Figure 35.3

North Carolina State University
Kenneth E. Kunkel

This figure appears in chapter 35 of the NOAA-led State Summaries 2019 report.

Figure 3: The observed number of warm nights (minimum temperature at or above 70°F for 1900–2018, averaged over 5-year periods (bars; last bar represents 4-year average). Filled circles connected by black line segments show annual values. The horizontal black line shows the long-term average for 1900–2018 is 7.5 nights per year. These values are averages from 26 available long-term reporting stations. Ohio experienced the highest and second-highest number of warm nights during the 1930s and 2010s, respectively, with multiyear values almost double the long-term average. Source: CICS-NC and NOAA NCEI.

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This figure replaces figure 35.3: Observed Number of Warm Nights

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