What was the 1997/98 El Nino responsible for?
It led to a severe outbreak of Rift Valley fever after extreme rainfall in north-eastern Kenya and southern Somalia. It also led to record rainfalls in California during the water season of 1997–98 and one of Indonesia’s worst droughts on record.
What year was the April Fools Blizzard?
1997
1997 April Fool’s Day blizzard/Start dates
How did El Nino in 1997 affect the Central Valley?
The winter season of 1997-1998 with a strong El Niño occuring was one of the wettest on record across California, with typically double the normal amount of rainfall and about $550 million in flood and storm damage statewide.
How much warmer than average did East Pacific Ocean water get in the 1998 El Nino?
In 1997-98 and 2015-16, sea surface temperatures rose more than 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average.
How much damage did the largest El Niño La Nina in 1997 cause?
El Niño-fueled rains began striking Los Angeles in January and intensified. Over the next few months, a relentless string of storms caused havoc, washing away roads and railroad tracks, overflowing flood control channels, causing 17 deaths and more than half a billion dollars in damage in California.
Did it ever snow in April in NJ?
Snow in April, it might be Planet Earth’s biggest fools joke of them all in South Jersey. After all, the average low temperature on April 1 is 37 degrees, and it only goes up from there. April snow is unusual, but not rare in the region.
When was California’s last El Niño?
2015/2016
The 2015/2016 El Niño event was one of the strongest of the last 145 years, resulting in anomalously high wave energy across the U.S. West Coast, and record coastal erosion for many California beaches.
How much damage did the largest El Niño La Niña in 1997 cause?
Does La Niña bring more rain?
Generally speaking, La Niña winters tend to be drier and warmer than normal across the southern U.S. and cooler and wetter in the northern U.S. and Canada. The Pacific Northwest, parts of the Midwest and the Tennessee and Ohio valleys can see more rain and snow than in a typical winter.
Where was the winter of 1995 / 96 in the United States?
The 1995/96 winter (DJF) season featured abnormally cold and snowy conditions in the northern plains, the eastern half of the Midwest, the Northeast, the mid-Atlantic states, and much of Canada.
Where was the winter storm in December 1997?
Dec. 10-11, 1997 Then on through the Great Lakes to the East! Same winter storm as above. Surface low pressure was centered between IN and OH on the morning of the 10th. The storm then moved SLOWLY eastward, north of the Ohio river valley, and into northwest PA by evening.
Where was the low pressure on the 15th of December 1997?
An elongated west-to-east trough existed over the northeast on the evening of the 15th, with surface low pressure over eastern Lake Ontario. What appears to have happend is that this low pressure area moved eastward overnight and deepend along the southwest coast of Maine.
When was the Blizzard of 1996 in North America?
The Blizzard of 1996: January 6-9, 1996 The winter season featured several episodic, severe weather events throughout North America. In the East, the most notable of these events was the Blizzard of 1996″ which occurred during January 6-9 (Figure 2).