Years ago I asked this question about “normals.” Thank you for this article. I know it would really just be playing, but it would be interesting to see the last figure using only the earliest baseline. It might make the changes we are seeing look even more dramatic. Like I said, just playing around, but maybe interesting.
Let me see what I can do to generate that. For what it's worth, the 2024 Feb-Apr Arctic-wide temperature departures using the 1941-1970 baseline were greater than 0ºC over 99 percent of the area.
Thank you, Rick!
Years ago I asked this question about “normals.” Thank you for this article. I know it would really just be playing, but it would be interesting to see the last figure using only the earliest baseline. It might make the changes we are seeing look even more dramatic. Like I said, just playing around, but maybe interesting.
Done. Apparently we can't add images to the comments so I've added it into the body of the post.
Let me see what I can do to generate that. For what it's worth, the 2024 Feb-Apr Arctic-wide temperature departures using the 1941-1970 baseline were greater than 0ºC over 99 percent of the area.