Sentences with phrase «new record lows»

«Mortgage rates will tumble,» says Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com, «possibly hitting new record lows.

This despite the fact that mortgage rates have set new record lows the past three straight weeks.

That settling down into a more stable and truely predictable state will only ocme about by the overwhelming obviousness of the first hand experiences and events as they unfold and are once more creating louder headlines in the media than the so called scandals are now... i.e. new record lows in sea ice, record highs in global temps, and other extremes predicted by AGW models.

For the US first three weeks of March, I read that new record highs were beating new record lows by the crazy ratio of 24 - 1!

Since 1950 the number of heat waves worldwide has increased, and heat waves have become longer.5 The hottest days and nights have become hotter and more frequent.6 7 In the past several years, the global area hit by extremely unusual hot summertime temperatures has increased 50 - fold.8 Over the contiguous United States, new record high temperatures over the past decade have consistently outnumbered new record lows by a ratio of 2:1.9 In 2012, the ratio for the year through June 18 stands at more than 9:1.10 Though this ratio is not expected to remain at that level for the rest of the year, it illustrates how unusual 2012 has been, and how these types of extremes are becoming more likely.

For example, 60 years ago in the continental United States, the number of new record high temperatures recorded around the country each year was roughly equal to the number of new record lows.

Throughout the year, a wave of new record lows were set for both daily and monthly extent.

New record highs have been set for monthly and seasonal average temperatures across Australia at 12 times the rate of new record lows.

With mortgage rates once again falling to new record lows, many homeowners are looking to refinance their mortgages.

Yields on some government bonds have repeatedly plunged to new record lows.

Last week we saw current mortgage rates set new record lows before ticking up slightly on Friday.

Figure 4 illustrates that during the 1950s in the U.S. about as many new record highs were recorded as new record lows, roughly consistent with expectations of an unchanging climate.

In contrast, the balance shifts in a warming climate, and on average more new records highs than new record lows are set over any time period.

Sixty years ago in the continental United States, the number of new record high temperatures recorded around the country each year was roughly equal to the number of new record lows.

It is worth noting that even in a warming climate new record lows are still set, though fewer in number, due to natural variation even as the climate warms.

Over the past decade, however, the number of new record highs recorded each year has been twice the number of new record lows, a signature of a warming climate, and a clear example of its impact on extreme weather.20 (See Figure 3.)

Sea ice in the Arctic might fall to a record low next year, but it is likely to then briefly «recover» for a few years before falling to new record lows.

NYPD Sgt. Paul Tuozzollo's death Friday in the line of duty came the same week that the department announced new record lows in crime.

And during his watch over the past 30 months, serious crime in New York has fallen to new record lows, with fewer arrests of misdemeanor offenders, particularly for marijuana possession and other quality - of - life violations.

As a result, the value of the Russian currency, the ruble, has deteriorated by 30 % against the dollar so far this year, routinely hitting new record lows along the way.

This robust downward trend has recently been confirmed by yet another data point from Deloitte, which reported that Pharma's IRR fell to a new record low of just 3.2 % in 2017.

Meanwhile, the share of flipped homes that were purchased by the flipper with financing increased to an eight - year high of 31.5 % in 2016 while the median age of homes flipped increased to 37 years — a new high going back to 2000 — and the median square footage of homes flipped fell to 1422 — a new record low going back to 2000.

Almost every year brings a new record low, and this one is no exception.

Researchers were astounded when, in the fall of 2007, they discovered that the year - round ice pack in the Arctic Ocean had lost some 20 percent of its mass in just two years, setting a new record low since satellite imagery began documenting the terrain in 1978.

This year's record low sea ice maximum extent might not necessarily lead to a new record low summertime minimum extent, since weather has a great impact on the melt season's outcome, Meier said.

The sea ice reached its maximum winter extent unusually early this year and has been falling fast, to a new record low for this time of year (see graph below).

«The sea ice cover this year has reached a new record low,» says Mark Serreze, senior research scientist at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. «It's not just that we beat the old record, we annihilated it.»

Despite an especially warm winter, the current extent of sea ice does not represent a new record low; nevertheless, the amount of ice loss is massive.

The extreme warmth in the region sent sea ice dwindling to a new record low for January.

Standard fuel consumption is a mere 4.2 liters per 100 km (56.00 US mpg), which translates into CO2 emissions of 110 g / km (177.03 g / mile), a new record low level in the sports car world.

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Euribor — December 2010 Comment: The German Treasury yield curve is terribly steep as other maturities can not keep up with Schatz yields which have dropped to a new record low at 0.958 %; yesterdayâ $ ™ s auction carried a coupon of 1.00 %, the lowest ever and the ECBâ $ ™ s target rate.

Even with a cold winter and cool summer, arctic ice STILL declined to a new record low.

In 2012, a new record low was established, and a contributor to this was an unusually warm current that merged with the Beaufort Sea Gyre.

Or, we could have a repeat of last year's coolish and cloudy summer, which could save the fall minimum from reaching a new record low.

Arctic sea ice set a new record low in 2008.

One research group, at the University of Bremen, concluded last week that the ice this year retreated to a new record low for the era of satellite monitoring.

There seems to be a pattern where record low years have a several year period of recovery prior to making a new record low.

I pointed this out a few years ago, after the 2007 low, and stated with a high degree of confidence that we wouldn't have a new record low for several more years.

A combination of low winter snow accumulation and warm spring temperatures created a new record low spring snow cover duration over the Arctic in 2010, since satellite observations began in 1966.

This argues FOR a new record low.

It also appears that the sea ice volume continues its steady decrease, and has set a new record low — that story is getting some coverage:

The new record low follows record high temperatures in December, January and February around the globe and in the Arctic.

(08/10/2011) Average Arctic sea ice extent hit a new record low for July according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

With about two weeks of seasonal melt yet to go, it is unlikely that a new record low will be reached.

If ice survival rates are similar to those in 2012, a new record low would be reached.

Since the level of Arctic sea ice set a new record low in 2007, significantly above - normal winter snow cover has been seen in large parts of the northern United States, northwestern and central Europe, and northern and central China.

Ever since satellites allowed a detailed view of the Arctic and its ice, a pronounced decrease in summer sea ice cover has been observed (with this year setting a new record low).

Sea Ice is crashing to a new record low area, and we are still some 3 weeks, or more, away from the bottom.

«The current Arctic ice cover is thinner and younger than at any previous time in our recorded history, and this sets the stage for rapid melt and a new record low,» said Research Associate Sheldon Drobot, who leads CCAR's Arctic Regional Ice Forecasting System group in CU - Boulder's aerospace engineering sciences department.