New normal for Sacramento weather: Wetter and colder

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New normal for Sacramento weather: Wetter and colder

By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com

New 30-year climate figures show that Sacramento is wetter and cooler, out of step with the rest of the country, which has grown warmer.

U.S. rainfall and temperature normals are based on 30-year averages and are refigured every decade. The new normals are for 1981 to 2010, replacing the 30-year set of 1971 to 2000.

Downtown Sacramento's average annual precipitation for the new three-decade period increased to 20.27 inches, up 0.40 inches from 19.87.

The rainfall increase can be tied to elimination of figures from 1971-80, which included significant drought years, and retention of the 1980s and 1990s, which included several wet ones.

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http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/04/3815652...ather.html

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Sacramento on track for coolest summer in nearly 30 years

By Bill Lindelof

If Sacramento fails to have another century mark reading this summer, 2011 will have the fewest 100-degree days in nearly 30 years.

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http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/18/3846217...olest.html

[Sunsettommy]

Quote:16 of the past 17 months have been cooler than normal. December 2010 was the exception.

Wow that is a long cooling trend.

In my area.not a single day of 100 degrees has happened.Usually we get about 15 such days by now.

Coolest summer on record is a possibility.