The weather of this slowww spring
Is it spring? How about now? This could turn into an, “are we there yet?!” routine rather quickly if we cannot manage to move the ridge to the East and get a consistent southerly flow soon! I think we all know it was an extremely cold winter for New England and the Mid-Atlantic but here’s more evidence if you needed to be convinced. Temperature departures of that magnitude across such large swaths of the nation are incredible. It’s notable to have a single month more than a few degrees one way or the other, forget three with huge areas 6 to 8 degrees below average and...
Read MoreA chilly December with snow for some
December has been a chilly month thus far after a brief very warm start. Last month I discussed the cold and snowy end to November and thought we would be around normal in terms of precipitation and a bit cooler than average. The middle part of the month alone meant that the average temperature departure across the region has plummeted to several degrees below average for the typical December in most locations in the Western New York area. Here’s a look at where a few of the National Weather Service’s long-term climate stations stand on December 19 compared to an average December...
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