Winter Season 1952/1953



Snowfall Totals
City December January February March Season Total
Boston 2.4 13.6 11.4 0.2 27.6
New York City 7.5 4.1 0.4 0.9 12.9
Philadelphia 2.0 5.1 2.0 7.1 16.2
Baltimore 3.0 2.4 0.0 3.6 9.0
Washington, D.C. 2.0 1.3 0.2 3.1 6.6
Richmond 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.6



Daily, Monthly and Seasonal Teleconnection Patterns

NAO PNA AO

ENSO


Monthly Index Values(HADISST)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December -0.36 -0.69 -0.55 -0.28
January -0.22 0.07 0.36 0.25
February 0.39 0.24 0.24 -0.01
March 0.80 0.15 0.22 0.24
HADISST values removed 1981-2010 base period


Montly Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December -0.58 -0.53 -0.35 -0.60
January -0.42 0.06 0.19 -0.26
February 0.25 0.22 0.25 -0.12
March 0.81 0.36 0.34 -0.17
**ERSST.v5 values using 1980-2010 base periods**


Historic Nino 3.4/Oceanic-Nino Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 3.4 3-Month Period ONI
December 0.03 Nov/Dec/Jan 0.15
January 0.56 Dec/Jan/Feb 0.40
February 0.61 Jan/Feb/Mar 0.60
March 0.62
**Anomalies calculated using 30-year climatological values, updated every five years. The updating of base periods removes observed warming trend in Nino 3.4 region. Anomalies generated from CPC**


Multivariate/Bivariate ENSO Indexes
Month MEI Month BEST
Dec/Jan 0.044 December 0.41
Jan/Feb 0.401 January 0.18
Feb/Mar 0.277 February 0.51
March 0.50



SOI

Monthly SOI Index
December January February March
-12.6 2.2 -6.0 -5.8



PDO

Monthly Index Values
NOAA-NCEI UW-JISAO JMA-TCC
December -0.83 0.04 -0.86
January -0.16 -0.57 -0.27
February -0.46 -0.07 -0.44
March -1.27 -1.12 -1.02



ENSO/PDO Region Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies




United States Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies

Monthly Temperature
Monthly Precipitation



Northern Hemisphere 500mb Height Anomalies