The winter of 2023-24 has been recorded as the warmest winter on record in the contiguous United States, with climate change and El Niño cited as major contributing factors. This season not only set temperature records across various regions, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and cities across the Northeast but also marked February 2024 as the warmest February in the ERA5 dataset, approximately 1.79°C above preindustrial levels. England, Wales, the Czech Republic, and Belgium also experienced their warmest February on record, with the Czech Republic's nationwide average temperature a staggering 6°C above normal, and Belgium's over 4°C above normal, destroying the previous February record by 2 full degrees Celsius. In addition to the warmth, the winter was characterized by high precipitation levels in many areas, making it one of the wettest seasons on record for parts of the UK and the US. The unusual weather conditions have led to early signs of spring, reduced gas demand, and predictions of an active Atlantic hurricane season.
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Belgium another country that has seen its warmest February on record, over 4°C above normal. Rainfall was also twice average. https://t.co/VxrCwy8UQy
February 2024 was the warmest February on record in the ERA5 dataset, at around 1.79C above preindustrial records. It beat the prior record set during the 2016 super-El Nino by 0.12C: https://t.co/MT8nn5ZtuR https://t.co/o3Cuqa15VZ
The United States just had its warmest winter on record. Trees are rapidly gaining green leaves from south to north and numerous indicators of spring are awakening. In short, the groundhog was right. Here's why ⬇️ https://t.co/UUzs6pspTr
AccuWeather Global Weather Center – March 1, 2024 – Millions of Americans just experienced the warmest meteorological winter on record, according to preliminary data collected by AccuWeather meteorologists.
Weather records in the D.C. area go back 152 years. This winter ranked as the seventh warmest and twelfth wettest on record. https://t.co/C0IZRR4lav
Last month’s temperatures in Central Europe have been downright crazy. The Czech Republic observed its warmest February on record, with the nationwide average temperature a staggering 6°C above normal. The previous February record has been destroyed by 2 full degrees Celsius. https://t.co/uvSuilcwFB
This Winter Was the Warmest on Record for US Lower 48, AccuWeather Says Climate change and El Niño contributed to the warming trend Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota all had their warmest winter https://t.co/ZaHbBHnu6L
The US just experienced its warmest winter on record 🇺🇸 🥵 🗺️ El Niño, a warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, led to a drier and milder season 📉 The warm weather reduced gas demand, sending domestic prices plummeting to the lowest level since 2020 https://t.co/OLfTvmcA1F https://t.co/3sDukVz2D7
In today’s Berardelli Bonus, 1% of the nation was below normal this winter. Lucky me, I was one of them! Across the rest of the nation it was a blowtorch, by far the warmest winter on record. Thanks @Climatologist49 and @ClimateCentral for the great GFX help! https://t.co/ZEqIjlhl9e
February marked the warmest on record for Abilene, and the 4th warmest for San Angelo. #Txwx https://t.co/ngM8JrxU0c
The contiguous US just experienced its warmest winter on record, a development fueled by climate change and El Niño, according to AccuWeather https://t.co/UTZk0b6FtC
🔥🔥Most of us just lived through the warmest winter in our lifetime: last time a Climatological Winter was warmer you have to go back 92 yrs ago to 1931-32. The just completed three month period was 5th warmest of the past 153 years! #Chicago #Winter2023 https://t.co/9JvESN9CSN
Warmer, wetter & less snowy winter across southern New England. All locations fell within the top 10 warmest winters in station history. All but BOS in the top 5 wettest. For more details check out the graphics! #mawx #ctwx #riwx https://t.co/QdsRGTIYxB
Chicago gets warm, windy weekend weather https://t.co/9a5WjvUXFB
Although mild air from the Pacific, aided by El Nino was a big factor this winter, the baseline is much warmer. Since 1970 winters have warmed 4 to 5 F in the East and 2 to 3 F in the West. It's not coincidence, it's climate change. https://t.co/7g0022o59C https://t.co/LbVArCtlsg
Warmer, wetter & less snowy winter across our southern New England climate sites. All locations fell within the top 10 warmest winters in station history. All but BOS in the top 5 wettest. For more details check out the graphics! #mawx #ctwx #riwx https://t.co/Nv2fZ38QFl
