Thread: 2010-2016 Temperature

I put them all on one graph so I might as well post them. The temps are a 24 hour average to smooth it a bit. Looks like we are running a few weeks ahead of typical.

Here is 7 day smoothed data (roughly, starting at Jan 8th), it's a lot easier to see.

Is there any correlation between this year temperature and 2004-05 when it was a really bad Atlantic hurricane season. I believe 03 was the last major el nino event I have read that the years after el nino there are more hurricanes. What im wondering is is the early warm water temperatures a prelude of things to come.

As I understand warm water makes for more powerful hurricanes, but wind shear is more important for the number of hurricanes. El Nino years usually have more wind shear and fewer hurricanes, but this El Nino is fading fast. 1998 was a big El Nino. I've put it in the sheet (42040) and I'll put '05 in also and compare (later, busy right now).

BTW, if anybody wants the spreadsheet that picks apart the data PM me and I'll send it. It won't have all the data, you have to download that from the buoy site. If it has all the data it's too big to email.

I really appreciate the info. Thats awesome