6 September 2016
August in the Northeast U.S. One of The Hottest On Record
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Image Ctsy. NE Regional Climate Center.
The cities in yellow (From NE Regional Climate Center) had the hottest August average temp. on record. It was also very dry in some areas, with well below average rainfall. Washington missed the record by 0.1 degrees F.
Across the country, August was the 21st consecutive month with more record highs than record lows! This itself is a new record. Meteorologist Guy Walton keeps track of this, and in August it was around two to one.
Image ctsy. Guy Walton
Here is the data from Guy through August 2016, and it speaks for itself:
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.