Interesting Weather Stats Any Season, Anywhere (december, Washington, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

[Cheesehead92]

Related to SRFoskey's second note above, at my house the temperature hasn't dropped below 33°F yet. The average low is 30. This has to be some kind of record.

[Glacierx]

16 warmest temperatures ever recorded in BC in November:

Quesnel = 24.4°C (76°F) in 1901
Quesnel = 24.4°C (76°F) in 1899
Kamloops = 23.9°C (75°F) in 1975
Bull Harbour = 23.9°C (75°F) in 1962

Merritt = 23.9°C (75°F) in 1921
Ashcroft = 23.7°C (75°F) in 2016 <---------------------
Lillooet = 23.3°C (74°F) in 1927
Vancouver = 23.3°C (74°F) in 1898

Port Alice = 22.8°C (73°F) in 1962
Duncan = 22.8°C (73°F) in 1949
Cultus Lake = 22.8°C (73°F) in 1947
Lillooet = 22.8°C (73°F) in 1936

Lytton = 22.8°C (73°F) in 1927
Lake Cowichan = 22.5°C (73°F) in 2008
Nootka Lightstation = 22.5°C (73°F) in 1980
Abbotsford = 22.4°C (72°F) in 2016 <--------------------

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by srfoskey

Barrow has had an extremely warm October for them..

13F above normal for the month. October 2016 Statewide Summary | Alaska Climate Research Center

[lommaren]

No official stats published yet but from observations the first half of November saw 1 C highs and -3 lows, which is one of the coldest starts to November in my memory!

[Baba_Wethu]

Originally Posted by lommaren

No official stats published yet but from observations the first half of November saw 1 C highs and -3 lows, which is one of the coldest starts to November in my memory!

Stockholm also broke the November snowdepth record within the first few days of the month by I think around 10cm at 37 or something cm (don't quote me on that)

[ben86]

I wonder what the odds were on this ever happening (especially the bolded) - most unlikely weather event ever?

The fact that the snow accumulated overnight on Christmas Eve led to a White Christmas the next morning, something completely foreign to the region. The city of Houston recorded the first White Christmas in its history. Across all of southern Texas and in southwestern Louisiana, snow fell in places where it had not for anywhere from 15 to 120 years. Near the coast, in Corpus Christi, Texas, 5.2 inches (13 cm) of snow fell, more snow than in all previous recorded years combined. This was also the case in Victoria, Texas, where a significant 13.0 inches (33 cm) fell.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_C...s_winter_storm

[Steelernation71]

Departures from average and most above and below average day since April 2015 in Rochester

04/15: +1.3 -14.8 17.1
05/15: +7.0 -9.6 23.7 Record warmest
06/15: -0.3 -12.5 7.3
07/15: +0.1 -9.6 9.4
08/15: +0.2 -6.9 9.3
09/15: +6.1 -6.9 16.8 5th warmest
10/15: +0.4 -12.3 14.3
11/15: +6.1 -6.8 20.3 4th warmest
12/15: +12.2 +1.1 27.7 Record warmest

01/16: +2.7 -11.0 21.1
02/16: +3.1 -28.0 24.9
03/16: +5.8 -7.4 28.3 13th warmest
04/16: -4.0 -19.1 13.1
05/16: +1.5 -15.2 16.8
06/16: +1.3 -10.2 11.8
07/16: +4.0 -3.6 11.5 7th warmest
08/16: +6.6 -1.8 15.5 Record Warmest
09/16: +5.0 -5.2 16.8 9th Warmest
10/16: +3.6 -8.8 22.2
11/16. +4.7 -6.6 16.9 10th warmest

Last 8 months of 2015: average of 58.4, 2cd warmest
First 11 months of 2016: average of 53.0, 3rd warmest

That's 18 of 20, 16 of 17, and 7 straight months above average
4 of 5 top 10 warmest and 8 of 19 top 10 warmest
3 of 19 record warmest
2 straight Septembers and Novembers in the top 10

[Glacierx]

Alaska is 50 below for the first time this year...

[B87]

10 years ago today, London was struck by a tornado.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_London_tornado

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by Glacierx

Alaska is 50 below for the first time this year...

"The high of -21°F at Fairbanks on the 28th (Nov) ended a record 658 consecutive days where the daily high was above -10°F. The previous record was 346 days that ended on November 17th, 2001. Similarly, the low of -31°F at Fairbanks also on the 28th ended a 624 day streak where the temperatures had been above -30°F."