IEM Daily Feature
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Different ways to measure warmth
Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:57 AM
The featured chart presents three metrics for measuring how warm it
has been since 1 July for Des Moines. The each sub-chart, blue bars
represent a value below average and red bars represent a value above.
The bottom chart shows the average difference between the heat index
and the air temperature. For this year, the heat index added, on
average, more than 4 degrees to the temperature. While this value is
the largest shown, the highest air temperature was only 96 degrees and
below the average seen in the past 38 years. This year's average
temperatures comes in second behind 1983. The humidity has certainly
made this year feel very hot compared to years past.
Voting:
Good = 24
Bad = 6
Tags: jul10 aug10
Voting:
Good = 24
Bad = 6
Tags: jul10 aug10