US Having Its Coldest Six Month Period Since 1912
To date, October-March temperatures are the coldest since 1899 – but they will rise some before the end of the month – and may pass 1912. 77% of the US has been below normal temperature since October 1.
Paradoxically, the site's national temperatures map shows that for the past six months both California and western Wyoming have been slightly warmer than normal.
We have finally gotten some rain in arid CA; as usual it's not enough but welcome nonetheless. The hillsides have greened up ... our prettiest time of year.
In most of the U.S. winter is brown and summer is green, in CA those are reversed. As a native I'm accustomed to the tan grasses of summer and fall but prefer the green of winter and spring.
Technically, CA has a Mediterranean (Cs) chaparral biome climate in the Köppen Climate Classification System. In the words of Casey Stengel, you could look it up.
We have finally gotten some rain in arid CA; as usual it's not enough but welcome nonetheless. The hillsides have greened up ... our prettiest time of year.
In most of the U.S. winter is brown and summer is green, in CA those are reversed. As a native I'm accustomed to the tan grasses of summer and fall but prefer the green of winter and spring.
Technically, CA has a Mediterranean (Cs) chaparral biome climate in the Köppen Climate Classification System. In the words of Casey Stengel, you could look it up.
