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USA NOAA Precipitation – 24th Highest April

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Above average precipitation in large parts of the USA for April 2016.

NOAA_Apr_2016_Precip_Graph

NOAA_Apr_2016_Precip_Map

USA NOAA Mar/Apr 2014 Precipitation is Normal

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Remember when “drought was the new normal”?

According to the NOAA the first two months of spring were 0.15″ above the 1901-2000 average. In other words … Normal!

NOAA_Mar_Apr_2014_Precipitation

 

Most of the country is normal. Northwest and southeast are wetter. Middle south is drier.

cag_[ Statewide Precipitation Anomalies (accumulation between Mar 2014 and Apr 2014) ]

NOAA Precipitation Update as of Feb 2014 – Last 12 Months Were Normal

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I missed this when it came out last month, but according to the NOAA Precipitation for the 12 month period ending February 2014 was normal.

It was .19 inches above the 1901-2000 mean.

Wasn’t there supposed to be a permanent “Climate Change” drought?

 

NOAA_Feb_2014_Precipitation_12 Months

 

Addendum: If you split the NOAA Climate History in two (March – February), these are the averages:

1895 – 1955 = 29.45 inches

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/pcp/12/02/1895-2014?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1896&lastbaseyear=1955

1956 – 2014 = 30.44

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/pcp/12/02/1895-2014?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1956&lastbaseyear=2014

 

One last one:

1980 – 2014 = 30.75 inches

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/pcp/12/02/1895-2014?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1980&lastbaseyear=2014

 

Climate Change … bringer of slightly more precipitation.

California February 2014 – Almost 6 Times As Much Rain Compared to January

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Update: I had 2013 in the title. Sorry. (thanks justsoeguy31167)

According to the NOAA, California averaged 3.43 inches of rain in February 2014, which was only .42 inches below the 1901-2000 mean.

That is about 5.7X as much rain compared to January when California only averaged only .6 inches of rain.

One month of average rainfall won’t end a drought, but it sure helps.

NOAA_Feb_2014_California_Rainfall

Climate Change Caused Never Ending Drought in California … oops. Nevermind.

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Climate Change Caused a never ending drought In California … except for the never ending part.

“The storm – the largest since 2010”

“This is no drought-buster, but it’s a nice, fat down payment” in the water bank, he said.”

“As of Saturday evening, the storm had dropped more than 4 inches of rain in downtown Los Angeles, 5 inches in Van Nuys and almost 12 inches at Cogswell Dam in the Angeles National Forest, according to the National Weather Service.”

“Rainfall over the last month has helped facilitate the salmon’s return to their spawning grounds, said the local water district officials who track their numbers.”

“Ski resorts were delighted with fresh snow that promised to extend their season“

WAIT … I thought the end of snow was here because of climate change?

But my  favorite quotation is: “The storm wasn’t all bad news, though.”

Bad News!!!!!!!!!!!!  Rain in a drought is now BAD NEWS???????????

Why is rain bad news? Because it spoils the climate change con game. In a few weeks the AGW Cult will be complaining about too much rain and how climate change causes floods.

5th Wettest July in USA History – NOAA 2013

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With all the claims about 2012 being the worst drought in USA history (total joke), I thought I would mention that July 2013 was the 5th wettest July ever according to the NOAA.

Only 1950, 1958, 1992 and 1915 were wetter. July 2013 was .71 inches above the 1901 – 2000 average. July 1930 was the driest.

The 1895 to 2013 trend for precipitation in July is 0. Flat. No trend at all. Perfectly average.

Year To Date precipitation for 2013 is 23rd wettest. 1.54″ above the long term average.

NOAA_July_2013_USA_Precipitation

Precipitation Canada February 2013

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The data is from the monthly summaries put out by Environment Canada. The Normals are the station where the anomaly from the 1971-2000 average is calculated by EC.

Precipitation is in mm of rain equivalent. Some of it would be snow. About 25mm to the inch for the non-metric.