Our winter months of Dec-Jan-Feb ended up 2.1 degrees above average in Greensboro. That's our 17th warmest winter season on record. (Oddly enough that's cooler than most recent years which were even warmer) #ncwx
This winter was the 3rd wettest for Greensboro on record with 16.38" of rain. Nearly all of that came in December and January. #ncwx
A month–by-month breakdown of Chicago's warmest meteorological winter in 92 years https://t.co/jjyj0PQcGs
Weather focus from @growingwisdom: ‘Pretty staggering’: Recent back-to-back warm winters in Boston could be a first for the record books https://t.co/HFEqVIdVEa
It's the first day of #MeteorologicalSpring! And this weekend looks 👌🏽 #Chicago https://t.co/kHIOgyuJnZ
We are in the 1%! Only 1% of the nation was below normal this winter. Congrats Florida and more specifically Tampa, it was slightly below normal. And that's mainly because it was one of the cloudiest winters on record (El Nino). Rainfall was decently above normal. @WFLA https://t.co/qji8vH6IS8
Large parts of the Northeast, Midwest and West saw their warmest winter on record https://t.co/0ShVcEMHLe
Winter 2023-24 saw a lot of precipitation. Despite the dry February in the East, Many areas from near D.C. to near Boston had their wettest winter season on record. There are also very few places that were especially dry. https://t.co/rxDQxPj5y5
Remarkable! Winter 2023-2024 US ranking map. Dark red = the warmest winter on record. Fargo mean temp was... get this... +14F for the winter. Valid from Dec 1 - Feb 29th. As a whole the US had it's warmest winter on record by a long shot. Climate change + Strong El Nino https://t.co/SOYLK4TNRg
This was the 4th warmest winter on record for Pittsburgh, PA. Our records go back to 1875. The average temperature for the winter of 2023-2024 was: 38.4°F. The warmest year was 1889-1890 with 43.1°F. The normal average temperature for our region is 31.3°F.
Record breaking weather makes February the hottest ever and one of the wettest https://t.co/eelabTORSy
It was in incredibly warm winter for the Midwest and Northeast...largely driven by the El Nino pattern. https://t.co/97iQpC1fO3
Analysis by Harry Stevens: Most regions across the U.S. have seen warmer winters, with New England warming the fastest. https://t.co/pruKBXLh78
February 2024 was the 4th warmest February since 1895 according to Prism climate data. About 1/4 of the Contiguous U.S. had a top 5 warmest February and over half had a top 10 warmest February. 🔥 https://t.co/CmBPpjac2o
The winter that largely wasn't in the upper Midwest, Northeast. Per NOAA the 2015-16 winter topped the previous record (from 1999-2000) by "only" 0.3˚F. 2023-24 topped 2015-16 by more than double that margin. https://t.co/xXS48ubzty
From the coldest January in 17 years to one of the top 10 warmest Februarys on record, 2024 is off to a rollercoaster start. Follow along as we track all the weather data with interactive charts and maps: https://t.co/dPdvwEXPXm
I'm rarely one to hype a weather forecast when conclusive evidence is lacking... but nearly all indications signal above to well above average activity for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, with a rapid transition to La Niña in addition to the below factors. (Post 1/2) https://t.co/ddreaFcaaW
FEBRUARY SURPLUS Looking at the last 29 days we have received more rain than average across the region. Some areas close to 3" above normal for February https://t.co/xb1RVEcv46
Winter 2023-24 departure from the 1991-2020 normal. 23% of the Contiguous U.S. was at least 5F above normal for the entire winter. 1% was below normal. https://t.co/7atOYsTUI5 https://t.co/QiExlBoNyP
With today marking the first day of meteorological spring, winter 2023-24 is officially in the record books, and it was the warmest winter on record for dozens of cities across the Northeast. That includes Albany, Binghamton, Rochester and Syracuse in New York state, with Buffalo… https://t.co/wfYuAPZod5
2024 Hurricane Forecast from WESH 2 News and Eric Burris - Meteorologist put out today. An active season predicted. Full article at: https://t.co/4VkEudn3xY https://t.co/9u0o3cvNGu
Latest forecast from Canadian climate model (CanSIPS) continues to predict conditions associated with active Atlantic #hurricane season, including below-normal vertical wind shear, above-normal precip, below-normal pressure and warm SSTs in the tropical Atlantic for Aug-Oct https://t.co/IJ8JKqbbs6
Putting the Winter of 2023-24 into context ... Many news stories should say the warmest since the mega-El Niño of 1877-78 -- by far the most destructive and deadly decade of the climate history of humanity. 1877-78 was an unprecedented "climate catastrophe" https://t.co/fkUPhzXeGU
