Location: New York
Author: Weather 2000, Inc.
Date: Thursday, October 4, 2007
Final Summer 2007 Weather Verifications:
* Very Hot National Summer 2007 officially registered, with the anticipated cool zones across coastal California, Pacific Northwest, Texas/South-Central, and Maine.
* Our researched emphasis of Hotter than even 2006 full Summer for the Mid-West to Northeast quadrants materialized, highlighted by Cincinnati - 43% Hotter than 2006 (More CDD's May-September), Chicago - 14% Hotter, Washington D.C. - 13% Hotter, New York City - 5% Hotter, Boston - 9% Hotter, Pittsburgh - 25% Hotter, Charleston WV - 32% Hotter, St. Louis - 15% Hotter.
* Cincinnati had their Hottest Summer Ever!
* Chicago and Baltimore had their 2nd Hottest Summer since 1995.
* St. Louis and Atlanta had their 2nd Hottest Summer since 1980.
* New York City had their 2nd Hottest Summer since 1991.
Note: These results were in the face of popular service outlooks emphasizing cool themes for the big cities of the Mid-West & Northeast and their proclamations that La Niņa would not develop this Summer.
* Our researched emphasis of Cooler than 2006 full Summer for the South-Central and Coastal California is materialized, highlighted by Dallas 9% Cooler than 2006 (Fewer CDD's May-September), Oklahoma City - 11% Cooler, Kansas City - 3% Cooler; San Francisco - 18% Cooler, Los Angeles - 29% Cooler and San Diego - 36% Cooler.
Other Weather Highlights of the 2007 Summer Season:
* Dallas received an astounding 30.32" of rainfall in May-September 2007 compared to only 7.14" in drought-stricken 2006; San Antonio experienced a similar contrast with 29.44" of rainfall this May-September 2007 compared to only 8.59" during the same period last year (half of which fell in August).
* New York City had its 4th Wettest Spring in recorded history, followed by its 4th Wettest Summer, putting 2007 on pace for one of its Wettest Years of All-Time (and follows 2006 which was the 6th Wettest Year).
* The U.S. has experienced 1,124 preliminary tornado reports in 2007 to-date, contrasted to the average total witnessed in an entire year (1,045)
OUR ORIGINAL SUMMER 2007 FORECAST SUMMARY POINTS
We recommended you print out the 5 bullet-points (below) summarizing our original (released in March) Summer 2007 outlook (mid-May through mid-September), and post it on your wall or computer for consistency, assurance, and comfort.
* Regions warming the most compared to 2006 (last) Summer: Mid-West to Mid-Atlantic/Northeast quadrants
* Regions cooling the most compared to 2006 (last) Summer: Coastal California and Texas/South-Central States
* Notable weather reminiscent of 2005: Periodic cool waves for Northwest and Rockies
* Notable weather reminiscent of 2006: Drought-induced Heat-spikes for Southeast States
* Most undervalued, significant weather parameter for 2007 U.S. Summer: Humidity/Heat Index with consequences for de-humidification demand, muggy overnights, and mitigation of "sunset drop-off"
Tropics Highlights, Records and References:
* Melissa marked the 13th Named Storm (and 14th classified tropical system), further contributing to 2007 as the 11th Above Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season in the past 13 years (1997 was Below Normal and 2006 was Normal)
* September 2007 produced the most Named Tropical Storms (tied at 8) ever in the month of September.
* DEAN and FELIX accounted for the first time in Atlantic Basin recorded history that 2 Category 5 Hurricane Landfalls occurred in the same year (let alone only 2 weeks apart)
* FELIX was the most rapidly intensifying Tropical Cyclone ever recorded in the World, jumping from Tropical Depression strength to Category 5 Hurricane Strength in only 42 Hours.
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