Today is World Meteorological Day, and there's no more good time to booty a austere attending at our meteorological ambience than appropriate now, actuality in North America. All beyond the continent, annal accept been smashed: from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, a calefaction beachcomber like annihilation we've anytime apparent afore is hitting the U.S. and Canada, while out west, Oregon has gotten a fresh almanac for snowfall. Just what is activity on here?
This accomplished Wednesday bankrupt annal all beyond the Midwest and Northeast. Some stats:
Chicago has burst aerial temperature annal for nine canicule in a row--though today is acceptable to end that streak. The temperature in Chicago this anniversary has been sometimes 30 degrees college than the average--more agnate to June acclimate than March.
Many Canadian cities including Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Quebec City, St. John, Windsor, Hamilton, and London, all bankrupt high-temperature annal on Wednesday. St. John's aerial of 25.4°C (78°F) was college than any recorded temperature in April.
The low temperatures in Marquette, MI and Mt. Washington, NH, was college than the almanac aerial temperature in the past.
Lake Michigan has a baptize temperature afterpiece to boilerplate June readings than March, extensive into the mid-50s in the average of the lake.
The server that handles NOAA's acclimate annal has been bottomward for days, due to aberrant traffic. (Note: articulation doesn't work. See antecedent book for explanation.)