Posted on 05/19/2008 2:27:25 PM PDT by cogitator
NOAA: U.S. Has Cool April, Global Temperature Ranked 13th Warmest on Record
This past month was the coolest April in 11 years for the lower 48 United States, and fell into the lowest twenty-five percent of all Aprils based on records going back to 1895, according to an analysis by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
The average April temperature, 51°F, during April was one degree below the 20th century mean, and was the 29th coolest, or 86th warmest, based on preliminary data.
The combined average global land and ocean surface temperatures for April ranked 13th warmest since worldwide records began in 1880.
U.S. Temperature Highlights
Fifteen states, all in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic regions, were warmer than average. New York ranked third warmest and Rhode Island, fourth warmest. Sixteen states, all west of the Mississippi, were cooler than average. Washington state ranked second coolest and Oregon fifth coolest. The monthly temperature for Alaska was 1.2°F (0.66°C) below average, the 43rd coolest April on record.
The varying temperatures kept the nation's overall temperature-related residential energy demand for April near average, based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index.
Global Highlights
April's combined global land and ocean surface temperature was 0.74°F (0.41°C) above the 20th century mean of 56.7°F (13.7°C).
Continued weakening of La Niña, the cold phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, occurred during April. The global average ocean surface temperature in April was the ninth warmest on record, with a monthly anomaly of 0.59°F (0.33°C) above the 20th century mean.
Typhoon Neoguri brought torrential rains and flash flooding to Hainan, China, April 18. This was the season's earliest and perhaps the strongest typhoon to strike China since 1949.
Snow cover extent over Eurasia during April 2008 was the lowest on record for April, following a record low March extent, and a marked contrast to the record January expanse. For the Northern Hemisphere, this month was the eighth least extensive April snow cover extent in the 42-year historical satellite record.
Globally
UAH
+0.015
RSS
+0.08
NOAA
+0.42
Looks like once again the data at the NOAA has been Hansenized.
But 3rd warmest April in New York? C’mon now. I live here and have relatives all over the state, there’s been April’s where I gone to the beach. It was a cold, miserable month through out the state. I’m sure Maryland where you live was the same, yet they have it +3° above normal
They are full of it.
New York's a reasonably big state. You've got a Great Lakes influence from both Erie and Ontario, and the Adirondacks probably have their own micro-climate, too, as well as the Finger Lakes (the wine growers love to talk about their micro-climates).
And I know I remember being uncomfortable more readily than I remember being comfortable.
It’s biased to compare against the colder 1960-1990 years, but despite all that scientific evidence of a “warmer than normal” April, Londoners on May 2nd voted out their socialist mayor who made climate change his signature issue. So there’s always hope.
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