared with long - term global warming but a substantial one over a decade.
At the height of the El Niño in November,
colder -
than -
average temperatures in the Western Pacific and warmer -
than -
average temperatures in the Eastern Pacific were stronger and extended deeper in 1997
than in 2015.
As of Feb. 14, 2016, the latest ocean computer model shows
colder -
than -
average water
temperatures off the South American coast from Ecuador to Panama.
The visualization shows how the 1997 event started from
colder -
than -
average sea surface
temperatures — but the 2015 event started with warmer -
than -
average temperatures not only in the Pacific but also in in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Decreased solar activity results in winter
temperatures about half a degree
colder than average.
The
average temperature was probably about 5 to 10 degrees Celsius
colder than today, he says.
The CMB appears as speckles; blue regions are slightly
colder than the
average CMB
temperature of 2.7 kelvins, while orange ones are warmer.
Two more large eruptions (in the years 540 and 547) helped render the 540s the
coldest decade in more
than 2300 years, with an
average temperature of about 11.8 °C (53.2 °F), researchers report today in Nature Geoscience.
«The
average ocean
temperature is much warmer
than Siberia, initially suggesting that the formation of subsea pingos could not be recent, as anticipated for pingos in
cold Siberian environments.
The record low
temperatures tell an even more compelling story: it was much more likely for the daytime
temperature to be
colder than average than it was for the nighttime ones.
Northern Africa began the year
colder than average, but by March
temperatures became warmer
than average across the region.
Extreme heat is one of the hallmarks of global warming; as the
average temperature of the planet rises, record heat becomes much more likely
than record
cold.
The State of the Climate November 2015 report noted that in order for 2015 to not become the warmest year in the 136 - year period of record, the December global
temperature would have to be at least 0.81 °C (1.46 °F) below the 20th century
average — or 0.24 °C (0.43 °F)
colder than the current record low December
temperature of 1916.
Both Burns and Butte saw
average temperatures more
than 20 F (11 C) below normal during a sharp
cold spell over the West.
Modeling Pluto's
temperatures showed that when
averaged over Pluto's 248 - year orbit, the latitudes near 30 degrees north and south emerged as the
coldest places, far
colder than either pole.
Analysing surface
temperature data for 1979 - 2015, they link a warm Arctic during March to
colder -
than -
average temperatures over northern regions of North America and dry conditions in central southern areas between March and May.
Because the
average surface
temperature of Mars is
colder than -80 °F and the atmospheric pressure is 6 — 10 mbar, liquid water would quickly freeze on Mars.
This winter,
colder -
than -
average temperatures have dominated a large portion of the country, resulting in an abundance of snow.
Go with a slightly thicker wetsuit
than average water
temperatures might suggest, as many sites have thermoclines, with
colder water below.
The
average sea
temperature for London's closest coastal location in February is 8 °C — that's 1 °C
colder than in January.
The longest
cold spell for that year took place between March 17th and April 12th — that's 27 consecutive days when the
coldest temperature was lower
than the
average.
Human induced trend has two components, namely (a) greenhouse effect [this includes global and local / regional component] and (b) non-greenhouse effect [local / regional component]-- according to IPCC (a) is more
than half of global
average temperature anomaly wherein it also includes component of volcanic activities, etc that comes under greenhouse effect; and (b) contribution is less
than half — ecological changes component but this is biased positive side by urban - heat - island effect component as the met network are concentrated in urban areas and rural -
cold - island effect is biased negative side as the met stations are sparsely distributed though rural area is more
than double to urban area.
This shows how that even though at perihelion, the Sun is close enough that the
average temperature should be about 4C warmer
than at aphelion, it's 4C
colder instead.
Apparently the high - altitude center is still
cold enough to not be actively melting, but the overall rate is going up fast (which is probably more what we're concerned with
than average temperature).
(04/22/2013) While the month of March saw
colder -
than -
average temperatures across a wide - swath of the northern hemisphere — including the U.S., southern Canada, Europe, and northern Asia — globally, it was the tenth warmest March on record in the last 134 years, putting it in the top 7 percent.
In terms of the global
average,
temperatures were probably
colder than present day (depending on estimates of latitude dependence and seasonality in response patterns).
While
temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer
than average during the summers, the tropics and areas of the Southern Hemisphere were
colder than average which comprised an
average global
temperature still overall lower
than present day
temperatures Northwestern North America had peak warmth first, from 11,000 to 9,000 years ago, while the Laurentide ice sheet still chilled the continent.
Temperatures in the tropics (especially daytime temperatures) are much higher than the global «average» so the absolute humidity must be higher as well — conversely, temperatures in the polar regions are much colder than glob
Temperatures in the tropics (especially daytime
temperatures) are much higher than the global «average» so the absolute humidity must be higher as well — conversely, temperatures in the polar regions are much colder than glob
temperatures) are much higher
than the global «
average» so the absolute humidity must be higher as well — conversely,
temperatures in the polar regions are much colder than glob
temperatures in the polar regions are much
colder than global
averages.
Pregnant women exposed to hot
average temperature have higher risk for gestational diabetes
than soon - to - be mothers who are exposed to
colder temperatures.
Beck interpretes the latter as the direct influence of seawater
temperatures, but the measurements near the floating ice border were just
average, not the lowest... Modern measurements give less
than 10 ppmv difference over the seas from the
coldest oceans to the tropics, including a repeat of the trips that Buch made.
17 El Nino verses La Nina El Niño La Niña Trade winds weaken Warm ocean water replaces offshore
cold water near South America Irregular intervals of three to seven years Wetter
than average winters in NC La Niña Normal conditions between El Nino events When surface
temperatures in the eastern Pacific are
colder than average The southern US is usually warmer and dryer in climate
The winter season across the region provided
average temperatures 1.0 to 4.0 degrees F (0.5 to 2.2 degrees C)
colder than normal except in Minnesota and western Iowa where
average temperatures were near normal.
In 2017, 87 % of the Earth's surface was significantly warmer
than the
average temperature during 1951 - 1980, 10 % was of a similar
temperature, and only 2.5 % was significantly
colder.
While the tropical Atlantic is currently warmer
than average, the far North Atlantic is
colder than average, potentially indicative of a negative phase of an Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation, another entirely natural occurrence which affects ocean
temperatures over 25 to 40 years.
While the eastern U.S. suffered very
cold temperatures in the recent
cold snap, much of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere saw higher -
than -
average air
temperatures.
Because hurricane caused flooding was more prevalent during the Little Ice Age when Atlantic
temperatures averaged 1 to 2 degrees F
colder than today researchers concluded, «The frequent occurrence of major hurricanes in the western Long Island record suggests that other climate phenomena, such as atmospheric circulation, may have been favorable for intense hurricane development despite lower sea surface
temperatures.»
January's
average temperature of 20.0 degrees F -LRB--6.7 degrees C) was 3.2 degrees F (1.8 degrees C)
colder than normal.
While December was a warmer
than normal month for the region by several degrees F, a pattern shift in January led to
colder than normal
average temperatures for the month of January across much of the eastern half of the region.
While others made predictions for
average or warmer
than normal
temperatures, only AER predicted
cold for January, February, and March across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
«Despite
colder than average weather in any one part of the world,» said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt, «
temperatures over the planet as a whole continue the rapid warming trend we have seen over the last 40 years.»
In the first 6 months of 2013 the UKMO Central England
Temperature record was a full 1.9 deg C
colder than the
average for the previous 12 years.
So the
average high
temperature in the month of January was
colder than the normal monthly
temperature.