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I think this misses the point. I’m not making a broad ASOS-era vs pre-ASOS-era argument. The issue is the ASOS sensor retrofit — Vaisala HMP155E probes replacing the older DTS-1 / HO-83/1088 sensors across the network. That rollout occurred last summer, so all of those Jan–May years are on the old sensor. The relevant comparison is before vs after the retrofit, not Jan–May rankings going back to the 1800s.

Dry AF here. Watering does next to nothing. Where's Noah? Gonna need that boat (Ark) soon. The Biblical rains are surely coming.

Withdrawal symptoms should subside shortly. Canada is reactivating the smoke machine as we speak.

This does not rebut anything. The claim is not “DTW should be colder than every nearby station.” The claim is that an equipment change can affect continuity in DTW’s own record. NOAA replaced ASOS temp/dew point sensors networkwide with the new Vaisala sensors/shields, and that rollout has been completed. So DTW, DET, YIP, and ARB are not some clean “control group.” They were all part of the retrofit. All you’ve shown is that DTW remains warmer than nearby stations. That’s siting/geography. It says very little about pre/post retrofit homogeneity.

I'm going through Canadian smoke withdrawal.

Pretty pumped that after a coolish May ill be looking at a 10 day alaskan forecast with highs/lows in the upper 50s/upper 40s dominating. Really makes the summer more tolerable when you shorten the heat part.

Actually I am down towards the Dodge and Toyota dealerships and only picked up .37" total today from 3 different rains.

Exactly . No cool chill there. Thank you !

December 2015 was just a trainwreck but the rest of the winter wasnt bad here. One of the hallmarks of strong ninos tends to be one real shitty month and the rest of the time ok.

Its the primary key for how stormy/snowy winter will be. But you absolutely have to expect thaws/non-winter stretches in a strong nino. The snow season lasts Nov-Apr, so unlike last winter which was steady cold/white during DJF, you go into this winter knowing there will be interruptions and shitty spells but if you can settle into an active pattern, plenty of snow chances too.

That's not what you go to station says.

aaand its cold. again. Can the wind stop blowing from the fucking east off the 55 degree water? another day ruined by this incessant crap. at least it finally warms up wednesday here. then monday some models plunge us into the low-mid 60s early next week. are you fkin kidding me

Took this photo of the "blue moon" this past weekend (2nd full moon in May). Altered the white balance and added some blue tint to make it a "blue" blue moon!! Also, same evening, some remarkable sunset glow to the north (looking toward Rockville, for those in the MD/DC/VA area).

But there is a discrepancy in station data from moves. It all depends, like moving to/from large bodies of water, or inner city/town to more semi-rural/rural or vice versa, and significant elevation changes. Then you'll get diurnal changes, regardless of the equipment used. Then you have micro site changes that can affect that as well. Long term records are fraught with this stuff. It is what it is, and there has been lots of debate on adjustments that are made, or not made. Won't go any further with that.

A few nice views heading up here yesterday.

He knew

This happened earlier. You can't even see the city names near Denver because the screen is covered with local storm report hail icons and MPING hail icons. Probably the new storm north of US-36 is the storm that chasers are heading to now.

I wouldn't have any problem with the notion that this is too cold for it's own deep layer mean, a failing not uncommon to ensembles at this range. Aside, the idea was 'modestly impressive' - we're not looking for a UK redux just yet.

Definitely looks warm. Thought I saw rain though

This is what DTW Jan-May warmest mins look like. ASOS mins rather robust compared to pre aprt years by the looks of it. Man, some people's kids I tell ya! 1998 mint 37.5 1 1 1 0 2012 mint 36.7 2 2 2 0 2024 mint 36.4 3 3 3 0 1921 mint 35.8 4 4 4 0 2017 mint 35.6 5 5 5 0 2006 mint 35.1 6 6 6 0 1882 mint 34.9 7 7 7 0 1880 mint 34.5 8 8 8 0 2023 mint 34.4 9 9 9 0 2010 mint 34.4 9 9 10 0 1991 mint 34.4 9 9 11 0 1878 mint 34.1 12 10 12 0

Summer's of our most recent 2 Strong/Super El Nino's 2015 was strong +PDO We are nothing like 1997 anymore