Boat Bluff’s 677mm is about 27 inches. In one month.  Toronto had 328% of normal. Triple.

Top 10 Wettest Stations in Canada by % of Normal. (Only stations with EC Normals)

Province Station Year Month Precipitation (mm) Precipitation % of Normal
ONT TORONTO 2013 2 165.4 328
SASK LEROY 2013 2 27 244
ONT TORONTO LESTER B. PEARSO 2013 2 92 216
SASK QUAPPELLE 1 2013 2 25.1 212
ONT WROXETER 2013 2 117.9 211
QUE GASPE A 2013 2 121.8 206
ONT FOLDENS 2013 2 98.4 192
SASK DUVAL 2013 2 20.6 186
NU RANKIN INLET A 2013 2 16.2 183
NWT FORT SIMPSON A 2013 2 31.6 181

Top 10 Wettest Stations by amount of precipitation.  Any station is eligible. NA means EC does not calculate normals.

Province Station Year Month Precipitation (mm) Precipitation % of Normal
BC BOAT BLUFF 2013 2 677.2 147
BC ZEBALLOS MURAUDE CREEK 2013 2 473.9 NA
BC TOFINO A 2013 2 469.6 NA
BC ESTEVAN POINT 2013 2 430.8 125
BC PRINCE RUPERT MONT CIRC 2013 2 430.7 NA
BC ADDENBROKE ISLAND 2013 2 425.4 NA
BC LENNARD ISLAND 2013 2 419.5 120
BC BELLA BELLA 2013 2 396 NA
BC PORT ALICE 2013 2 387.2 101
BC TAHSIS VILLAGE NORTH 2013 2 370.5 NA

October 2012 Precipitation NOAA

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No state broke a record for driest October in 2012 according to the NOAA.

Texas came closest to a record with its 9th driest October at .83 inches. It will be hard to break the 1952 record of .02 inches.

New Mexico had very little rain during its 14th driest October. The record from 1952 was 0 so it can only be tied.

Delaware did break a record for wettest October ever.

15 states have 1952 as the driest October,  12 have 1963 and 6 are from 1924.

A rank of 1 = driest. A rank of 118 = wettest.

State Oct_2012 Oct_ranked Driest Lowest_Rainfall Wettest Highest_Rainfall
Texas 0.83 9 1952 0.02 1919 6.99
New Mexico 0.31 14 1952 0 1972 3.64
Oklahoma 1.28 20 1952 0.14 1941 11.32
Colorado 0.67 23 1952 0.07 1969 3.33
Arizona 0.31 25 1952 0 1972 5.19
Kansas 1.25 33 1952 0.02 1941 5.94
Nebraska 0.86 33 1933 0.07 2008 4.5
Louisiana 1.83 36 1952 0.03 2009 13.59
South Carolina 1.7 38 2000 0.01 1990 11.45
Georgia 1.89 43 1963 0.08 1994 8.24
South Dakota 0.9 43 1952 0.02 1998 5.42
California 0.75 47 1995 0.04 1962 4.44
Wyoming 0.87 49 1952 0.13 1998 2.47
Florida 3.24 51 2010 0.47 1924 9.56
Utah 0.85 51 1952 0 1972 3.4
Nevada 0.59 60 1952 0.01 2004 2.16
Missouri 3.16 61 1964 0.47 1941 10.47
Minnesota 1.88 62 1952 0.15 1971 5.76
Arkansas 3.33 63 1963 0.12 2009 14.36
North Carolina 3.53 69 2000 0.1 1971 8.57
Alabama 3.01 70 1963 0.04 1995 9.4
Connecticut 4.24 77 1924 0.36 2005 15.69
Iowa 2.94 78 1952 0.02 2009 6.36
Kentucky 3.19 79 1963 0.16 1919 7.43
Mississippi 3.56 79 1963 0.07 2009 9.84
Rhode Island 4.75 91 1946 0.35 2005 14.63
Idaho 2.02 92 1978 0.08 1975 3.01
Massachusetts 5.17 92 1924 0.27 2005 14.25
Indiana 4 93 1908 0.35 1919 8.51
Illinois 3.94 95 1964 0.2 1941 9.23
Tennessee 4.03 95 1963 0.03 1919 7.46
Virginia 4.32 96 2000 0.09 1976 8.69
New York 4.88 99 1963 0.33 2005 8.39
Vermont 5.12 101 1963 0.52 2005 9.57
West Virginia 4.48 101 1963 0.23 1925 7.33
Wisconsin 3.85 102 1952 0.17 1900 6
New Hampshire 5.43 105 1924 0.31 2005 13.81
North Dakota 1.96 105 1952 0.1 1982 4.71
Oregon 3.25 105 1895 0.05 1950 6.45
Montana 1.58 106 1987 0.08 1946 2.34
Pennsylvania 5.32 107 1963 0.24 1976 6.59
New Jersey 6.79 109 1924 0.32 2005 11.98
Ohio 4.56 109 1924 0.25 1919 6.34
Michigan 4.79 112 1924 0.48 1954 5.73
Washington 6.04 112 1987 0.23 1947 7.82
Maine 6.65 114 1947 0.36 2005 11.39
Maryland 7.68 116 1963 0.16 1976 8.05
Delaware 8.89 118 1963 0.14 2012 8.89

