Joseph D’Aleo
CCM

December to March temperature anomalies

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The Upper Midwest was hardest hit. It was the third coldest on record there all the way down to Chicago.

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This continued the downtrend in winter (December to February and even December to March) temperatures for the nation, all the climate regions and the Upper Midwest for the last 20 YEARS!

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It was the snowiest winter on record in parts of the Midwest like Detroit and third snowiest in Chicago (just 0.3 inches behind 1977/78) and second snowiest as far east as Philadelphia. It was top ten snowiest in many central and eastern cities.

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March continue the cold from the Great Lakes to the northeast. Vermont deep in snow had their coldest March on record. In New Hampshire and Maine it was the second coldest, New York and Michigan 5th coldest.

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Ice on the Great Lakes past mid april is still widespread, most on record so late.

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It is running 1600% of normal for this time of the spring.

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Just imagine if NCDC was not manipulating data where the wintr might have ranked. here is the adjustment from raw to final according to Steve Goddard.

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