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Leffler's Method of Estimating Average Temperatures of Appalachian Summits: Evaluation in New York
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: R. J. Leffler recently presented regression equations to estimate average monthly temperatures of Appalachian summits based on the long-term average temperatures on Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, and temperature lapse rates ...
Recent State Minimum Temperature Records in the Midwest
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: State minimum temperature records were set or tied in Indiana (?37.8°C) and Kentucky (?38.3°C) in January 1994, and in Illinois (?37.2°C), Iowa (?43.9°C), Minnesota (?51.1°C), and Wisconsin (?48.3°C) in February 1996. The ...
Impacts of Severe Winter Weather during December 1989 in the Lake Erie Snowbelt
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: December 1989 was the coldest December in over 100 years in the Lake Erie snowbelt of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Mean temperatures of ?9°C were 7°C lower than average and extreme minima reached ?30°C. Snow fell on ...
A Critique of the Climatic Record of “Water Equivalent of Snow on the Ground” in the United States
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The water equivalent of snow on the ground (SWE) has been measured daily since 1952 at National Weather Service first-order stations whenever snow depth exceeded 5 cm (2 in). These data are used in snowmelt analyses, snow ...
Response to Warnings during the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado: Reasons and Relative Injury Rates
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Residents of homes that sustained F4 or F5 damage in the deadliest of the 3 May 1999 tornadoes were surveyed to determine their responses to the tornado warning, reasons for their responses, and relative injury rates. There ...
A Record Ohio Snowfall during 9–14 November 1996
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A 6-day lake effect snow event produced a reported 68.9 in. (175.0 cm) of snowfall in Hambden Township, Geauga County, Ohio, during 9?14 November 1996. This exceeded the previous Ohio single-storm snowfall record of 42 in. ...
Climatology of Blizzards in the Conterminous United States, 1959–2000
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A blizzard is defined by the U.S. National Weather Service as winds over 16 m s?1 and falling or blowing snow causing visibility less than 400 m lasting for at least 3 h. Blizzard occurrence by county was tallied from Storm ...
A New Minimum Temperature Record for Oklahoma
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: temperature of ?31°F (?35°C) was recorded at Nowata, Oklahoma, on 10 February 2011. This exceeded the previous record minimum temperature for Oklahoma of ?27°F (?32.8°C). The Nowata station is in the Oklahoma Mesonet ...