IEM Daily Feature
Friday, 03 December 2010

Fall Duration

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 05:46 AM


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check out yesterday's feature as well.
Following up on the previous day's feature, today's featured plot presents an IEM computed metric of the climatological duration of the fall season. The number of days presented represent the time between the warmest 91 day period and coolest 91 day period based on daily climatological high and low temperatures. Think of it as the number of days it takes to get from the warmest quarter of the year to coolest. Iowa is shown right around 90 days, which is about what one would expect for having evenly distributed seasons. The plot would suggest that if you like the fall, don't live on the west coast!

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Tags:   fall   temp