Here are preliminary climate data for February 2024, along with information on temperature extremes and maximum monthly rainfall totals from @NWSGSP, @NWSColumbia, @NWSCharlestonSC, @NWSWilmingtonNC, and @CoCoRaHS stations in the Palmetto State. #scwx https://t.co/3JK0n966zt
Winter 2023-23 is officially in the books for #Charlotte, and it was the 12th warmest on record (1878-2024). The only real cold weather was centered around the weekend of Jan 20-21. It was a very wet winter as well, with 14.54" of rainfall. Zero snowfall again for the second… https://t.co/FCTliVC4dt
Winter 2023-24 was easily the warmest on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data - a full 0.75F warmer than the second place winter (2015-16). Areas in dark red had their warmest winter on record (since 1895-96). Places in regular red had a top 5 warmest. https://t.co/Ea4zVAoNHP
Philly winters have been trending warmer. El Niño made this winter one of the city’s warmest and wettest on record. @tough_schmidt_ explains ↓ https://t.co/weJvWeJNDC
By our count, at least 30 cities, and 3 states, just had their record warmest #winter. Preliminary recap: https://t.co/XLzd6JS9zD
England and Wales had warmest February on record https://t.co/MY8ocBQe6g
England and Wales had warmest February on record - full story ⬇️ https://t.co/6wWc8g8MTz
For all the hysteria about February warmth in the US, February 2024 was about: 1. 0.8°F cooler than February 2017 2. Only 0.4°F warmer than February 1991. 3. Only 1.4°F warmer than February 1984. The WaPo claimed today that the US has warmed 1°F per decade since 1980. Based on… https://t.co/sjiU4If45C
It was the warmest February on record for England, half a degree higher than the previous record. Many southern and eastern counties seeing temperatures 3°C or more above the long term average. https://t.co/wrGCSXBXOa
As meteorological spring begins, a look back shows Chicago had its warmest winter in 92 years https://t.co/KY7LmhRMEz
Obviously we're still 3 months away from hurricane season even *starting*, so there's still lots of time for things to change. The climate model output does seem somewhat supported though by observations of the Atlantic MDR refusing to cool, while +ENSO prepares to collapse. https://t.co/JIt0o7sKo6 https://t.co/DC938IHL2t
February Highs: It's a Leap Year, and our extra day ended being pretty chilly. Warmest day of the month was Wednesday the 27th. The high of 38 on the 17th was the coldest high ever recorded in any February in Philly! Have fun with your temperature blankets! @fox29philly https://t.co/yhRYvIQuTl
Happy Meteorological Spring! This winter (December-February) ranked as one of the warmest in the Roanoke Valley. https://t.co/yBFYN3bju8
Parts of UK may have had wettest February on record - tap the pic to read more https://t.co/vQ4l15qiO2
Parts of UK may have had wettest February on record https://t.co/OwnuFvQTvV
The ongoing El Niño weather pattern is set to smash temperature records in the Caribbean, the Bay of Bengal, the South China Sea and parts of Alaska and the Amazon, according to a climate model. https://t.co/lULrEAUSav
2024 hurricane season forecast release is Friday, March 1! Join @EricBurrisWESH & I live at 8am EST on FB & X as we go over the details. #gawx #scwx #flwx https://t.co/kAyz2zIdIO
Feb closes as 2nd warmest. only trailing 2017 https://t.co/fkWkuZiqb4
🌡 February is on track to have the highest global average temperature ever recorded for that month, thanks to climate change and the warming in the Eastern Pacific Ocean known as El Nino, scientists say https://t.co/AT22ZlYgSF https://t.co/BoUgOXaicB
Still early but the seasonal forecast models (this from the Canadian prediction system) continue to up the ante on the 2024 hurricane season. 📈🌀 https://t.co/EqmwF11u9x
Full tilt La Nina by September across the tropical Pacific. North Atlantic basin with way above average precipitation = busy hurricane season. New March 2024 CANSIPS (Canada's seasonal forecast model) https://t.co/jlSF2RZHMT
CanSIPS has just about as strong of a signal for an active hurricane season you'll ever see on a seasonal model. Opening bid on some of these seasonal outlooks should be quite high. https://t.co/hDesdpFzZr https://t.co/DPAEpGj3DK
Latest CanSips trends towards an even warmer Atlantic and cooler ENSO for peak hurricane season. Honestly some of these climate model forecasts are starting to look silly with the favorable setup they're showing for the Atlantic. A few months to go, but definitely some 🚨 https://t.co/08hDCBh4Du