The new State of the Climate was just released for November and Fall. Unfortunately, the Southeast Region didn't have their report completed in time... detention for them!
Here are a few of the highlights for November:
- The average U.S. temperature in November was 44.3 degrees F, or 1.8 degrees F above the 1901-2000 long term average
- Precipitation averaged across the nation during November, was 2.33 inches, or 0.21 inch above average.
- As of November 29th, about six percent of the contiguous United States remained in the worst category of drought, called D4 or exceptional drought, a decrease from the nearly 9 percent at the beginning of the month.
- The 2011 North Atlantic hurricane season officially came to a close on November 30th, after an above-average season for the basin. There were 19 named storms during the 2011 season, tying with three other years (2010, 1995, and 1887) as the 3rd busiest season on record.
- The November 2011 Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI) was 25.7, which is the 14th lowest November value in 117 years.
And a few highlights for fall:
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- During the autumn period, the United States, as a whole, experienced above-average temperatures with a nationallyaveraged temperature of 55.5 degrees F. This was 1.3 degrees F above average.
- Most states had autumn temperatures which were near to above average.Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont had their record warmest fall. Eight other states had an average temperature that was one of the ten warmest on record. Conversely, four states in the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast had below-average autumn temperatures.
As always, the entire report is available here at DaculaWeather.com
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