Climate change is disrupting a delicate system, with less snowpack accumulation overall due to warmer temperatures. What does collect melts sooner and faster, which means less snow on the ground and a greater chance for wildfires.
Warming is clearly visible in new US climate normal datasets nancyonnorwalk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nancyonnorwalk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Today
A mix of clouds and sun during the morning will give way to cloudy skies this afternoon. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High around 70F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph..
Tonight
Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low near 45F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: May 14, 2021 @ 9:58 am
David Zalubowski
David Zalubowski staff, AP
Anyone who listens to weather reports has heard meteorologists comment that yesterday s temperature was 3 degrees above normal, or last month was much drier than normal. But what does ânormal mean in this context â and in a world in which the climate is changing?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released updated âclimate normals â datasets that the agency produces every 10 years to give forecasters and the public baseline measurements of average temperature, rainfall and other conditions across the U.S. As the state climatologist and assistant state climatologist for Colorado, we work with this information all the time. Here s what climate normals are, how they ve changed, and how you can best make sense of them.