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2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
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2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
April 2007, in addition to being cold, was really wet. I think it was the wettest April on record at PHL. If only we had that wet pattern in February, we could have done some epic snow totals that month. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
November, December, and most of January was extremely warm. Temperatures really bottomed out in February 2007. Aside from the historically cold February 2015, I believe February 2007 is the next coldest February this side of 1980. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Is this what happened on 7/22/2011 when EWR got to 108? -
E PA/NJ/DE Summer 2025 Obs/Discussion
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to Hurricane Agnes's topic in Philadelphia Region
In 2023, when we last had highs in the mid-60s this late in June, we next had a high in the 60s on 9/23, which began a week of highs 70 or lower (although October started warm with several days in the 80s): 2023-09-23 63 58 60.5 -6.9 4 0 1.15 0.0 0 2023-09-24 70 63 66.5 -0.5 0 2 0.53 0.0 0 2023-09-25 66 58 62.0 -4.6 3 0 0.09 0.0 0 2023-09-26 63 58 60.5 -5.7 4 0 0.02 0.0 0 2023-09-27 70 55 62.5 -3.3 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 2023-09-28 65 56 60.5 -4.9 4 0 0.06 0.0 0 2023-09-29 68 59 63.5 -1.4 1 0 0.21 0.0 0 2023-10-01 81 60 70.5 6.4 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 2023-10-02 82 62 72.0 8.3 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 2023-10-03 82 59 70.5 7.2 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 2023-10-04 83 60 71.5 8.6 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 2023-10-05 81 58 69.5 7.0 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 2023-10-06 80 66 73.0 10.9 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Hang in there. I'm sure we'll eventually get the background state that we got in late 2013 until the super el nino ended in early/mid-2016. The -PDO streak can't last the entire decade, right? -
E PA/NJ/DE Summer 2025 Obs/Discussion
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to Hurricane Agnes's topic in Philadelphia Region
In the future, when we have cold waves in the middle of June, we'll always have June 21-22, 2023 and June 15-16, 2025 to compare it to. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Yeah, at least 1944-57 was a la nina state. (You could argue the la nina state lasted until 1976, although it was temporarily broken up during the strong el nino in 1957-58.) -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Wasn't this the one that produced the 120F (50C) temperatures in Western Canada at 50N latitude? -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
All the subtle changes. For one, the Pacific is already active this year. That was not the case last year. Secondly, we're entering a 2nd year without a clear ENSO state, and we're near a solar max. The last time we had those conditions were in 2013 and 2014, and both produced well below average seasons. (Quite a contrast to 2010-2012, which were 3 very active seasons.) Everything is screaming this is going to be a quiet season. Here's my forecast (using 2013 and 2014 as my main analogs): 11 named storms (range 8-14) 4 hurricanes (range 2-6) 1 major hurricane (range 0-2) 51.5 ACE (range 36-67) -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Good luck with that. Anyone that's been paying attention knows we're not coming anywhere near these numbers. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
It was only average in number of named storms. If you take a deeper look, 2013 finished with a Top 10 lowest ACE season, with only 2 hurricanes, and no major ones. (Even 2014 didn't go that low in those respects.) 2013 put up some numbers that seem unfathomable in this 21st century climate, especially coming off 3 very active seasons. It's a well-below average season. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
