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Post by Met.Data on Dec 30, 2020 13:47:32 GMT -5
LOL one of my relatives who lives in a higher part of Sheffield (at 178 meters ASL) was on the phone telling me about the snow they have there still. Barely even settled down here, at 88 meters, while it did snow it generally melted on contact. Glad to live lower down I must say.  |
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Post by FrozenI69 on Dec 30, 2020 15:05:11 GMT -5
Is the met office freaking out over snow prospects again ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 9:50:49 GMT -5
The horrific collapse of sunshine hours over the last 10-15 years. In the last couple of years we have recorded near average values though.  |
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Post by Babu on Dec 31, 2020 11:58:16 GMT -5
The horrific collapse of sunshine hours over the last 10-15 years. In the last couple of years we have recorded near average values though. Meanwhile in Sweden:  |
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Post by FrozenI69 on Jan 1, 2021 17:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by knot on Jan 2, 2021 5:23:06 GMT -5
30 year normals are the absolute best way to compare the long term climate between different stations and areas. But for determining today's climate around a specific station? There's no single "best way" for doing so. Should you use a 30 year average centered 15 years ago, or a 10 year average cenetered 5 years ago? Or should you take the 30 year average centered 15 years ago, and then add to each month the long term average warming/cooling per decade? It's a nuanced discussion, which is what I'm trying to make it into. All this black and white "The official 30 year normal is the best to use in every single case no matter what the case may be, and anyone suggesting anything else is an idiotic botev" stuff is very insular.Agreed with the part in bold—we should, instead, be using the entire period of record available at any given station; the longer, the better. 30 years, is simply far too limiting, and not representative of the long-term climate in the slightest; for instance, the fact that decadal/multi-decadal climate drivers (such as the AAO, IOD, or MJO for Australia), can dominate in either a positive or negative phase during particular decadal periods…and, thus, the climate may differ wildly from decade to decade. Climate is neither "gradual", nor "linear". Going by observations past and present, major climatic shifts often occur abruptly, and within a short period of time—much akin to the flicking of a switch. |
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Post by ral31 on Jan 3, 2021 13:47:20 GMT -5
Just saw that New Orleans hasn't recorded a freezing low since January 2018, nearly 3 years ago.  Got down to 20F then. Mean minimum low is 24.6F. |
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Post by Ariete on Jan 3, 2021 15:05:13 GMT -5
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Post by Benfxmth on Jan 4, 2021 7:04:41 GMT -5
Precipitation anomalies for 2020 in the CONUS
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Post by jetshnl on Jan 6, 2021 12:49:52 GMT -5
Precipitation anomalies for 2020 in the CONUS Interesting how the MB/MN border is slightly above normal as Winnipeg had its driest year on record. |
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Post by Strewthless on Jan 8, 2021 10:47:36 GMT -5
It's snowed about a dozen times over the last 2/3 weeks, yet only once or twice has it stuck in any meaningful way. Same rn, snowing but not sticking due to soggy ground. Meanwhile I can see a blanket on the hills a bit higher up, cars come down from there covered in the stuff.
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Post by Benfxmth on Jan 9, 2021 14:08:02 GMT -5
A year without any frosts at 56°N? #OnlyInScandinavia
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Post by knot on Jan 11, 2021 0:16:57 GMT -5
Das Gheyhommo  |
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Post by jetshnl on Jan 11, 2021 1:07:38 GMT -5
What location has the warmest record low? Pacific island somewhere?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 14:36:20 GMT -5
Response from the Met Office to my FoI request.
"Under the requirements of the Freedom of information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the Met Office is obliged to respond to requests within a period of 20 working days, by 8 February 2021.
Whilst the Met Office is working hard to achieve this timescale, given the current situation with COVID-19 and the diversion of resources, there may be a delay in our response time to your request."Looks like it could be a few weeks before the mystery is solved irlinit , Met.Data . |
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Post by irlinit on Jan 12, 2021 18:31:59 GMT -5
Response from the Met Office to my FoI request.
"Under the requirements of the Freedom of information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the Met Office is obliged to respond to requests within a period of 20 working days, by 8 February 2021.
Whilst the Met Office is working hard to achieve this timescale, given the current situation with COVID-19 and the diversion of resources, there may be a delay in our response time to your request."Looks like it could be a few weeks before the mystery is solved irlinit , Met.Data . Nice one! Keep us updated, I’m interested to know the outcome.. what exactly did you ask by the way? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 19:50:19 GMT -5
Response from the Met Office to my FoI request.
"Under the requirements of the Freedom of information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the Met Office is obliged to respond to requests within a period of 20 working days, by 8 February 2021.
Whilst the Met Office is working hard to achieve this timescale, given the current situation with COVID-19 and the diversion of resources, there may be a delay in our response time to your request."Looks like it could be a few weeks before the mystery is solved irlinit , Met.Data . Nice one! Keep us updated, I’m interested to know the outcome.. what exactly did you ask by the way? I asked for a .csv of the month sun hours at Kew between 2007-2020. I will compare them to Heathrow over the same time period to see if there is a pattern. |
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Post by omegaraptor on Jan 12, 2021 19:51:18 GMT -5
What location has the warmest record low? Pacific island somewhere? Tarawa, Kiribati has a record low of 70F/21C which is the warmest that I am aware of. Right in the equatorial Pacific. |
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Post by nei on Jan 12, 2021 20:34:33 GMT -5
interesting that Mount Washington was only the coldest 20 times; surprised Saranac Lake is absent. Western frost hollows show up a lot
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Post by knot on Jan 13, 2021 2:48:19 GMT -5
Just LOL @ the climate section of Blackheath…that editor's got a point, though 👍🏻  |
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Got down to 20F then. Mean minimum low is 24.6F. 
