Winter Season 2002/2003



Snowfall Totals
City Station December January February March Season Total
Boston KBOS 11.1 4.2 41.6 8.1 65.0
New York City KNYC 11.0 4.7 26.1 3.5 45.3
Philadelphia KPHL 8.4 6.3 29.6 0.2 44.5
Baltimore KBWI 9.7 5.3 40.5 2.6 58.1
Washington, D.C. KDCA 7.1 4.5 28.7 0.1 40.4
Richmond KRIC 5.0 5.9 6.0 0.1 17.0



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 0.69 1.25 1.41 0.84
January 0.10 0.71 0.98 0.71
February -0.21 0.28 0.64 0.69
March -0.49 0.10 0.48 0.65
HADISST values removed 1981-2010 base period


Monthly Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December 1.03 1.23 1.41 0.94
January 0.15 0.56 0.60 0.65
February -0.04 0.43 0.65 0.78
March 0.00 0.23 0.41 0.72
**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 0.65 1.34 1.52 1.00
January -0.08 0.75 1.19 0.95
February -0.26 0.33 0.77 0.93
March -0.55 0.14 0.59 0.84
**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 1.31 Nov/Dec/Jan 1.14
January 0.70 Dec/Jan/Feb 0.92
February 0.74 Jan/Feb/Mar 0.63
March 0.45
**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 1.214 December 1.48
Jan/Feb 0.944 January 0.85
Feb/Mar 0.830 February 1.07
March 0.83



SOI

Monthly SOI Index
December January February March
-10.6 -2.0 -7.4 -6.8



PDO

Monthly Index Values
NOAA-NCEI UW-JISAO JMA-TCC
December 1.57 2.10 1.5521
January 1.45 2.09 1.5245
February 1.23 1.75 1.2518
March 1.01 1.51 1.1233


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