Florida was struck in 2004 by four back-to-back major hurricanes within six weeks. An estimated depth of rainfall calculated following Hurricane Easy Sept. 5, 1950, revealed 38.7 inches fell in Yankeetown, Florida. The value is thought to be accurate, but being an estimate isn’t counted as...
Warm temperatures also contributed to the ninth-lowest Bering Sea ice extent for January observed in the last 43 years. ■Drought improved, but just marginally:According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, approximately 45.8% of the contiguous U.S. was in drought by the end of January, just ...
Dispelling a myth that strong El Niños are notoriously dry in the Northwest, Seattle set its record wet winter, interestingly enough topping a record set during a moderate La Niña (22.77 inches in 1998-99) by almost 2 inches. Portland, Oregon, fell just shy of its record wettest winter...