Winter Season 1961/1962


Snowfall Totals
City Station December January February March Season Total
Boston KBOS 11.4 2.5 28.7 1.1 43.7
New York City KNYC 7.7 0.6 9.6 0.2 18.1
Philadelphia KPHL 5.2 1.1 12.5 7.2 26.0
Baltimore KBWI 7.2 2.0 9.2 13.6 32.0
Washington, D.C. KDCA 1.2 2.0 6.5 4.0 13.7
Richmond KRIC 0.9 20.6 1.2 16.2 38.9


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 -0.39 -0.32 -0.29 -0.59
January -0.33 -0.17 -0.25 -0.76
February -0.44 -0.13 -0.16 -0.42
March -1.40 -0.59 -0.41 -0.48
HADISST values removed 1981-2010 base period


Monthly Index Values(ERSST.v5)
Month Nino 1+2 Nino 3 Nino 3.4 Nino 4
December -0.95 -0.62 -0.59 -0.44
January -0.72 -0.58 -0.59 -0.58
February -0.65 -0.44 -0.56 -0.56
March -2.06 -0.69 -0.44 -0.44
**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 -0.16 Nov/Dec/Jan -0.16
January -0.30 Dec/Jan/Feb -0.24
February -0.26 Jan/Feb/Mar -0.22
March -0.11
**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 -1.065 December -0.70
Jan/Feb -0.963 January -0.83
Feb/Mar -0.692 February 0.11
March -0.13



SOI

Monthly SOI Index
December January February March
13.8 17.0 5.3 -1.4



PDO

Monthly Index Values
NOAA-NCEI UW-JISAO JMA-TCC
December -1.73 -2.69 -1.985
January -1.00 -1.29 -1.351
February -0.87 -1.15 -1.132
March -1.06 -1.42 -1.132


ENSO/PDO Region Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies



United States Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies

Monthly Temperature
Monthly Precipitation


Northern Hemisphere 500mb Height Anomalies