US Top-10 List for the Summer

Location: New York
Author: Weather 2000, Inc.
Date: Friday, June 29, 2007
 

Before we turn the page to July and the Holiday Week gets under way, we thought we'd compile a well-grounded & fun Weather Top-10 List:

10.) Great Lakes/OH Valley/Mid-Atlantic Hubs collectively will have their 5th Hottest June & 3rd Hottest May-June on Record.  Expect more of the same July-September.

9.) These are the very same regions that models and outlooks advised back in mid-May would be Mild; beware of services bearing cool gifts.

8.) Regions cooling.

7.) Models don't handle soil moisture or surface fluxes well either.

6.) Current Neutral ENSO conditions (on cue) will gradually transition into weak/modest La Niña conditions over the next few months (on cue).

5.) It was a notoriously over-aggressive computer model this Spring that was(surprise) over-aggressive in strengthening the La Niña evolution.

4.) La Niña is only the tiniest factor in North American Summer weather, outside the Southwest Monsoon.  But it sounds good.

3.) Variations in La Niña strength have only minuscule impacts on the Atlantic Hurricane Season. El Niño (Yay or Nay) calls the shots.

 2.) "We only have 2 Named Tropical Storms through the month of June! NO July!

 1.) One City has a sizzling, dry , sunny Summer Day soaring up to 95°F and an overnight Low temperature of 66°F.  Another City has a hazy, humid Summer Day which barely reaches 89°F, and sinks down to a muggy overnight Low temperature of 72°F.  Both Cities actually tally the same number of Cooling Degree Days. And the latter City has A/C and people working much harder to keep cool.  

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