June 2024 - Page 8 of 8 - Climate Impact Company

06/04/2024, 2:28 pm EDT

Marine Heat Waves/North Atlantic Warm Hole Climate Causal to Historic Southern Germany Floods

The ocean surface surrounding Scandinavia is “hot”! Sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) range from +4C to near +7C in the Baltic Sea to +2C to +4C west and southwest of Norway. This specific marine heat wave (MHW) is peaking in strength and responsible, in-part, for the historic Southern Germany rains of the past week.

06/03/2024, 11:26 am EDT

U.S. Population Weight CDD Forecasts are Below 10-year Normal

U.S. population weight CDD for May 2024 was 117 which is very close to the 10-year normal (118). Natural gas traders are generally more reliant on the 10-year normal as a reference therefore May is considered a near normal cooling demand month to start the 2024 warm season. In June, due to the incoming Midwest trough, the CDD forecast is cut to 230 which is substantially below the 10-year normal of 252.