Author Topic: Record high temps in May 2018 (Read 853 times)

Matthew · « **on:** June 06, 2018, 12:40:05 PM »

Nation’s Hottest May on Record Leaves Dust Bowl in the Dust
Bob Henson · June 6, 2018, 12:42 PM EDT

Above: May 2018 eclipsed all previous Mays for warmth across the contiguous U.S. in records extending back to 1895. Image credit: Adapted from NOAA/NCEI.

After one of the coldest Aprils in U.S. history, last month delivered a stunning switch—the warmest May for the contiguous U.S. in records going back to 1895. May came in at 5.21°F above the 20th-century average, which beats out the Dust Bowl month of May 1934 (4.51°F above the 20th-century average). This is the third time in the past three years that a longtime monthly U.S. heat record has been eclipsed: December 2015 toppled a 1939 record, and June 2016 pushed out June 1933.
May’s warmth was remarkably well-distributed around the country. Whereas the nationally chilly April (13th-coldest on record) still had above-average warmth over the western U.S., every one of the Lower 48 states came in well above average for May—a rare feat. A total of 41 states had a top-ten-warmest May, and eight of those states had a record-warm May: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. The Oklahoma record is especially impressive given that western Oklahoma was near the epicenter of the devastating 1930s Dust Bowl.

Figure 1. Statewide rankings for average temperature for May 2018, as compared to each May since records began in 1895. Darker shades of red indicate higher rankings for heat, with 1 denoting the coldest month on record and 124 the warmest. Image credit: NOAA/NCEI.

Figure 2. Much of the central and eastern U.S. underwent drastic swings from one of the coldest Aprils on record to one of the warmest Mays, compressing three to fourth months’ worth of normal temperature transition into a much shorter period. Image credit: weather.com.

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Winter-weary residents of the Upper Midwest found themselves undergoing weather whiplash by Memorial Day weekend. Minneapolis had its earliest-ever 100°F reading on Sunday, May 27, and the Twin Cities also hit 90°F on six consecutive days, beating the May record string of four days, as reported by weather.com in a roundup of late May’s heat. Even heat-hardy Texans found themselves sweating a bit ahead of schedule. Lubbock not only endured its hottest May on record but reached the 100°F mark on eight days, beating the old May record of six days.

Dozens of other U.S. cities and towns had their warmest May on record. This includes at least 11 state capitals, all with more than a century of weather data under their belts:
Austin, TX (80.6°F, tied with May 1996, records begin 1898)
Atlanta, GA (74.8°F, tied with May 1996, records begin 1880)
Charleston, WV (72.0°F, old records 71.7°F in 1991, records begin 1892)
Columbus, OH (71.7°F, old record 70.8°F in 1991, records begin 1879)
Indianapolis, IN (72.6°F, old record 70.7°F in 1896, records begin 1871)
Lansing, MI (64.7°F, tied with May 1881, records begin 1863)
Little Rock, AR (76.4°F, old record 76.3°F in 1987, records begin 1880)
Raleigh, NC (74.2°F, old records 73.9°F in 1896, records begin 1887)
Richmond, VA (73.4°F, old record 73.0°F in 2004, records begin 1897)
Springfield, IL (74.5°F, old records 72.3°F in 1962, records begin 1880)
Topeka, KS (74.7°F, old record 72.7°F, records begin 1888)
There’s no official weather station in Kentucky’s small capital city, Frankfurt, but nearby Lexington scored its warmest May (72.8°F, old record 71.6°F in 1962, records begin 1873).
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Maria Regina · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2018, 05:15:14 PM »

It was a cold May for us here in Los Angeles as we entered this current solar minimum which will cause global cooling. Notice the volcanic activity which occurs cyclically during times of a solar minimum. The volcanoes in Japan, Alaska, Guatamala, Hawaii, Greenland, and Italy have erupted recently. Volcanism causes the warming of the seas due to underground volcanos, which causes the glaciers to melt, which causes higher precipitation, which causes global cooling due to the cloud coverage. Volcanism also causes tons of debris (ash, sulfuric dioxide, and silicon) to be pushed into the atmosphere which obscures the sunshine and decreases temperatures globally.

I do not trust NOAA as they are promoting Soros' Climate Change. Soros is the one who financed Al Gore's flawed Climate Warming research.

JezusDeKoning · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2018, 05:56:08 PM »

Yep, it was a very, very warm May in Minnesota. This was us the month before that with 14 inches of snow and 10 degrees on April 1st:

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