U.S. Experiences Second Warmest Summer On Record: Texas Has Warmest Summer On Record of Any State

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U.S. Experiences Second Warmest Summer On Record: Texas Has Warmest Summer On Record of Any State

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2011) — The blistering heat experienced by the United States during August, as well as the June through August months, marks the second warmest summer on record, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. The persistent heat, combined with below-average precipitation across the southern U.S. during August and the three summer months, continued a record-breaking drought across the region.

The average U.S. temperature in August was 75.7 degrees F, which is 3.0 degrees above the long-term (1901-2000) average, while the summertime temperature was 74.5 degrees F, which is 2.4 degrees above average. The warmest August on record for the contiguous United States was 75.8 degrees F in 1983, while its warmest summer on record at 74.6 degrees F occurred in 1936. Precipitation across the nation during August averaged 2.31 inches, 0.29 inches below the long-term average. The nationwide summer precipitation was 1.0 inch below average.

This monthly analysis, based on records dating back to 1895, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides.

U.S. climate highlights -- August

• Excessive heat in six states -- Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana -- resulted in their warmest August on record. This year ranked in the top ten warmest August for five other states: Florida (3rd), Georgia (4th), Utah (5th), Wyoming (8th), and South Carolina (9th).The Southwest and South also had their warmest August on record.

• Only nine of the lower 48 states experienced August temperatures near average, and no state had August average temperatures below average.

• Wetter-than-normal conditions were widespread across the Northeastern United States, which had its second wettest August, as well as parts of the Northern Plains and California. Drier-than-normal conditions reigned across the interior West, the Midwest, and the South.

• Hurricane Irene made landfall near Cape Lookout, N.C. as a Category 1 storm on August 27, marking the first hurricane landfall in the U.S. since Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Irene made a second landfall in New Jersey as a hurricane on August 28, marking only the second recorded hurricane landfall in that state.

• Irene contributed to New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire having their wettest August on record. Meanwhile, Massachusetts (2nd), Connecticut (2nd), Delaware (3rd), Maine (3rd), Maryland (5th), Pennsylvania (5th), and Rhode Island (9th) had a top 10 wet August.

• Several major U.S. cities broke all-time monthly rainfall amounts during August. New York City (Central Park) measured 18.95 inches of rain, exceeding the previous record of 16.85 inches in 1882. In Philadelphia, 19.31 inches of rain was observed, besting the previous monthly record of 13.07 inches in September 1999.

• Louisiana (3rd), Tennessee (4th), Texas (5th), Mississippi (6th), Georgia, (6th), Illinois (8th), Washington (9th), and Alabama (9th) had precipitation totals among their top ten driest on record.

• Despite record rainfall in parts of the country, drought covered about one-third of the contiguous United States, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The Palmer Hydrologic Drought Index indicated that parts of Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas are experiencing drought of greater intensity, but not yet duration, than those of the 1930s and 1950s. Drought intensity refers to the rate at which surface and ground water is lost, due to a combination of several factors, including evaporation and lack of precipitation.

• An analysis of Texas statewide tree-ring records dating back to 1550 indicates that the summer 2011 drought in Texas is matched by only one summer (1789), indicating that the summer 2011 drought appears to be unusual even in the context of the multi-century tree-ring record.

U.S. climate highlights -- Summer

• Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Louisiana had their warmest (June-August) summers on record. Average summer temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma, at 86.8 degrees F and 86.5 degrees F, respectively, exceeded the previous seasonal statewide average temperature record for any state during any season. The previous warmest summer statewide average temperature was in Oklahoma, during 1934 at 85.2 degrees F.

• Fifteen states had a summer average temperature ranking among their top ten warmest. West of the Rockies, a persistent trough brought below-average temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, where Washington and Oregon were the only states across the lower 48 to have below-average summer temperatures.

• Texas had its driest summer on record, with a statewide average of 2.44 inches of rain. This is 5.29 inches below the long-term average, and 1.04 inches less than the previous driest summer in 1956. New Mexico had its second driest summer and Oklahoma its third driest summer. New Jersey and California had their wettest summers on record with 22.50 inches and 1.93 inches, respectively.

