Sentences with phrase «weather years on record»

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Other Fed officials, however, have been on record as stating that the U.S. economy is strong enough to weather — and indeed should weather — another benchmark rate increase, certainly by the end of this year.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

In 2017, the U.S. endured its costliest year for weather and climate disasters on record because of a trio of monster hurricanes and a ferocious wildfire season.

This year he works on observation and data recording as the class collects weather information for the daily calendar and keeps track of how many days a certain type of weather occurs.

This year, the parent - run league enrolled a record 1,200 children and would have been hard - pressed to find enough playing space if it weren't for the extended hours and all - weather playing time on the new turf.

California weathered its hottest year on record in 2015.

This year's Arctic sea ice cover currently is the sixth - lowest on modern record, a ranking that raises ongoing concerns about the speed of ice melt and the effects of ice loss on global weather patterns, geopolitical fights, indigenous peoples and wildlife, scientists said yesterday.

So Javier Martin - Torres of the Luleå University of Technology in Kiruna, Sweden, and colleagues have tracked the weather conditions on Mars throughout Curiosity's first Martian year, recording humidity, air and ground temperatures with its Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS).

The researchers compared 100 years of weather records from the Arctic and 50 - plus years of those kept on Antarctica with the results of four computer models.

Nationally, these made 2012 the second costliest year on record for weather disasters.

The costly disaster follows on the heels of a record - breaking year for devastation wrought by the vagaries of the weather and longer - term climate conditions.

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.

According to NASA's September 2016 climate data, the previous 10 months have been the hottest on record for each of those months out of the last 136 years — since modern weather recording started.

But forecasters say it could nudge weather patterns in other areas of the globe, especially if it persists or intensifies, and could boost global temperatures — following a 2014 that was already the hottest year on record.

In the normally mild south, Atlanta recorded its coldest weather on this date in 44 years, as the temperature dropped to 6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 14 degrees Celsius), while temperatures in northern Florida also briefly dropped below freezing, though the state's citrus crop was unharmed, according to a major growers» group.

And after particularly sultry November weather that has bled into December, it is likely to see its hottest year on record — the only state east of the

2010 is on track to be the hottest year on record, and the northern hemisphere's summer has seen extreme weather and record - breaking heat waves on a global scale.

According to ClimateWise, a global network of 28 insurance industry organizations, not only is 2017 likely to be the most expensive year on record due to natural disasters and extreme weather events all over the globe, but over the past decade only 30 % of catastrophic losses were insured, leaving a climate risk protection gap of $ 1.7 trillion.

2017 is set to be in top three hottest years on record, with record - breaking extreme weather, according to the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO's) provisional Statement on the State of the Climate.

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.)

But this early foray into winter weather is just a small blip in the overall global picture, which is of a warming world that is still on track to see 2014 set the mark for hottest year on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

Two U.S. agencies and international weather groups reported Wednesday that last year was the warmest on record.

With the rest of the country facing record - breaking winter temperatures and snow storms hitting from east to west coasts, spending the coldest months of the year on Maui is your best option to escape the chilly winter weather.

Manchester Airport saw a 6.2 per cent year - on - year increase in passengers last month, breaking its all - time record in the process — thanks partly to the poor weather in November 2014 and the rise in long - haul traffic.

In conjunction with the exhibition Featured Artist Project: SP Weather Reports (2008 - 2013) on view from January 17 — March 29, we are pleased to announce the publication of Six Years of Weather, which compiles tables of all weather data recorded at the SPWS station base in Long Island City since the project began.

1998 A «Super El Niño» causes weather disasters and the warmest year on record (approximately matched by 2005 and 2007).

That said, the preconditioning is so strong that even with cloudy weather it looks likely that the ice will fall below the 2005 level and be the second lowest on record, even if it doesn't exceed the record melt last year.

The last few years have also seen record - breaking, climate - related weather extremes, and the last three years have been the warmest years on record for the globe.

If the scorching weather persists into August, the odds of a «flash drought» in the nation's heartland will rise sharply (along with the odds that the U.S. will notch its hottest summer on record, in line with what's very likely to be Earth's warmest year on record).

