Today is May ninth and the temperature is 20 degrees below normal for Long island NY could this be an La Nina?

Question

Today is May ninth and the temperature is 20 degrees below normal for Long island NY could this be an La Nina?

Answer 1

who is la nina?

is she some new ghetto r and b star?

Answer 2

No that happens on the west coast and the rest of the pacific ocean.

Answer 3

I used to live on Long Island, but Im now in California. What is the temp. there? Glad Im out here! J/K. Im sure its no big deal and will warm up again soon. :)

Answer 4

I think you may be thinking of   "El Nino"                                    El Nino - and What is the Southern Oscillation Anyway?!

El Nino, an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific, is one part of what's called the Southern Oscillation. The Southern Oscillation is the see-saw pattern of reversing surface air pressure between the eastern and western tropical Pacific; when the surface pressure is high in the eastern tropical Pacific it is low in the western tropical Pacific, and vice-versa. Because the ocean warming and pressure reversals are, for the most part, simultaneous, scientists call this phenomenon the El Nino/Southern Oscillation or ENSO for short. South American fisherman have given this phenomenon the name El Nino, which is Spanish for "The Christ Child," because it comes about the time of the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child-Christmas.

Scientists do not really understand how El Nino forms. It is believed that El Nino may have contributed to the 1993 Mississippi and 1995 California floods, drought conditions in South America, Africa and Australia. It is also believed that El Nino contributed to the lack of serious storms such as hurricanes in the North Atlantic which spared states like Florida from serious storm related damage.

Unfortunately not all El Nino's are the same nor does the atmosphere always react in the same way from one El Nino to another. This is why NASA's Earth scientists continue to take part in international efforts to understand El Nino events. Hopefully one day scientists will be able to provide sufficient warning so that we can be better prepared to deal with the damages and changes that El Nino causes in the weather.

Answer 5

your best bet would be to research past degrees on this exact date. If its normally higher than something is probably up!! unfortunatly not the temp!!!! wow im in california (Bay Area) & its rare for temps to get into the high 30's. im cold just thinkin bout it!!!!!!!!

Answer 6

No it's not. This is the first cold day in a while. For the past few days it's been as high as 80 degrees. It's caused by a northerly wind from a low pressure system off the coast that's causing low temps and rain. Tomorrow it'll will be near normal going up to the upper 60's.

Answer 7

Ask LaGore.

Answer 8

o NOOO

h**l no

eww no