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04/14/2025, 5:19 am EDT

One of The Worst Freezes on Record Southeast Europe, Turkey, and into Black Sea Region

A late season cold wave has produced significant crop damage to the Eastern Europe/Black Sea/Turkey/Southwest Russia region. The farthest east cold spike was April 10-11 causing the worst freeze since 2014 in Turkey. The peak cold during April 7-9 was across Romania and Ukraine. Coldest mornings during the freeze events were in the -10’sC!

04/13/2025, 1:52 pm EDT

Influence of Cool (and Warm) SSTA on U.S. Climate

A cold north to northeast wind has brought rain and snow to New England this weekend thanks to an offshore storm system made colder by the frigid counter-current to the warm Gulf Stream east and southeast of New England.

04/11/2025, 8:53 am EDT

Forecast Confidence for U.S. Summer 2025 Outlooks

Comparing the CIC-CA summer 2025 outlook and the NOAA/CPC probabilistic summer 2025 outlook to establish confidence indicates a high probability of hot to very hot summer climate in the West, heavy rains in the Southeast, and a North-central to Interior Northwest U.S. drought.

04/10/2025, 7:49 pm EDT

Are We Due for a Cycle Change of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation?

The cool cycle of the Pacific decadal oscillation has strengthened during recent years and will reach 30 years in duration if continued through 2026 as forecast by the Climate Impact Company constructed analog prediction. The 30-year duration matches the previous longest cool cycle observed during the middle 1940’s to middle 1970’s. Are we due for a long-term cycle change of the PDO?