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That was crazy, that it managed to overshadow even Furnace Creek for March heat. Given McAllen is at 41°C for March, it seems likely to be true as well.
Anyhow, McAllen has an all-time record high of 43°C so it just screams "tropics without the winters", for March to be that close to the record high. Incredible climate. I assume it's first in line to hit 42°C in March again the next time that happens in the U.S.
I wonder however, if/when a 100°F day could emerge in January in the United States. That seems like it's not beyond the realms of possibility, judging by McAllen hitting the mid-90's...
That was crazy, that it managed to overshadow even Furnace Creek for March heat. Given McAllen is at 41°C for March, it seems likely to be true as well.
Anyhow, McAllen has an all-time record high of 43°C so it just screams "tropics without the winters", for March to be that close to the record high. Incredible climate. I assume it's first in line to hit 42°C in March again the next time that happens in the U.S.
I wonder however, if/when a 100°F day could emerge in January in the United States. That seems like it's not beyond the realms of possibility, judging by McAllen hitting the mid-90's...
Indio, CA and Palm Desert, CA hit 97 F in January. Many parts of the Los Angeles metro area reached at least 95 F in January and as you mentioned, McAllen/Brownsville did as well. It is certainly a possibility within a decade or two. A very strong Santa Ana foehn wind in CA can do it.
EDIT: Also, a Mexican city on the border: San Luis RÃo Colorado hit 38.0 C (100.4 F) in January. However, for some reason nearby Yuma, AZ has a January record high of 88 F. Maybe one of the locations has wrong data.
A few days ago there were a bunch of sunny 50 F + days in the forecast, now most of the days are cloudy and 6 out of 10 days are in the 30s. The warmest day is 49 F and rainy.
Originally it was a bit frustrating to see all that warmth, but now that it's gone I'm pretty content (even though I'll be in Northern Canada for most of it).
A few days ago there were a bunch of sunny 50 F + days in the forecast, now most of the days are cloudy and 6 out of 10 days are in the 30s. The warmest day is 49 F and rainy.
Originally it was a bit frustrating to see all that warmth, but now that it's gone I'm pretty content (even though I'll be in Northern Canada for most of it).
So what you are saying is your climate is much wetter and even gloomier than the PNW? You can't even count on your summers to be dry.
We had six consecutive dry days in December, and in November there was eight, one day with 0.03", then six. Summer 2018 had ~45 days without a single drop, and 2017 had 57.
I don't get why rain is such a bad thing. Do you want wildfire smoke? Because when you get 30 consecutive days without rain, you get wildfire smoke. Southern Oregon was shrouded in it for months in 2018, and I dread that happening to us this year.
48 and raining water, or 98 and raining ash? Easy choice. I can at least go out safely and do things (including skiing ) with the former, but I'm stuck inside with the AC running for the latter.
We had six consecutive dry days in December, and in November there was eight, one day with 0.03", then six. Summer 2018 had ~45 days without a single drop, and 2017 had 57.
I don't get why rain is such a bad thing. Do you want wildfire smoke? Because when you get 30 consecutive days without rain, you get wildfire smoke. Southern Oregon was shrouded in it for months in 2018, and I dread that happening to us this year.
48 and raining water, or 98 and raining ash? Easy choice. I can at least go out safely and do things (including skiing ) with the former, but I'm stuck inside with the AC running for the latter.
I prefer the summers to be dry. But I agree the extreme dryness is not good because of fires.
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I prefer the summers to be dry. But I agree the extreme dryness is not good because of fires.
No major snow events so far this winter in the Missoula, MT area......FWIT type info, ....avg annual total precipitation for Missoula area is 14.13"......
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) with the former, but I'm stuck inside with the AC running for the latter.