• The U.S. Climate Extremes Index, a measure of the percent area of the country experiencing extreme climate conditions, was nearly four times the average value was during summer 2011. This is the third largest summer value of the record, which dates to 1910. The major drivers were extremes in warm minimum and maximum temperatures and in the wet and dry tails of the Palmer Drought Severity Index.

• Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index, the contiguous U.S. temperature-related energy demand was 22.3 percent above average during summer. This is the largest such value during the index's period of record, which dates to 1895.

Other U.S. climate highlights

• During the six-month period (March-August), much-above-average temperatures dominated the southern and eastern United States. New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida, all experienced their warmest March-August on record. Cooler-than-average temperatures dominated the West and Northwest.

• For the year-to-date period, the average statewide temperature for Texas was 69.9 degrees F, the warmest such period on record for the state. This bests the previous record for the year-to-date period of 69.8 degrees F in 2000.

• For precipitation year-to-date, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana have all had their driest January-August periods on record, while Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut were record wet during the same period.

http://www.scienceda...10910134446.htm

Edited September 11, 2011 by Lord Infamous

[Obama 2012 1,714]

a century's worth of temperature!!! OMG that's so conclusive!!! Here Congress, here's my wallet!!! SAVE US!!!!!!!!!

[lostinblue 1,989]

La Nina climate event returning, forecasters say

WASHINGTON (AP) – The La Niña climate phenomenon has returned and that could be bad news for the drought-ravaged south-central states.

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. La Nina winters often see drier than normal conditions across the southern tier of the USA.

The periodic cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean can affect weather worldwide and often results in drier-than-usual conditions across the southern tier of the United States and wetter than normal conditions in the Pacific Northwest and Ohio Valley.

Mike Halpert, deputy director of the federal Climate Prediction Center, says "this means drought is likely to continue in the drought-stricken states of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico."

The forecasters said La Niña contributed to extreme weather around the globe during the first half of this year and then faded, but has now re-emerged and is expected to gradually strengthen and continue into winter.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/story/2011-09-09/la-nina-climate-event-returns/50339740/1

Edited September 11, 2011 by lostinblue

[Dan and Judy 614]

Texas Has Warmest Summer On Record of Any State

:dance: W E ' R E ..... N U M B E R # 1 :dance:

Edited September 11, 2011 by Dan and Judy

[B_J 2,752]

Texas Has Warmest Summer On Record of Any State

:dance: W E ' R E ..... N U M B E R # 1 :dance:

The temp. got down to the high nineties last week. I almost put on a jacket.

[Dan and Judy 614]

I would like to request that this be moved to the Texas forum

[Pooky 3,348]

Interesting that the warmest summer on record was back in 1936, toward the end of the dustbowl era.

That was a confluence of unstable ocean temperatures, shifting weather patterns and moving the jetstream, which caused extreme weather conditions in the Southern USA.

Helium link

Edited September 12, 2011 by Pooky

[sly_wolf 199]

a century's worth of temperature!!! OMG that's so conclusive!!! Here Congress, here's my wallet!!! SAVE US!!!!!!!!!

Some people need help:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44485727/ns/weather/

Texas Has Warmest Summer On Record of Any State

:dance: W E ' R E ..... N U M B E R # 1 :dance:

Yes, texas can be full of hot air

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Climate change is no threat to the world (planet). Climate change isn't even a threat to the human species. NEO's and the periodic shifting of the earth's magnetic poles, not to mention trying to exist on a planet with an unstable surface and a molten core, that is orbited by an unusually large moon that constantly stresses that surface, pose much greater dangers to humankind. But the planet don't care. Really. The rock was here before humans, and will be here after humans. Worrying about climate change is like worrying about graffiti on the World Trade Center before 9/11/2001.

No, people worry about useless ####### they think they can do something about, when they should just be happy they woke up this morning free to complain about such useless #######.

