Winter Season 1960/1961



Snowfall Totals
City Station December January February March Season Total
Boston KBOS 16.9 18.7 14.9 9.0 59.5
New York City KNYC 18.6 16.7 18.2 1.2 54.7
Philadelphia KPHL 17.5 19.7 11.8 0.1 49.1
Baltimore KBWI 15.6 14.3 16.4 0.0 46.3
Washington, D.C. KDCA 8.7 13.6 18.0 0.0 40.3
Richmond KRIC 1.7 7.2 5.0 0.0 13.9



Daily, Monthly and Seasonal Teleconnection Patterns

NAO PNA AO

ENSO


ENSO Indicies - Monthly(HADISST)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December -0.51 -0.32 0.02 0.09
January 0.13 -0.34 -0.15 -0.26
February 0.64 0.10 0.04 -0.13
March -0.04 -0.13 -0.10 -0.28
HADISST values removed 1981-2010 base period


Monthly Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December -0.36 -0.63 -0.34 -0.03
January -0.05 -0.56 -0.32 -0.27
February 0.54 -0.21 -0.18 -0.31
March -0.66 -0.34 -0.30 -0.41
**ERSST.v5 values using 1981-2010 base periods**


Historic Nino 3.4/Oceanic-Nino Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 3.4 3-Month Period ONI
December 0.04 Nov/Dec/Jan 0.05
January -0.04 Dec/Jan/Feb 0.04
February 0.10 Jan/Feb/Mar 0.03
March 0.02
**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 -0.150 December -0.23
Jan/Feb -0.235 January 0.15
Feb/Mar -0.073 February -0.27
March 0.95



SOI

Monthly SOI Index
December January February March
6.7 -2.5 6.3 -20.9


PDO

Monthly Index Values
NOAA-NCEI UW-JISAO JMA-TCC
December 0.00 0.17 0.158
January 0.89 1.18 0.879
February 0.92 0.43 0.858
March 0.64 0.09 0.661



ENSO/PDO Region Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies




United States Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies

Monthly Temperature
Monthly Precipitation



Northern Hemisphere 500mb Height Anomalies