L.A had a colder May than January in 2015!!!!!!!!!!! (snowy, Chicago, city)

[MordinSolus]

We had an unseasonably warm and dry Winter so it's not a surprise that the Spring is about the same as Winter was, temperature wise.

Originally Posted by tommyFL

Neither month is cold, so how could any of them be "colder" than the other?

I guess logic isn't your friend.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

Very interesting weather factoid:

L.A has had a colder average high temperature in MAY than in January for this year!!!!

Los Angeles May Weather 2015 - AccuWeather Forecast for CA 90012

Los Angeles Month Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for CA 90012

What do you weather geeks make of this??

You're 2nd link goes to January 2014 but I used January 2015..

Left is May 2015. Right is January 2015. Average Max temps.

First few are the warmest locations for the entire state. Last few is the coldest.

Obviously January would have colder numbers but yeah.. Los Angeles had a colder Max Avg in May then in January.




However, the Average Monthly temp was not colder in May compared to January.

Guess would be good to point out that when you're inside a ridge lately, we're getting heated. Inside the trough and it's cold.

We're having one of the warmest May's on record on this side, something California had in January.


Los Angeles(LAX)
4th Warmest February.
11th Coldest May so far

Hartford(BDL)
Coldest February
4th Warmest May so far

[Cambium]

Just the way the Jet stream rolls. Been seeing this flip flop all the time since following weather.

Here's the mean Jet Stream for February on left, May on right.

Whats funny is May doesn't look impressive for the Northeast. Further strengthening my idea that the dry ground did indeed help spike temps more than it should of.

ESRL : PSD : Daily Climate Composites

[TwinbrookNine]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Just the way the Jet stream rolls. Been seeing this flip flop all the time since following weather.

Here's the mean Jet Stream for February on left, May on right.

Whats funny is May doesn't look impressive for the Northeast. Further strengthening my idea that the dry ground did indeed help spike temps more than it should of.

ESRL : PSD : Daily Climate Composites

In the May depiction, that jet stream should be flat from south central TX to S. Carolina. A zonal flow with two jets, the sub arctic and the mid latitude going west to east in parallel over the central continent, has prevailed. Both are sluggish. The sub tropical jet on the other hand, has been persistently stronger, almost "pineapple express" from southeast of Hawaii to central Mexico to south TX. An unusual pattern for May. But I've seen it before.

[ABrandNewWorld]

And we will have highs in the 60s for an entire week heading into JUNE.

[AJ1013]

Where Oh Where has L.A Mex gone?

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Just the way the Jet stream rolls. Been seeing this flip flop all the time since following weather.

Here's the mean Jet Stream for February on left, May on right.

Whats funny is May doesn't look impressive for the Northeast. Further strengthening my idea that the dry ground did indeed help spike temps more than it should of.

ESRL : PSD : Daily Climate Composites

The cold they are getting now is nothing at all comparable to the cold we got lol.

The world would turn upside down if we ever had a May colder than January.

[ABrandNewWorld]

Originally Posted by AJ1013

Where Oh Where has L.A Mex gone?

He'll be back as soon as we get our next heat wave.

[alex985]

What do I make of May being warmer than January in LA?......Meh. Would be very interesting in a 4-seasonal climate though. Though I really doubt it's possible.

[L.A.-Mex]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

And we will have highs in the 60s for an entire week heading into JUNE.

Are you serious???

we will see 90s and 80s for next 10 days

Downtown LA
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/90040:4:US

Long Beach
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USCA0632:1:US

here
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USCA9222:1:US

Inland Empire
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USCA0978:1:US
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USCA0991:1:US