tireman4 wrote:
See I was right....and to prove my point on 1976 ( and the winter was really cold too)
Winter of 1976:
January 1976: Not ranked, but January 1977 was the second coolest January of all time
Febuary 1976: Not ranked
Spring 1976:
March 1976: Not ranked
April 1976: Not ranked
May 1976 was 70.5 which is the coolest May of all time
Summer of 1976:
June 1976 was 78.4 which is the fifth coolest June of all time
July 1976 was 80.5 which is the fourth coolest July of all time
September 1976 was 76.2 which is the eighth coolest September of all time
Fall of 1976:
October was 60.6 which is the coolest October of all time
November was 51.8 which is the coolest November of all time
December was 49.2 which is the fifth coolest December of all time
Coolest years of all time:
1976: 65.8 degrees.
Now Ptarmigan has way more stats than I do. So, to really get down to the nitty gritty, you have to ask him. He is a whiz at those things. Could we be reverting back the mid 1970's as far as cool? Who knows. Just some grist for the gristmill.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=climate_iah_top10_annual
I am not sure if we going back to mid 1970s. For one, PDO was warming up, unlike right now which we are in a cool PDO phase. Also, 1970s had a cool Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). 1971 is when AMO went cool. I do know the 1970s had back to back La Ninas starting in 1973 to 1976. 1973-1974 had one of the strongest La Nina. 1974-1975 and 1975-1976 Winter were La Nina, while 1976-1977 was El Nino. Winter 1975-1976 had a moderate to strong La Nina.
Interestingly, Fall 1976 was cool throughout the nation. 1976 started as La Nina and ended up as El Nino. Also, PDO was becoming warmer. The coolest spring to occur in the Upper Texas Coast was in 1931. The coolest summer occurred in
Coolest Spring
1.) 1931 63.8°F
2.) 1915 65.9°F
3.) 1926 65.97°F
4.) 1983 66.13°F
5.) 1969 66.57°F
6.) 1952 66.93°F
7.) 1993 66.97°F
8.) 1924/1960 67.03°F
9.) 1937/1970 67.13°F
10.) 1932 67.17°F
Some of the coolest springs on record major hurricanes make landfall like in 1915 (Galveston Hurricane), 1932 (Freeport Hurricane), and 1983 (Alicia). Could a cooler than normal spring mean a major hurricane on our backyards this season? Tropical storms have made landfall in 1960 (Unnamed Tropical Storm) and 1970 (Felice). We did get heavy rain from Arlene in 1993.
Coolest Summer
1.) 1976 80.77°F
2.) 1903 80.83°F
3.) 1961 80.87°F
4.) 1940 80.97°F
5.) 1919 81.17°F
6.)1973/1974 81.2°F
7.) 1972 81.27°F
8.) 1946/1975 81.33°F
9.) 1933/1989 81.37°F
10.) 1968/1979/1983 81.53°F
1976 is the coolest summer since 1895. Interesting to note that 1933 (Tropical Storm #4), 1940 (Hurricane #2 and Tropical Storm #6), 1961 (Carla), 1973 (Delia), 1979 (Claudette and Elena), and 1983 (Alicia) had a tropical cyclone make landfall. Two had major hurricanes, Carla (1961) and Alicia (1983). We did side swiped by Tropical Storm Candy in 1968. Interesting to see back to back cool summers in the early 1970s from 1972 to 1974. 1973 and 1974 were La Ninas.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/ranks.php
http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/CDODivisionalSelect.jsp
(with luck those hot weather lovers will take away Tireman's and ThundersleetDreams (I know YOU have a different Nick here), and all those other cold weather fools, access to the net.
