11/11/2024

Why November has Been So Weirdly Warm

Why this might continue

Blooming flower buds next to trees with changing leaves. Fans and air conditioners working overtime. Iced coffees instead of actual coffee. Temperatures more like Florida than the Mid-Atlantic. The weather has been weirdly warm in the eastern two-thirds of the United States as November gets started — more than 10 degrees above average across parts of over 20 states.

Conditions in the Rockies and on the West Coast have balanced out some of the unusual eastern warmth, with cooler-than-average temperatures and a big early-season dump of snow.

But in the eastern half of the nation, will you eventually be able to pull out your hats and gloves this coming winter? Or is the subtropical weather here to stay?

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Washington Post.