[NickD 202]

U.S. Experiences Second Warmest Summer On Record: Texas Has Warmest Summer On Record of Any State

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2011) — The blistering heat experienced by the United States during August, as well as the June through August months, marks the second warmest summer on record, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. The persistent heat, combined with below-average precipitation across the southern U.S. during August and the three summer months, continued a record-breaking drought across the region.

The average U.S. temperature in August was 75.7 degrees F, which is 3.0 degrees above the long-term (1901-2000) average, while the summertime temperature was 74.5 degrees F, which is 2.4 degrees above average. The warmest August on record for the contiguous United States was 75.8 degrees F in 1983, while its warmest summer on record at 74.6 degrees F occurred in 1936. Precipitation across the nation during August averaged 2.31 inches, 0.29 inches below the long-term average. The nationwide summer precipitation was 1.0 inch below average.

This monthly analysis, based on records dating back to 1895, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides.

U.S. climate highlights -- August

• Excessive heat in six states -- Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana -- resulted in their warmest August on record. This year ranked in the top ten warmest August for five other states: Florida (3rd), Georgia (4th), Utah (5th), Wyoming (8th), and South Carolina (9th).The Southwest and South also had their warmest August on record.

• Only nine of the lower 48 states experienced August temperatures near average, and no state had August average temperatures below average.

• Wetter-than-normal conditions were widespread across the Northeastern United States, which had its second wettest August, as well as parts of the Northern Plains and California. Drier-than-normal conditions reigned across the interior West, the Midwest, and the South.

• Hurricane Irene made landfall near Cape Lookout, N.C. as a Category 1 storm on August 27, marking the first hurricane landfall in the U.S. since Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Irene made a second landfall in New Jersey as a hurricane on August 28, marking only the second recorded hurricane landfall in that state.

• Irene contributed to New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire having their wettest August on record. Meanwhile, Massachusetts (2nd), Connecticut (2nd), Delaware (3rd), Maine (3rd), Maryland (5th), Pennsylvania (5th), and Rhode Island (9th) had a top 10 wet August.

• Several major U.S. cities broke all-time monthly rainfall amounts during August. New York City (Central Park) measured 18.95 inches of rain, exceeding the previous record of 16.85 inches in 1882. In Philadelphia, 19.31 inches of rain was observed, besting the previous monthly record of 13.07 inches in September 1999.

• Louisiana (3rd), Tennessee (4th), Texas (5th), Mississippi (6th), Georgia, (6th), Illinois (8th), Washington (9th), and Alabama (9th) had precipitation totals among their top ten driest on record.

• Despite record rainfall in parts of the country, drought covered about one-third of the contiguous United States, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The Palmer Hydrologic Drought Index indicated that parts of Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas are experiencing drought of greater intensity, but not yet duration, than those of the 1930s and 1950s. Drought intensity refers to the rate at which surface and ground water is lost, due to a combination of several factors, including evaporation and lack of precipitation.

• An analysis of Texas statewide tree-ring records dating back to 1550 indicates that the summer 2011 drought in Texas is matched by only one summer (1789), indicating that the summer 2011 drought appears to be unusual even in the context of the multi-century tree-ring record.

U.S. climate highlights -- Summer

• Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Louisiana had their warmest (June-August) summers on record. Average summer temperatures in Texas and Oklahoma, at 86.8 degrees F and 86.5 degrees F, respectively, exceeded the previous seasonal statewide average temperature record for any state during any season. The previous warmest summer statewide average temperature was in Oklahoma, during 1934 at 85.2 degrees F.

• Fifteen states had a summer average temperature ranking among their top ten warmest. West of the Rockies, a persistent trough brought below-average temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, where Washington and Oregon were the only states across the lower 48 to have below-average summer temperatures.

• Texas had its driest summer on record, with a statewide average of 2.44 inches of rain. This is 5.29 inches below the long-term average, and 1.04 inches less than the previous driest summer in 1956. New Mexico had its second driest summer and Oklahoma its third driest summer. New Jersey and California had their wettest summers on record with 22.50 inches and 1.93 inches, respectively.

