Posted on 05/17/2024 9:38:23 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
(NEXSTAR) – New predictions for the summer season, released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center this week, show weather is likely to heat up in almost every corner of the United States.
The forecast, which covers June, July and August, indicates nearly every U.S. state with leaning toward a hotter-than-normal summer season. The highest chances are found out West, where Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Colorado have a 60% to 70% chance of above-average temperatures over the next three months. Several other Western states plus the Northeast are also strongly favored to see above-average heat.
The only exception to the forecast on the continental U.S. are the Dakotas and parts of Minnesota and Iowa. The section of the upper Midwest, shaded in white on the map below, has equal chances of a normal summer, hotter-than-average summer and a cooler-than-average summer
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When I was a boy in the 1950s and 1960s the summers on the High Plains and the Ozarks were brutal! BRUTAL! No AC at all.
Winters were also colder as we had to cut and burn wood and close off the house to keep the living room warm.
Based on my research, I predict it will be either cooler than normal or it will be warmer than normal this summer.
The predictions for this winter will probably be similar, but it’s too early to be certain.
Last summer it was in the 100’s most every day here in Texas. I guess it will be like that again. Ugh! We’ll survive. I just worry bout my son. He works outside on pools. He’ll be miserable.
Hard to say how accurate temperature measurements were in those days.
We haven’t even turned on the AC here in Atlanta yet.
Can't he just jump in every now and then? Say to the home owner, "Opps, sorry, I slipped. I'm okay though, so I won't sue."
Abnormally cool in Spokane for the rest of the week.
I love heat, don’t turn on air conditioner until it’s over 96.
More like the heat island effect..more steel,more concrete,more glass holding in the heat after sunset. Especially in places like AZ and TX. Maybe we should be planting more trees and put in more light colored roofs.
We promise more in weathet svience than is possible in other sciences.
Other science: 100% maximum accuracy.
Climate science: 170000000% accuracy! Every scenario that could or does happen is absolutely correct!
I love it when thy compare temps day to day...year to year. So July 12 it was 90...same day 50 years ago it was 89...so climate change says the world is hotter now.
Corn grows better in hot weather!
Some of his jobs require him to get in the pools, but most times he just works on filters out of the pools. But if he wants to jump in a pool to cool off he can. Last year when it was so hot he did a few times. I’m sure he’ll do it again this summer. I hate his job, but he loves it. He works hard.
One would have to look closely. This summer is going to be under la niña conditions, which generally doesn’t suggest heat waves. My guess is that NOAA simply follows the script here, harvests the media reaction to their prediction, and whatever happens in the end, no one will recall whether NOAA got it right or not.
When I lived in Tucson, many years ago now, 100 degree days in May were common.
Central NJ has hit 80 a couple of days. NYC maybe 78. Still overall it’s been mid 60s and 3 or 4 May days in 50s.
They’re still fairly common, but this spring seems to me to be a bit cooler than usual.
It’s all about solar activity, and sunspots are the harbingers of hot weather.
Lots of sunspots means warmer temps. See for yourself here:
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/sunspot-regions.html
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