precipitation - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/precipitation/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:24:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 precipitation - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/precipitation/ 32 32 103504436 Is Precipitation Increasing with Temperature? https://houstonnewmedia.org/is-precipitation-increasing-with-temperature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-precipitation-increasing-with-temperature Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:24:04 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36905 Data provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) shows that precipitation appears to be increasing with temperature in Houston and Harris County. A reader recently asked whether there was a correlation. The hypothesis: in this climate, if temperature increases, then so will evaporation and rainfall. Eighty to 130 years worth of data at different locations […]

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]]> 507701 NOAA Adopts New Normal: Hotter, Wetter https://houstonnewmedia.org/noaa-adopts-new-normal-hotter-wetter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=noaa-adopts-new-normal-hotter-wetter Thu, 13 May 2021 18:44:50 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25960 NOAA has updated its climate statistics for the U.S. Every 10 years, the agency comes up with a “new normal” based on the last 30 years of data. The most recent 30 years, compared to previous averages, shows that our climate is getting hotter and wetter (at least in the Houston area). The “normals” help […]

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]]> 127873 With More Cold and Precipitation on the Way, Houston Remains an Ice Palace https://houstonnewmedia.org/with-more-cold-and-precipitation-on-the-way-houston-remains-an-ice-palace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-more-cold-and-precipitation-on-the-way-houston-remains-an-ice-palace Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:35:00 +0000 https://www.houstonpress.com/news/cold-and-power-outages-continue-in-houston-11536574 As 1.4 million Houston area residents remain without power — and some were added overnight although a few lucky souls got their power restored — Houston can expect warming trends during the day Tuesday before the next storm arrives in the area late ton...

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