NOAA September 2012 Precipitation

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Four of the 48 continental US states set a record for lowest rainfall in September 2012 according to the NOAA. The ranks are out of 118 with 1 being driest. 19 out of the 48 states were below average (rank 59 and lower) and 29 were ranked above average.

Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Nebraska’s driest September were before 1900.

State Sep 2012 Sep Rank Driest Sep Lowest Rainfall Wettest Sep Highest Rainfall
Minnesota 0.56 1 2012 0.56 2010 6.7
Montana 0.15 1 2012 0.15 1986 3.71
North Dakota 0.24 1 2012 0.24 1900 5
South Dakota 0.24 1 2012 0.24 1986 4.27
Washington 0.11 2 1975 0.09 1959 4.78
Nebraska 0.51 3 1899 0.44 1973 6.5
Oregon 0.07 4 1999 0.03 1986 2.83
Idaho 0.19 7 1987 0.08 1959 3.23
Wisconsin 1.61 9 1952 0.78 1986 8.25
Wyoming 0.31 9 1979 0.22 1923 3.42
Iowa 1.62 15 1939 0.84 1926 9.75
California 0.1 24 1974 0.02 1904 2.42
South Carolina 2.36 24 2005 0.81 1928 13.12
Georgia 2.77 33 2005 0.93 2004 12.32
Michigan 2.69 36 1979 0.98 1986 8.62
Kansas 2.08 39 1956 0.29 1973 8.35
Florida 5.66 42 1921 2.13 1979 12.98
Oklahoma 2.9 55 1956 0.27 1945 7.86
New Mexico 1.49 58 1956 0.08 1941 5.84
Utah 0.85 61 1979 0.04 1982 3.71
Arizona 1.18 63 1953 0.02 1939 4.14
New Jersey 3.97 71 1941 0.27 1938 9.78
Colorado 1.4 72 1956 0.1 1961 2.93
Delaware 4.09 74 1941 0.15 1935 11.59
North Carolina 4.89 77 1990 1.22 1999 13.3
Maryland 4.16 81 1941 0.58 1999 10.45
Mississippi 4.15 85 1897 0.72 1906 10.06
Virginia 4.08 85 2005 0.79 1999 10.47
Nevada 0.69 90 1922 0.02 1982 2.57
Missouri 5.23 92 1897 0.7 1993 11.65
Rhode Island 5.2 92 1941 0.5 2008 9.51
Texas 4.01 92 1931 0.55 1936 6.9
Alabama 5.55 95 1984 0.66 1906 10.03
Maine 4.95 97 1948 1.26 1999 9.1
Massachusetts 5.32 97 1914 0.58 1933 9.66
Arkansas 5.19 98 2004 0.41 1913 9.94
Louisiana 6.01 98 1953 0.96 1913 12.92
Vermont 5.08 98 1908 0.96 1999 8.61
New Hampshire 5.46 99 1914 0.77 1938 9.81
New York 4.8 99 1964 1.18 1977 7.87
Connecticut 5.96 100 1914 0.35 1938 13.89
Pennsylvania 5.21 103 1943 0.79 2011 10.08
Illinois 5.12 104 1979 0.49 1926 9.68
Indiana 5.2 105 1897 0.6 1926 8.25
Tennessee 6.02 107 1897 0.6 1977 7.86
West Virginia 5.45 108 1985 0.69 2004 7.45
Kentucky 5.99 112 1897 0.28 2006 8.55
Ohio 5.57 115 1908 0.58 1926 7.16

