UK Met Office – May 2020 sunniest calendar month
The UK’s Met Office update for the spring of 2020 reveals that a new record has been set. The new record is a jaw-dropping dramatic increase.
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Spring is in the air, it is getting warmer – #Climate
Sometimes a few pictures is a more powerful statement than many pages of words. The UK’s Guardian has a callout here for readers to send in pictures of any early signs of spring in the UK. What came back was published a few days ago last Tuesday (13th Feb) … ‘A first in my 60 years’: … Read more
US Spring 2017 has been very weird #Climate #USANPN #statusofspring
Back last March I had a posting about spring 2017 being very very early in the US. It is now May and so it is appropriate to check back in with the USA-NPN (USA National Phenology Network) and see how things have been blossoming since then. Side Note: “Phenology” is tracking the dates of biological events in their annual cycle. For example … Read more
Spring in the US is early … very very early. – #climate
The USA-NPN (USA National Phenology Network) has been tracking and mapping the start of the spring season across the country using models called the Spring Leaf and Bloom Indices. Wait .. push pause and hold on there a second … who? OK, let’s step back a bit. The USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) monitors the influence … Read more