Science Corrupted: It's «the hottest year on record», as long as you don't take its temperature — Activist James Hansen's claims based on «pure conjecture» — Hansen's Climate Con: «The parts of the world which GISS shows to be heating up the most are so short of weather stations that only 25 per cent of the figures are based on actual temperature readings»

Safa» Al Jayoussi, Executive Director / IndyACT, said: «Concrete steps were taken in this year's COP23, now we need to move this into action toward pre-2020 ambition on the local and subregional level, especially from the Arab Region were the extreme weather events are hitting very hard with highest temperature has been recorded in multiple locations this year, our region is the most vulnerable yet have the most renewable energy opportunities that are barely tackled yet.»

It features chapters on: the year in review, which highlights environmental extremes, including record extreme weather and climate events and increasing degradation of marine ecosystems, but notes progress towards new investments in renewable energy and towards a green economy; the benefits of soil carbon; the closing and decommissioning of nuclear power reactors; and on key environmental indicators, which underscores the need to address mounting challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land and soil degradation.

Antarctic ice extent setting new records last year, and close to breaking them this year again Extreme weather as measured by ACE on a decline for decades Drought as measured by Palmer Drought Index flat for decades Sea level increases not accelerating and possibly starting to decelerate Signature tropospheric hot spot completely missing Scientists by the bushel coming up with some of the most absurd excuses as to why....

«It seems clear that climate change is happening, we continually have record temperatures for the time of year, there is no return of temperatures to «below average» which we would expect if this was just statistical variation, there is increasing turmoil in the weather, the barrier reef is bleaching to an extent not seen before and so on.»

We will analyze synoptic - scale weather patterns from global reanalysis models over the past 50 years, utilizing a variety of techniques including self - organizing maps, such that these weather patterns can be tied to variations in core proxies, as well as relate this to ten years (2003 - 2013) of records from about a dozen automated weather stations located on and near McCall Glacier.

But on those pieces of paper are hundreds of years of weather records — data that could make climate science far more accurate.

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Not only does this low - pressure area, or cyclone, look bigger, more intense and longer - lasting than the one from last year, the ice also seems to be in a weaker state than ever, as evidenced by the fact that 2012 trend lines on both sea ice area and sea ice extent graphs track lower than previous record years, despite weather that until recently would completely stall the decline.

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday that last year was the warmest on record by a wide margin, stoked by greenhouse gases and an El Nino weather event that released heat from the Pacific Ocean.

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday that past year was the warmest on record by a wide margin, stoked by greenhouse gases and an El Nino weather event that released heat from the Pacific Ocean.

OSLO / WASHINGTON Winter sea ice on the Arctic Ocean covered the second smallest area on record this year, part of a thaw that is opening the region to shipping and oil exploration and may be disrupting weather far to the south, scientists said on Friday.

About these visualizations: On the U.S. maps, each gold point represents one of the 4,451 U.S. weather stations that has been recording temperatures for at least 30 years, the length of time the National Climatic Data Center uses as its standard for establishing a record.

With the current El Niño weather event only now beginning to tail off, meteorologists believe that this year is destined to be the hottest on record, warmer even than 2015.

This claimed that 2012 was the warmest year on record and severe weather events have increased in number and intensity.

In Siberia it may have been the coldest on record, since the first weather observations 130 years ago.

But instead they deny the importance of 28 million weather - balloons, call the missing heat a «travesty», they pretend that if you slap enough caveats on the 1990 report and ignore the actual direct quotes they made at the time, then possibly, just maybe, their models are doing OK, and through sheer bad luck 3000 ocean buoys, millions of weather balloons, and 30 years of satellite records are all biased in ways that hides the true genius of the climate models.

Studies involving 28 million weather balloons, thousands of satellite recordings, 3,000 ocean buoys, temperature recordings from 50 sites in the US and a 1,000 years of temperature proxies suggest that the Global Climate Models overestimate positive feedback and are based on poor assumptions.

As a massive blanket of arctic air brings twenty - year record cold temperatures to the United States, it's not surprising to see the Church of Global Warming in full - on shrieking panic mode, screaming at the top of their lungs that a blast of cold weather doesn't disprove their theories.

With many Perth residents remarking on the overcast, comfortable weather and lack of «scorchers» during 2011, it's worth examining the claim that it was the hottest year ever recorded in Perth.

By John Hayward — As a massive blanket of arctic air brings twenty - year record cold temperatures to the United States, it's not surprising to see the Church of Global Warming in full - on shrieking panic mode, screaming at the top of their lungs that a blast of cold weather doesn't disprove their theories.