With one of the coldest
months on record finally behind us, Ontarians are getting a knack for braving subzero temperatures this winter.
Among the other rainfall records set this month: least year - to - date precipitation (6.53 inches; historical average 16.03 inches; previous record 9.36 inches in 1917); driest consecutive 8, 9 and 10
months on record (7.25 inches 8.35 inches, and 9.17 inches respectively); and driest 12 months ending in July (15.16 inches, previous record 16.46 inches in 1925).
in 2008, the Wilkins Ice shelf began collapsing; its ice bridge to Charcot Island failed in 2009, and it is continuing to lose area; in 2010 so far, the period from January to June is the warmest six
months on record.
The current month is certainly going to end up in the top 5 warmest March
months on record, possibly in the top 3.
This is the second warmest May on record (after May 2016) and the = 19th warmest anomaly of
all months on record.
The first half of 2016 was the globe's hottest six
months on record.
• April 2011 - March 2012 was the warmest stretch of those 12
months on record; at 55.4 degrees, that period was 2.6 degrees above average.
January, February & March were the three hottest
months on record (with December 2015 now number 4).
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last week that June, July, and August were the hottest
months on record and that 2014 was on course to break the record for hottest year, which was set in 2010.
The old record was set just last December and the last three months have been the most above - normal
months on record, said NOAA climate scientist Jessica Blunden.
It's tricky to imagine freezing your bollocks off right now, at the end of Planet Earth's hottest three
months on record.
* Update Feb. 16/2015 * It's fitting that on Superbowl weekend that we launch into one of the most competitive discount brokerage promotions
months on record.
In British Columbia, a spokeswoman for Tourism Whistler, which tracks overnight room stays at the cluster of resorts north of Vancouver, said November and December 2015 were the busiest for
those months on record and that the low Canadian dollar has been a «huge incentive» for American visitors.
August, September and October of 2014 have all been the warmest such
months on record, as shown by data from NASA, the Japan Meteorological Agency and NOAA, which released its October global numbers Thursday.
These were the largest monthly departures from average among
all months on record.
Eight months during 2016 set new all - time highs, including July and August, which tied for Earth's warmest
months on record, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA reported January 18.
October can be a frightening time for the markets, with history showing that some of the toughest
months on record for financial markets have fallen in October.
Australian venture capital just had its busiest three
months on record, with over $ 1b invested in start - ups and young technology companies i...
In terms of lost market cap, January was the worst
month on record.
The average temperature was 57.1 degrees F, up from the old record, in 1998, which landed an average of 54.3 degrees F. «We had our fourth warmest winter (2011/2012) on record, our warmest spring, a very hot summer with the hottest
month on record for the nation (July 2012), and a warmer than average autumn,» Jake Crouch, a scientist at the National Climatic Data Center, told NBC News.
(CNN)- The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has announced its biggest fundraising
month on record.
This past April, the series of outbreaks in the Midwest and Southeast generated at least 600 tornadoes — more than any previous
month on record.
Cyclone Winston last year was the strongest storm ever to touch down in the Southern Hemisphere, while this September was the most active
month on record for hurricanes in the Atlantic basin.
One particularly notable aspect of last month's heat was that it beat out January as the most anomalously warm
month on record by a solid 0.36 °F (0.2 °C).
Oklahoma and Texas both had their wettest month of
any month on record, nearly erasing drought for the first time since 2010 in those states.
December rounded out the year with a precipitation total of 1.65 inches, 1.42 inch below average, the fourth driest such
month on record.
This past December was the warmest December on record and the most abnormally warm
month on record, too.
Several cities in the Northeast had their coldest month of
any month on record in February including Buffalo, New York where the monthly average temperature was 10.9 °F, dipping below the 11.6 °F observed in February 1934.
August was the deadliest
month on record for the city in more than 20 years.
Clocking in with what many cultures will consider an auspicious number, August 2011 e-book sales increased to $ 88.8 M, the second - highest
month on record (behind only February 2011's $ 90.3 M).
The lowest recorded temperature in downtown Santa Cruz was 8 degrees Celsius, whilst the average temperature during the coldest
month on record was 15 degrees Celsius!
December 2011 was the best
month on record for visitor spending in Hawaii.
NASA GISS September temperatures out at last showing a bit of a leap up to equal 10th hottest
month on record.
July 2015 was the hottest
month on record.
European researchers, under the Copernicus Climate Service, using a slightly different method of analysing the surface temperature data than Nasa, also found that February 2016 was by far the warmest
month on record.
The hottest
month on record coincides with the hottest 12 month period ever recorded in the United States.
Mt. Mitchell, NC (1980 - 2015) tied its tenth coldest daily minimum temperature -LRB--16 degrees F; -26.7 degrees C) for
any month on record.
This is 0.18 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the previous record of July 2011 and July 2015, which were tied for the hottest
month on record.
October 2012 was the first
month on record in which nonhydro renewable generation exceeded hydropower generation.
Based on the 1880 - 1909 baseline, recent figures are: 2013 - 2015 average of 3 years: 1.01 C 2015 year: 1.12 C Jan - March 2016 (El Nino peak): 1.51 C February 2016 (hottest
month on record): 1.6 C Average for Jan - August 2016: 1.31 C
July was the hottest
month on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says
Yet on the heels of more and more stark climate stats (NOAA just announced that May was the hottest
month on record, for example), seeing our supposed «leaders» continue to push the dirty fuels that are causing climate disruption is upsetting, to say the least.
The warmest
month on record, year on record and decade on record hhave just occurred and yet DocMartyn claims cooling.
Temperatures over ocean in May were the highest on record, and tied with three other records (all set within the past two decades) for «the highest departure from average for
any month on record.»
August of 2014 was the previous record - holder, but the team found this year's August to be 0.16 °C warmer (0.28 °F) and tied July 2016 as the hottest
month on record.
July 2012 was alleged to be the warmest
month on record.
Now we are back to July 1936 as the warmest
month on record.
Yet when homogenized and anomalized, July 2012 was declared the warmest
month on record.
(Part of the How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic guide) Objection: In October 2008, Al Gore's science adviser, James Hansen announced yet another «hottest»
month on record.
Nobody has answered my question on why the warmest
month on record changes from July 1936 to July 2012 with great fanfare, then changes back to July 1936, without a peep fro NOAA.