Winter Season 1995/1996



Snowfall Totals
City Station December January February March Season Total
Boston KBOS 24.1 39.8 15.5 16.8 96.2
New York City KNYC 11.5 26.1 21.2 13.2 72.0
Philadelphia KPHL 7.3 33.8 12.9 7.2 61.2
Baltimore KBWI 2.3 32.6 19.0 7.6 61.5
Washington, D.C. KDCA 1.3 23.8 15.2 5.2 45.5
Richmond KRIC 1.5 16.2 Missing Missing 17.7



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 -0.68 -0.74 -0.72 -0.24
January -0.61 -0.58 -0.65 -0.35
February -0.32 -0.53 -0.66 -0.31
March -0.07 -0.29 -0.48 -0.20
HADISST values removed 1981-2010 base period


Monthly Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December -0.92 -0.95 -0.91 -0.40
January -0.63 -0.82 -0.86 -0.39
February -0.36 -0.68 -0.85 -0.43
March -0.26 -0.48 -0.56 -0.28
**ERSST.v5 values using 1981-2010 base periods**


Monthly Index Values(OISST.v2)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December -0.77 -0.95 -1.00 -0.42
January -0.62 -0.67 -0.83 -0.38
February -0.36 -0.65 -0.87 -0.53
March -0.43 -0.43 -0.60 -0.48
**OISST.v2 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 -1.00 Nov/Dec/Jan -0.98
January -0.86 Dec/Jan/Feb -0.90
February -0.85 Jan/Feb/Mar -0.75
March -0.56
**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 -0.597 December 0.01
Jan/Feb -0.566 January -0.66
Feb/Mar -0.236 February -0.39
March -0.52



SOI

Monthly SOI Index
December January February March
-5.5 8.4 1.1 6.2



PDO

Monthly Index Values
NOAA-NCEI UW-JISAO JMA-TCC
December 0.44 0.16 0.7715
January 1.01 0.59 0.9696
February 1.01 0.75 0.9504
March 0.85 1.01 0.9253


MJO Phases




ENSO/PDO Region Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies

ERSST.v5
OISST.v2.1



United States Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies

Monthly Temperature
Monthly Precipitation



Northern Hemisphere 500mb Height Anomalies