Category: Summaries
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May 2016 Summary
Like last year, very warm and dry May follow same in April. We didnt set a lot of new short term records at the Airport but we did set at least one of each for high temp, rain and, unusually, a low temperature. While the highs did come near all time records, the low did not. The…
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April 2016 Summary – Way above average temps. Stretch of Hot weather has fire danger picking up.
Well above average April in temperature. Much lower than normal precipitation. A dry, warm outlook. It is going to be a hot dry weekend and that is just a continuation of what we saw in April. We set a whole raft of new short term temperature records (seven) at the Airport but did not quite manage to set…
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March 2016 Summary – Plenty of Records but extremes moderate as El Niño wanes.
Above Average March in temperature. Normal to above normal for precipitation. A moderating outlook. The month was kind of bookended with records. We had an all time record high temperature set on February 25th and then we got a strong rainfall event that generated a flurry of short-term records starting March 1. At the end of the…
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Monthly Summary February 2016 – Records – El Niño and looking ahead to end of storminess.
An Above Average February dwarfed by 2015 but still well above average. While it wasn’t quite as extreme as February 2015, this February did deliver one possible all time daily record for high temperature. See down in the records section for more on that and the incredible (and probably false) reading from 1916! We continue to…
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Monthly Summary January 2016 – Rainiest Jan 27 since 1896 – Low Snow
Close to normal temperatures but slightly drier January hides near record day rainfall and low snowpack. Happy Groundhog Day! 🙂 The totals and averages and records in January 2016 were not hugely notable. The combination of the weakening of the “blob” and the influence of El Niño seem to have combined to generate a fairly…