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In 2018, we went from snow/ice in April to Summer overnight. We rarely use a/c in April but by the end of April, we needed it daily in 2018. No spring or severe weather season at all. This year has been very different. We've had a very gradual transition from Winter to Spring, lots of mild temps with the usual spring rains. Here we are in mid May and I have the heat on right now, no a/c has been needed yet this year. I have only been able to wear shorts once or twice, but had on a sweater today while out and about. Looking at the forecast, we will be getting warmer by late May, but still not summery "hot" yet. This is great because once we reach summer time temps, it will be further into summer, and by the time we are sick of the heat and ready for fall it will be fall. LOL. At least that's how I look at it. I don't mind summer, I just don't want it to dominate the year's weather.
1993 is popping up as an analog. I was 20-21 years old and working heat and air conditioning that year. The summer was LAME
The summer of 1993 was brutal in northeast Georgia. The first 90°F day of the year in Athens was June 5, and the last was September 25. In all, there were 83 days at 90°F or higher, 48 days at 95°F or higher, and 11 days at 100°F or higher. The maximum monthly temperature was 88°F in May, 96°F in June, 102°F in July, 100°F in August, and 97°F in September. The maximum for the summer was 102°F, set on July 22 and July 28. In July, all 31 days had temperatures at 90°F or higher, 29 out of 31 days had temperatures at 95°F or higher, and 10 days had temperatures at 100°F or higher.
As for precipitation, every month from April-September in 1993 finished with a rainfall deficit, and June-August had significant deficits, with only 19 days of measurable precipitation in those three months combined. June and July had less than half their normal monthly rainfall, and August had slightly more than half. In fact, most of the rain in July was dumped in one thunderstorm during the middle of the month. Less than half an inch of rain fell during the rest of the month. Only 11.40" of rain fell from May-September. Only 4.93" of rain fell from June-August.
In the summer of 1993, Georgia sat under a seemingly impentrable bubble of heat and high pressure in spite of a wet winter of 1992-1993, with above-normal precipitation in every month from November-March. During the winter of 2018-2019, October-January all had above-normal rainfall, but February was slightly below normal, March was less than half its normal, and April was slightly above normal. So far in May, rainfall is slightly above normal, but once the thunderstorms clear out tonight, there's forecast to be an extended period (at least 10 days) with no rainfall, so we'll see whether or not that's the prevailing summer pattern establishing itself.
1993 we had the great no name storm on March 13th 93. Highest winds i ever saw at 80mph, I have yet to have a real a hurricane since i was born in Tampa in 1963.
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It was a cooler than avg summer here. Also drier than average, July didn't get any rain at all, and August just got 0.55", so the summer total was 0.56", or 1.44" below average
June 1993=103.0°F/76.2°F 89.6°F -2.0°F 0.01" +0.01"
July 1993=104.6°F/81.1°F 92.8°F -3.4°F 0" -1"
August 1993=103.0°F/80.3°F 91.7°F -2.1°F 0.55" -0.45"
The highest temp was 114°F (our median summer max is 116°F), and only 9 days that summer hit 110°F+ (our average annual total is 22 days, of which over 90% occur in summer, May and September 110's are very rare here)
It was a cooler than avg summer here. Also drier than average, July didn't get any rain at all, and August just got 0.55", so the summer total was 0.56", or 1.44" below average
June 1993=103.0°F/76.2°F 89.6°F -2.0°F 0.01" +0.01"
July 1993=104.6°F/81.1°F 92.8°F -3.4°F 0" -1"
August 1993=103.0°F/80.3°F 91.7°F -2.1°F 0.55" -0.45"
The highest temp was 114°F (our median summer max is 116°F), and only 9 days that summer hit 110°F+ (our average annual total is 22 days, of which over 90% occur in summer, May and September 110's are very rare here)
That sounds about like what I expected. When there's a ridge in the East, there's usually a trough in the West, and vice versa. Triple-digit heat was observed as far north as Providence that July, and temperatures in late August soard into the mid- to upper 90s up and down the East Coast while the northern Rockes had snow. I also remember a day in July when Pueblo, CO had a record low and record high temperature on the same day, and a day in September when Denver had a high temperature in the 90s while a winter storm watch was in effect. The temperature fell into the 30s overnight, and Denver ended up with 5" of snow on the ground the next day.
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