IEM Daily Feature
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
CONUS Above Average
Posted: 20 Jun 2018 05:34 AM
The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) recently declared May 2018 as
being the warmest May on record for the continental US (CONUS). This warmth has
persisted into June with this month perhaps on track to set the record for June as well. This
warm stretch got started in late April as illustrated by the featured chart. The chart depicts
the percentage of NWS CLImate reporting sites over the CONUS that have had their daily
high temperature above or below average. Please note that this total is not spatially
weighted. The red side of the chart has been at or above 50% coverage since the first of
May. The current forecast for the rest of June continues the above average temperatures for
most of the CONUS, but hot weather for Iowa will likely hold off until next week.
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