I think it's pretty apparent that we're going to have a very quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic. Unlike last year, the Pacific is very active, already on their 4th named storm. As they say, when the Pacific is active, more than likely the Atlantic is quiet. This year is going to look more like 2013/2014 than 2010/2011/2012. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Let's not re-write the weather. Yeah, the first half of April was a bit cool and rainy (but only slightly to the average): 2025-04-01 62 44 53.0 4.0 12 0 0.16 0.0 0 2025-04-02 57 38 47.5 -1.9 17 0 0.02 0.0 0 2025-04-03 76 48 62.0 12.2 3 0 0.04 0.0 0 2025-04-04 71 60 65.5 15.4 0 1 0.88 T 0 2025-04-05 62 49 55.5 5.0 9 0 0.02 0.0 0 2025-04-06 55 48 51.5 0.6 13 0 0.02 0.0 0 2025-04-07 51 41 46.0 -5.3 19 0 0.28 0.0 0 2025-04-08 48 38 43.0 -8.7 22 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-09 50 33 41.5 -10.6 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-10 54 42 48.0 -4.5 17 0 T 0.0 0 2025-04-11 48 42 45.0 -7.9 20 0 1.24 0.0 0 2025-04-12 45 38 41.5 -11.8 23 0 0.14 0.0 0 But as you can see, after the 12th, it turns very hot and dry (only 0.03 inches of rain after the Nor'easter): 2025-04-13 62 42 52.0 -1.6 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-14 70 44 57.0 3.0 8 0 T 0.0 0 2025-04-15 69 48 58.5 4.1 6 0 T 0.0 0 2025-04-16 57 44 50.5 -4.3 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-17 63 37 50.0 -5.2 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-18 72 42 57.0 1.5 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-19 80 63 71.5 15.6 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-20 73 51 62.0 5.7 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-21 66 50 58.0 1.4 7 0 T 0.0 0 2025-04-22 80 53 66.5 9.5 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-23 77 54 65.5 8.2 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-24 79 50 64.5 6.8 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-25 79 51 65.0 7.0 0 0 T 0.0 0 2025-04-26 75 53 64.0 5.6 1 0 0.03 0.0 0 2025-04-27 72 50 61.0 2.3 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-28 75 47 61.0 2.0 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-29 83 50 66.5 7.1 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 2025-04-30 80 57 68.5 8.8 0 4 T 0.0 0 The cold pattern, outside of a few hiccups, ended just after the 2/20 snow event. From about the last week of February until mid-May was mostly warm. Only around mid-May did we turn cold. 2025-05-01 81 54 67.5 7.5 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-02 86 59 72.5 12.2 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-03 85 64 74.5 13.9 0 10 0.04 0.0 0 2025-05-04 73 63 68.0 7.1 0 3 0.12 0.0 0 2025-05-05 73 61 67.0 5.8 0 2 T 0.0 0 2025-05-06 81 61 71.0 9.5 0 6 0.03 0.0 0 2025-05-07 75 60 67.5 5.7 0 3 T 0.0 0 2025-05-08 81 59 70.0 7.9 0 5 T 0.0 0 2025-05-09 64 51 57.5 -4.8 7 0 0.18 0.0 0 2025-05-10 74 49 61.5 -1.1 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-11 82 55 68.5 5.6 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-12 83 55 69.0 5.8 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-13 71 62 66.5 3.1 0 2 0.28 0.0 0 2025-05-14 66 59 62.5 -1.2 2 0 1.30 0.0 0 2025-05-15 77 63 70.0 6.0 0 5 0.03 0.0 0 2025-05-16 77 60 68.5 4.2 0 4 1.50 0.0 0 2025-05-17 86 62 74.0 9.4 0 9 T 0.0 0 2025-05-18 77 64 70.5 5.7 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 Pretty clearly you can see the pattern change from warm to cold: 2025-05-19 71 56 63.5 -1.6 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-20 69 50 59.5 -5.9 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-21 57 52 54.5 -11.2 10 0 0.45 0.0 0 2025-05-22 56 51 53.5 -12.5 11 0 0.56 0.0 0 2025-05-23 69 51 60.0 -6.3 5 0 T 0.0 0 2025-05-24 68 50 59.0 -7.5 6 0 T 0.0 0 2025-05-25 71 52 61.5 -5.3 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-26 75 53 64.0 -3.1 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 2025-05-27 74 54 64.0 -3.4 1 0 0.01 0.0 0 2025-05-28 59 53 56.0 -11.7 9 0 0.77 0.0 0 2025-05-29 74 57 65.5 -2.6 0 1 0.01 0.0 0 2025-05-30 79 63 71.0 2.6 0 6 0.88 0.0 0 2025-05-31 75 55 65.0 -3.7 0 0 0.06 0.0 0 -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
