Winter Season 2009/2010



Snowfall Totals
City Station December January February March Season Total
Boston KBOS 15.2 13.2 7.0 0.2 35.6
New York City KNYC 12.4 2.1 36.9 0.0 51.4
Philadelphia KPHL 24.1 3.1 51.5 0.0 78.7
Baltimore KBWI 20.1 6.9 50.0 0.0 77.0
Washington, D.C. KDCA 16.6 7.4 32.1 0.0 56.1
Richmond KRIC 7.4 10.4 9.8 0.4 28.0



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 0.49 1.47 1.81 1.31
January 0.36 1.10 1.43 1.21
February 0.04 0.79 1.18 0.95
March -0.04 0.61 1.07 0.90
HADISST values removed 1981-2010 base period


Monthly Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December 0.53 1.35 1.78 1.28
January 0.30 1.06 1.51 1.20
February 0.20 0.88 1.26 0.98
March 0.14 0.60 0.95 0.86
**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 0.35 1.53 1.72 1.18
January 0.30 1.00 1.50 1.21
February -0.06 0.75 1.22 1.00
March -0.40 0.60 1.08 1.02
**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 1.73 Nov/Dec/Jan 1.56
January 1.51 Dec/Jan/Feb 1.50
February 1.25 Jan/Feb/Mar 1.22
March 0.90
**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-V1 MEI-V2 Month BEST
Dec/Jan 1.066 0.93 December 1.73
Jan/Feb 1.526 1.28 January 1.62
Feb/Mar 1.462 1.31 February 1.94
March 1.21



SOI

Monthly SOI Index
December January February March
-7.0 -10.1 -14.5 -10.6



PDO

Monthly Index Values
NOAA-NCEI UW-JISAO JMA-TCC
December -0.51 0.08 -0.2541
January 0.05 0.83 0.5486
February 0.25 0.82 0.5565
March -0.16 0.44 0.2453


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