Ian Sean Livingston
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The 80-degree low is not very common at all, unless you’ve been around D.C. lately at least. While it may still be a bit of an anomaly, it’s becoming less so year by year it seems.
Ok, I am being unbalanced with D.C. climo of late. It’s a mindless task when bored, and I recently finished a compilation. Here’s a graph (to scale, if not clearly marked as such) of high and low temperatures by year in Washington, D.C. The change in highs has been quite minor though the range is [...]
While the Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, Md. area averages about one 100-degree day each year, they are not super common and stretches of years without them are (or, someday, where?) to be expected.
A breakdown of thunderstorm days at Washington, D.C. during the current climate normal period of 1981-2010.
Significant tornadoes are somewhat rare in the D.C. area, but not unheard of. Here’s a look at upper level conditions that have led to a handful over the years.
A chart of 90F+ days as an average by month, compared over 30-year cycles throughout the historical period.
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- And N LA, N NE, W KS.. we are so due RT @WeatherWarrior1 @islivingston LOL, bad memories of MO from last year? 16 hours ago
- And yeah that's still 6-7 days out. So, even though it shows it 3 of 4 runs for days it's probably wrong. 16 hours ago
- GFS still faster than the Euro. It's pretty insistent that we'll be targeting somewhere like Iowa next Thurs. (must avoid MO at all costs). 16 hours ago
- And if I miss an outbreak while landing back in DC and preparing to turn around 3 hours later--well, I think I called that like 3 mo ago. 17 hours ago
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