Pattern December 2023

[WSW]

How many days in the 60s? I made a post yesterday about how the standard deviation was low. I've only had two highs below 50 and 7 days below freezing this month. My highest has only been 65.8F though.

Just checked. 3 at 60 and 2 at 61. 4.4 degrees above normal for the month. 52.5/32.6

 

[WSW]

Freezing on half of the days sounds like a lot.

A little bit below average.

 

[WSW]

 

[weatherfide]

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That is a freaking ice age! No way that's happening. CFS is the junk food of weather models. You can't have almost the entire northern hemisphere above 30 degrees north at or below freezing, can you?

 

[WSW]

That is a freaking ice age! No way that's happening. CFS is the junk food of weather models. You can't have almost the entire northern hemisphere above 30 degrees north at or below freezing, can you?

Haha. It was a lighten the mood post.

 

[WSW]

 

[Billypg70]

GSP
Monthly totals
Highest 70°
Lowest 22°
14 days at 60° or higher
The one 70°
32° or lower 12 nights
With the next 3 forecast to go below 32°

 

[WSW]

GSP
Monthly totals
Highest 70°
Lowest 22°
14 days at 60° or higher
The one 70°
32° or lower 12 nights
With the next 3 forecast to go below 32°

Impressive number of below freezing nights.

 

[superjames1992]

RDU still hasn’t gotten below 27 yet this winter. ?

RDU’s climate data is depressing to look at compared to even GSO. This year has been so warm!

 

[WSW]

RDU still hasn’t gotten below 27 yet this winter. ?

I bet some of the stations around RDU have gotten much lower. Has only gotten to 22 at IAD but many locations within 10 miles have been in the teens a few times.

 

[Chazwin]

That is a freaking ice age! No way that's happening. CFS is the junk food of weather models. You can't have almost the entire northern hemisphere above 30 degrees north at or below freezing, can you?

Look at the time stamp. It’s very possible at that time of the day in the middle of winter.

 

[J.C.]

GSP
Monthly totals
Highest 70°
Lowest 22°
14 days at 60° or higher
The one 70°
32° or lower 12 nights
With the next 3 forecast to go below 32°

GSP and PDK are almost lockstep.

GSP

PDK

 

[J.C.]

RDU still hasn’t gotten below 27 yet this winter. ?

RDU’s climate data is depressing to look at compared to even GSO. This year has been so warm!

Thats like saying KATL hasn't gotten below 29F.

Fulton County Airport, a mere 5 miles away from KATL has been 23F. KPDK has also been 23F. Its easy to throw out the outlier, but we have narratives to keep.

 

[Bham 99]

Thats like saying KATL hasn't gotten below 29F.

Fulton County Airport, a mere 5 miles away from KATL has been 23F. KPDK has also been 23F. Its easy to throw out the outlier, but we have narratives to keep.

I've been in Gwinnett most of December and it feels pretty normal, definitely not torch like .

 

[WSW]

Thats like saying KATL hasn't gotten below 29F.

Fulton County Airport, a mere 5 miles away from KATL has been 23F. KPDK has also been 23F. Its easy to throw out the outlier, but we have narratives to keep.

To me it sounds like ATL really isn't representative of the metro area. Sorta like DCA is way out of bounds.

 

[NoSnowATL]

To me it sounds like ATL really isn't representative of the metro area. Sorta like DCA is way out of bounds.

Correct

 

[Billypg70]

GSP and PDK are almost lockstep.

GSP
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PDK
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GSP
Oddly enough the coldest night thus far was on Nov 29 falling to 21°
Their has been a 22° in Dec
14 total nights since Nov 1st in the 20's.

 

[Bham 99]

To me it sounds like ATL really isn't representative of the metro area. Sorta like DCA is way out of bounds.

I'm in the northern suburbs and it's constantly 5° sometimes 6° colder than the airport when I check at night.

 

[ForsythSnow]

Thats like saying KATL hasn't gotten below 29F.

Fulton County Airport, a mere 5 miles away from KATL has been 23F. KPDK has also been 23F. Its easy to throw out the outlier, but we have narratives to keep.

It definitely hasn't torched here this December. In fact, we're below average per our own station likely from the week or so we kept hitting 24 every morning for 4 or 5 days straight and highs in the upper 40s has lead our average temperature to the month to be 46.3. That's no torch.

 

[J.C.]

To me it sounds like ATL really isn't representative of the metro area. Sorta like DCA is way out of bounds.

You could at least count on the highs being somewhat right, even that is out of bounds now. I was sending them screenshots of what the station was doing between 3-5 PM in the summer months and they basically told me to shove it. The station is above 5 runways, how that can be taken as seriously is beyond my comprehension, but then you take politics into the equation, and its hard to rule it out.