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Dive into the details of the State of the Climate 2009 report by the National Climatic Data Center. Explore global and North American climate trends, including ocean temperatures, Arctic ice minimum, monsoon patterns, and more.
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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) • 33rd consecutive year above 20th Century average • Sept. Arctic Ice Minimum 3rd Smallest (‘07,’08) of 33-yr record • N. Hemisphere Monsoon “Failures”
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.