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Pattern Flaming Feb 2021

RDU finishes January 2021 with a 0.0 departure from normal. Completely average! Impressive. Highest temp: 60, lowest: 20. Mild and seasonal weather predominated all month with very little in the way of extremes.
 
Brad. In all seriousness. If we can't score that would be very unfortunate. I mean we saw precip like 5 days last week lol Screenshot_20210201-111113.png
 
FamouslyHot said:
CAE finished January 0.8 above average. Our highs were actually -0.5 but our lows were +2.1. That seems to be the story the past few years, our nighttime lows are getting warmer and warmer. It's a big deal now if we even hit freezing at night.
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My understanding is that AGW is expected to cause lows to rise faster than highs, so that kind of jives. Also, maybe the UHI in a lot of metros is increasing, which has a bigger effect on nighttime lows than daytime highs. It’s been a couple years since we saw teens here, which is unreal. I hope that changes soon.
 
superjames1992 said:
My understanding is that AGW is expected to cause lows to rise faster than highs, so that kind of jives. Also, maybe the UHI in a lot of metros is increasing, which has a bigger effect on nighttime lows than daytime highs. It’s been a couple years since we saw teens here, which is unreal. I hope that changes soon.
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My guess is it has to do with how much wetter it's been. More moisture and more cloud cover at night means fewer chances for radiational cooling to occur. UHI I think applies for a lot of locations, but Columbia hasn't seen that much growth over the last 30 years, IMO.
 
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