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State of the Climate 2009

State of the Climate 2009. Climate Monitoring Branch National Climatic Data Center Presented by Deke Arndt. The Big Picture: Global Scale. ENSO Transition Record/Near-Record Ocean sfc temps boreal summer Planet was warm (yawn) 33 rd consecutive year above 20 th Century average

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State of the Climate 2009

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  1. State of the Climate 2009 Climate Monitoring Branch National Climatic Data Center Presented by Deke Arndt

  2. The Big Picture: Global Scale • ENSO Transition • Record/Near-Record Ocean sfc temps boreal summer • Planet was warm (yawn) • 33rd consecutive year above 20th Century average • Sept. Arctic Ice Minimum 3rd Smallest (‘07,’08) of 33-yr record • N. Hemisphere Monsoon “Failures”

  3. The Big Picture: U.S. / N.Amer. • Annual: U.S. above normal temps (barely) • U.S. quite wet • Massive retreat of drought • July-Dec: U.S. extremely wet, quite cold • Record (1966-) N. Amer. snow extent for Dec.

  4. Global Scale

  5. Global Scale

  6. Global Scale

  7. Global Scale

  8. United States

  9. US Temperatures: 2009

  10. US Precipitation: 2009

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