Category: Summaries
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December and 2015 Summary – Hot and Historic
Warm and Wet El Niño December caps a Historic, Fiery and Dry 2015. The banner image on this post is courtesy Russ and Brenda Widdess. It shows Mt. Kiltsa earlier this year. The mountain’s name (“Kleet-sah”) means “Always White” in the Nuu-cha-nulth languages. This year, perhaps for the first time in both the modern and thousands of years…
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Monthly Summary November 2015 – Mostly Normal – El Niño Effects – Letter to MP on Station
Unusually Normal November (right before a stormy start to December). Much like last year where the November summary was delayed because of a wild start to December that led to massive flooding along the Somass, this past first week of December has been notable for both its rain and wind. However, this summary is for…
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Summary October 2015 – Much Warmer than Normal- Significant Data Holes – Climate Change Fingerprints on Blob
After an anomalously normal September, October got back into the swing of things with very warm temperatures including multiple new short-term records set at the Airpot over the month. Unfortunately, the Airport station is again showing disturbing unreliability for both its rain measurements and has even missed some days completely. The stations that did report the…
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September 2015 Summary – A respite from the heat – El Niño is a Beast – Arctic Melting
It was a fairly nondescript September. Interestingly, it was actually cooler than normal on average and we set a couple day low temperature records for the Airport station though not all time lows for the Valley. We set a day rain record and a high temperature record as well. Neither all time. Perhaps what…
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August 2015 Summary and Outlook – Fire – Heat – Rain – Wind
So after a bit of delay due to the insanity of the start of the school year, here is the August 2015 Summary and Outlook for the next few months. August again was defined by fire, and I have compiled some interesting statistics on that front. Even though it still felt pretty hot and dry (we…