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A Look Back at the Climate of the Midwest in 2019 Michael S. Timlin Midwestern Regional Climate Center MRCC Webinar 2020 February 26, 2020
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A Look Back at the Climate of the Midwest in 2019
Michael S. TimlinMidwestern Regional Climate Center
MRCC Webinar 2020February 26, 2020
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1895 2019
20162011
1927 1974 1993 2008
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1895 2019
USDM 2000-2020 Period of Record
No MW drought: - 4 weeks in late 2018- first 32 weeks of 2019- last 8 weeks of 2019 and first 7 of 2020- 51 of last 67 weeks
- longest previous streak: 14 weeks in 2016- most weeks in a year (21 weeks in 2004)- 30+% of all cases in last 15 months
USDM 2000-2020 Period of Record
No MW abnormally dry: - 12 consecutive weeks of 2019 (2/26-5/14)- 3 more weeks in December (12/3-12/17)- 6 of 7 weeks in 2020 (all but 1/7/2020)
- only 2 other weeks in 20-yr history of DM- 5/21/2002 and 5/2/2017
- 21 of 23 cases in 2019 and 2020
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