WestWind Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Obviously, one region does not prove much. Still, the departures are quite notable - look how Buffalo is likely to break the old record for warmest year by over a degree. Also note 4 out of the 5 warmest Buffalo winters (with 130 years of records) occurred in the past 25 years. Statistically, only one out of 5 would occur during this period if temperatures have not changed. Also, not likely any urban heat island effect given proximity to the lake and the fact that the population in the Buffalo area has actually been declining somewhat since the 1980's. Here is the information issued by the NWS Buffalo office this afternoon: .CLIMATE... OUR THREE CLIMATE SITES MAY HAVE THEIR WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR 2012. BUFFALO AND WATERTOWN ARE ALMOST CERTAIN...EVEN IF TEMPERATURES THE LAST WEEK OF THE YEAR AVERAGE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ROCHESTER IS TOO CLOSE TO CALL...WITH DECEMBER NEEDING TO FINISH WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 36.3F DEGREES OR HIGHER FOR 2012 TO FINISH WARMEST EVER. THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER IN ROCHESTER IS 30.0F. BELOW IS THE CURRENT ANNUAL TEMPERATURE THROUGH DECEMBER 26TH...ALONG WITH PRIOR WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR BOTH BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER GO BACK TO 1871. WHILE WATERTOWN HAS A SHORTER PERIOD OF RECORD WITH ANNUAL TEMPERATURES GOING BACK TO ONLY 1950. BUFFALO 1 2012 52.2 ... THROUGH DECEMBER 26TH 2 1998 50.9 3 2006 50.6 1991 50.6 1921 50.6 ROCHESTER 1 2012 52.0 ... THROUGH DECEMBER 26TH 2 1931 51.8 3 2006 51.5 4 1921 51.4 5 1998 50.7 WATERTOWN 1 2012 49.3 ... THROUGH DECEMBER 26TH 2 1953 48.1 3 1998 48.0 4 2006 47.4 5 1952 47.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Global_Warmer Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 2012 Will be Warmest Calendar Year at St. Louis and Columbia (Updated 12/25) 2012 Will be Warmest Calendar Year at St. Louis and Columbia... Persistently warm weather has greeted much of the eastern three-quarters of the country in the year 2012, including the bi-state region. In fact, through December 24th, this year has been the warmest start to a calendar year on record at St. Louis, MO (KSTL), Columbia, MO (KCOU), and tied 7th warmest ever at Quincy, IL (KUIN). This record warmth thus far in 2012 was especially bolstered during meteorological spring (March - May) where the month of March at all three locations experienced record warmth. Summer was also well above normal, with all three sites in the top 10 warmest on record. Detailed lists of the top 10 warmest starts to a calendar year can be found below: WARMEST CALENDAR YEARS (THROUGH DECEMBER 24TH) St. Louis, Missouri Period of record: 1874- Present Top Ten Avg. Temperatures 1) 61.8 2012 2) 60.7 1921 3) 59.8 1990 4) 59.7 1991 5) 59.4 1998/1938 7) 59.1 2011 8) 59.0 1953/1900 10) 58.9 2007/2006/1954 Columbia, Missouri Period of record: 1890- Present Top Ten Avg. Temperatures 1) 60.0 2012 2) 59.0 1938 3) 58.6 1946 4) 58.5 1931 5) 58.2 1939/1921 7) 57.9 1954/1941 9) 57.8 1953/1934 Quincy, Illinois Period of record: 1901- Present Top Ten Avg. Temperatures 1) 59.7 1921 2) 58.7 1931 3) 58.4 1934 4) 58.0 1933 5) 57.6 1938/1922 7) 57.4 2012/1946 9) 57.1 1930 10) 56.7 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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