• The U.S. Climate Extremes Index, a measure of the percent area of the country experiencing extreme climate conditions, was nearly four times the average value was during summer 2011. This is the third largest summer value of the record, which dates to 1910. The major drivers were extremes in warm minimum and maximum temperatures and in the wet and dry tails of the Palmer Drought Severity Index.

• Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index, the contiguous U.S. temperature-related energy demand was 22.3 percent above average during summer. This is the largest such value during the index's period of record, which dates to 1895.

Other U.S. climate highlights

• During the six-month period (March-August), much-above-average temperatures dominated the southern and eastern United States. New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida, all experienced their warmest March-August on record. Cooler-than-average temperatures dominated the West and Northwest.

• For the year-to-date period, the average statewide temperature for Texas was 69.9 degrees F, the warmest such period on record for the state. This bests the previous record for the year-to-date period of 69.8 degrees F in 2000.

• For precipitation year-to-date, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana have all had their driest January-August periods on record, while Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut were record wet during the same period.

http://www.scienceda...10910134446.htm

Sure can't agree with that map, Wisconsin had the coldest summer in history, lying basterds. Furnace was on for all of May and June, on back again for September. This sure is NOT above normal!!!! Never experienced a summer like this, ever.

Its always hot in Texas, had my basic training down there with a 25 mile forced march carrying a 65 pound backpack in 100+*F weather. Only to be shipped far north to freeze my butt off.

[misterbigtoe 45]

Climate change is no threat to the world (planet). Climate change isn't even a threat to the human species. NEO's and the periodic shifting of the earth's magnetic poles, not to mention trying to exist on a planet with an unstable surface and a molten core, that is orbited by an unusually large moon that constantly stresses that surface, pose much greater dangers to humankind. But the planet don't care. Really. The rock was here before humans, and will be here after humans. Worrying about climate change is like worrying about graffiti on the World Trade Center before 9/11/2001.

No, people worry about useless ####### they think they can do something about, when they should just be happy they woke up this morning free to complain about such useless #######.

Great analogy

Most people are so intuitively narcissistic to believe that they collectively have the power to change something as complex as climate...............that we are somehow akin to the forces of tectonics, cosmology, gravitation or vulcanism! Get a life and worry about the things you actually can change..................love your family..............help your neighbors...........say hello to strangers.............give to charity..............clean trash by the roadside. Do things that make the journey worthwhile because while humanity may seem to be the most important thing there is, it is fleeting and in reality an aberration in the history of this little bubble we are floating around in. We are, in a cosmological sense no different than rocks, dust or vapour.........simply an agglomeration of minerals and elements that has randomly or through divine intervention (take your pick) acquired self awareness.

Edited September 13, 2011 by misterbigtoe

[Dan and Judy 614]

Great analogy

Most people are so intuitively narcissistic to believe that they collectively have the power to change something as complex as climate...............that we are somehow akin to the forces of tectonics, cosmology, gravitation or vulcanism!

Next thing you know, they will be claiming we can put a man on the moon or determine that a baby has a genetic defect before it's even born

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Next thing you know, they will be claiming we can put a man on the moon or determine that a baby has a genetic defect before it's even born

And kill it.

[NickD 202]

Next thing you know, they will be claiming we can put a man on the moon or determine that a baby has a genetic defect before it's even born

Billions of tons of methane gas are released into the atmosphere by mother nature. Even an earth wide fire flash is recorded in geology history. This is more pronounced for producing holes in the ozone layer and global warming than anything else. But heaven help you if caught releasing an ounce of R-134a in the atmosphere. Or caught smoking a cigarette at an airport with jets taking or landing, landing requires 95% power pouring tons of very harmful pollutants into the atmosphere.

They love to pick on the small insignificant stuff, just like the IRS going after tiny individuals with low incomes and staying far away from the super rich that have a staff of tax attorneys.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

They love to pick on the small insignificant stuff, just like the IRS going after tiny individuals with low incomes and staying far away from the super rich that have a staff of tax attorneys.

Like Warren Buffet?