That's an exaggeration. Maybe since mid-May, but March until up to mid-May (outside of the Nor'easter on 4/11-12) was one of the warmer times of the year so far. We had 80+ the last 3 days of March. That stuff does not happen in a cool pattern! If we've been in a cool pattern since the last week of March, then 2025 would be on track to being the coldest year in a very long time, since the winter (January and February) wasn't that warm to begin with. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Yeah, 2011 was very historic heat. But even after the pattern turned wet, we still got very warm lows in August/September, which kept the temp departure above average. July 18, 2012 was the last 100 here at PHL. We got close in 2013 (the first 3 weeks of July were hot), but after that, it was unusually cool. I'm pretty sure it happened just 2 years ago. Remember the record low maxes during the summer solstice (June 21 and 22) in 2023? -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
2013 was a frontloaded summer at best. That one was pretty much done by 7/21. It's the only August without a 90+ day here in PHL in the last 40 years. Outside of that super heat wave in July, 2013's summer temperature stats were nearly identical to 2014 (with June and August both years differing by 0.1 2010-2012 had widespread heat in the East: I don't see that with 2013 (which in fact looks cool in the Southeast): Of course, that was a much stronger la nina. The first year was a strong la nina, and the second a moderate la nina. Not to mention, a deepening -PDO and a pattern that changed at the start of November. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong, which is why we had the torch we had from November 2011-March 2012. (I don't see any similarities with now. In fact, I see much more similarities with 2013 than with 2011. Like now, we are much closer to ENSO neutral and a solar max in 2013. Definitely not what we had in 2011.) 2011 was dry in June and July. The record rains were in August and September. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Almost reminds me of what happened in summer 2013. Prior to that year, the 3 years before (2010, 2011, and 2012) were very active Atlantic hurricane seasons and hot/dry summers in the East. 2013 was nearly the opposite: A very quiet Atlantic hurricane season and a record wet summer in the East, one that turned cold at the end of July in the Northeast (and was cold throughout the whole summer in the southeast). The difference between last year and this year is the Pacific is active this year, which is why I am more confident in a below average Atlantic hurricane season in 2025. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
AM 2025 MEI: -0.4 Using the MEI, 2012-13 is the best analog: 2012 -1.1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 2025 -1 -0.8 -0.7 -0.4 -0.4 -
E PA/NJ/DE Summer 2025 Obs/Discussion
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to Hurricane Agnes's topic in Philadelphia Region
Things could be worse. You could be a Marlins fan, like I am. I officially gave up on the season when we were swept at home by the Rockies. It's going to be a while before my team is competitive again. It's a shame because we were doing good between 2020-2023. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
It did not last through 2018. The +PDO was done in by the 2nd half of 2016 (July 2016 PDO +0.57, August 2016 PDO -0.63). It came to an end pretty much at the same time as super el nino. From about late 2016 until 2019, we were in a period of 0 PDO, before we went negative for good in early 2020. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
MAM 2025 ONI (NOAA): -0.1 MAM 2025 RONI: -0.53 May 2025 PDO: -1.71 -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
I think it was Dec 1998. I remember temps were in the 60s the morning of the 22nd, then fell throughout the day. The lows ended up in the 20s, and it snowed the next day. 1998-12-22 64 24 44.0 6.9 21 0 0.05 0.0 0 1998-12-23 27 20 23.5 -13.3 41 0 0.10 1.5 0 -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
I'd argue the temperature jump in the 80s took place during the 86-88 el nino, rather than the 82-83 one. Global temperature for 1982 was lower than 1973 and 1978-81, and 1983's was right there with 1981. We really didn't break through the glass ceiling of 0.35 until 1988. -
2025-2026 ENSO
PhiEaglesfan712 replied to 40/70 Benchmark's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Yes, that's the list, though you could add 1972-73.