ITHACA, NY You’re going to sweat just thinking about it: For the Northeast United States, the year 2021 was third warmest – at an average of 49.5 degrees Fahrenheit,
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“It’s looking like we’re going to have a warmer-than-usual April,” says Jessica Spaccio, climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center.
But it might be wetter than normal, too. The official April-to-June forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, predicts a 40% to 50% chance of a wetter-than-normal spring across much of Pennsylvania and western New York; southern New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware; and most of Michigan and Ohio. In New York and most of New England, there is a 33% to 40% chance of wetter-than-normal conditions.
Spaccio says the prediction is based on the current La Nina we’re in when sea surface temperatures are cooler than average in the equatorial Pacific for at least several months, altering tropical rainfall patterns and the global atmospheric circulation as well as historical precipitation trends for the region.
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