The 1940-1959 period has the largest number of driest Septembers.

NOAA August 2012 – Precipitation Ranked Driest to Wettest by Ranking

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NOAA August 2012 Precipitation Ranked Driest to Wettest. Rank 1 = Driest. Rank 118 = Wettest.

Three states had the driest August ever: Nebraska, Washington and Wyoming.

No states had the wettest, but Louisiana and Mississippi each had their 2nd wettest (rank 117).

California (2002) and Nevada (1940) are the only state evers to have zero precipitation in August  therefore the records can only be tied.

State Aug 2012 Aug Ranking Driest Aug Driest Aug Precip
Nebraska 1.02 1 2012 1.02
Washington 0.05 1 2012 0.05
Wyoming 0.12 1 2012 0.12
Idaho 0.16 4 1940 0.12
Oregon 0.04 6 1955 0.01
Colorado 1.05 9 1960 0.63
South Dakota 1.19 12 2001 0.72
Minnesota 2.08 18 1930 1.24
Montana 0.59 21 2001 0.2
Wisconsin 2.53 24 1930 1.07
Missouri 2.35 26 1909 0.6
West Virginia 3.05 28 1957 1.55
Vermont 3.15 30 1957 1.28
New Mexico 1.75 33 1962 0.64
Iowa 2.94 38 1984 1.05
Ohio 2.86 40 1951 1.31
North Dakota 1.74 45 1961 0.72
New York 3.4 52 1907 1.47
Kansas 2.83 53 1913 0.53
Utah 0.87 53 1985 0.07
Texas 2.07 55 2000 0.47
Michigan 3.01 57 1930 0.76
Delaware 4.29 59 2008 0.99
Oklahoma 2.8 60 2000 0.14
Pennsylvania 3.66 60 1930 1.29
Kentucky 3.47 62 1925 1.27
Connecticut 4.07 67 1981 1.03
Tennessee 3.76 67 1953 0.97
Illinois 3.53 68 1953 1.12
Rhode Island 3.57 70 1984 0.58
Maryland 4.64 77 1930 1.07
Arizona 2.38 84 1962 0.62
Indiana 4.07 86 1897 1.59
New Jersey 5.68 86 1964 0.9
New Hampshire 5.03 87 1996 0.96
Virginia 4.91 87 1930 1.74
Maine 4.62 88 2002 1.08
North Carolina 6.35 89 1997 1.94
California 0.28 92 2002 0
Georgia 6.39 96 1925 1.84
Massachusetts 4.82 96 1907 1.11
Arkansas 4.38 97 2000 0.4
South Carolina 7.53 98 1925 1.47
Nevada 1.03 104 1944 0
Alabama 6.31 111 1925 1.13
Florida 11.69 115 1938 4.05
Louisiana 8.47 117 1980 1.67
Mississippi 8.58 117 1954 1.4