Spring 2015 Weather Summary

I know that I'm late posting my spring update, but I have an excuse. I struggle to force myself to get any work done at my computer when the weather is unbearably hot. That's precisely what we have been seeing so far this summer. Well, that and dry weather. The same could be said for a significant portion of spring. Judging by just the temperature, this was our third worst spring ever recorded.

Spring Temperatures Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	1958	78.98%		24	1949	83.34%		46	2002	85.13%
2	1969	79.53%		25	1997	83.36%		47	1964	85.14%
3	2015	80.08%		26	1979	83.47%		48	2001	85.43%
4	1992	80.18%		27	2003	83.56%		49	1971	85.49%
5	2009	80.23%		28	2004	83.59%		50	1965	85.59%
6	2013	81.01%		29	1968	83.66%		51	1959	85.81%
7	1972	81.27%		30	1994	83.87%		52	1952	85.82%
8	1963	81.57%		31	1977	83.91%		53	1966	85.87%
9	1975	81.81%		32	1983	84.00%		54	2012	85.89%
10	1995	81.85%		33	2008	84.06%		55	1954	86.00%
11	1993	82.35%		34	1987	84.35%		56	1996	86.12%
12	1961	82.40%		35	1978	84.46%		57	2011	86.35%
13	1967	82.40%		36	1951	84.47%		58	2000	86.79%
14	1989	82.73%		37	2006	84.47%		59	1953	86.96%
15	2005	82.73%		38	1955	84.58%		60	1960	87.09%
16	2014	82.89%		39	1973	84.82%		61	1991	87.15%
17	1957	82.94%		40	1999	84.89%		62	1981	87.45%
18	1982	82.95%		41	1956	84.90%		63	1980	87.61%
19	1970	83.13%		42	2007	84.96%		64	1990	87.84%
20	1986	83.18%		43	1988	84.99%		65	2010	87.97%
21	1976	83.20%		44	1998	85.07%		66	1962	88.22%
22	1950	83.21%		45	1974	85.10%		67	1984	88.82%
23	1985	83.22%

Moisture has been even more problematic. As a lot of Washingtonians say, my webbed feet are drying out. When rain is factored into the Washingtonian Weather Index, this becomes our second worst spring ever recorded. Unfortunately, early signs have been consistently pointing to a miserable summer as well.

Spring Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	2010	77.08%		24	1996	69.52%		46	1957	67.57%
2	1984	74.97%		25	2001	69.43%		47	1977	67.23%
3	1953	74.13%		26	1961	69.26%		48	1989	67.08%
4	2011	73.74%		27	1997	69.17%		49	1967	66.74%
5	1981	73.65%		28	1980	69.15%		50	1972	66.65%
6	1960	73.38%		29	2006	69.09%		51	1970	66.64%
7	1988	72.18%		30	1985	69.06%		52	2013	66.04%
8	1993	72.16%		31	1950	69.04%		53	2014	65.90%
9	1959	71.95%		32	2003	69.01%		54	1983	65.87%
10	1962	71.58%		33	1976	68.85%		55	1995	65.53%
11	2012	71.53%		34	1956	68.57%		56	1949	65.53%
12	1971	71.18%		35	1986	68.55%		57	1966	65.52%
13	1990	70.93%		36	2007	68.43%		58	1975	65.32%
14	2000	70.90%		37	2002	68.26%		59	1987	65.05%
15	1974	70.81%		38	1963	68.08%		60	1958	64.80%
16	1955	70.54%		39	1952	68.06%		61	2009	64.33%
17	1964	70.47%		40	1973	68.06%		62	1951	64.28%
18	1991	70.30%		41	1994	68.02%		63	1982	64.05%
19	2008	70.28%		42	1998	67.87%		64	1969	63.93%
20	1978	70.18%		43	1965	67.79%		65	1979	63.67%
21	1999	70.13%		44	2004	67.72%		66	2015	62.41%
22	2005	70.08%		45	1968	67.58%		67	1992	61.96%
23	1954	69.84%

For more information on how scores have been generated, visit my blog post at:

http://maritimeorca0.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-up-weather-index-in-excel.html
Keep in mind that scores are based off of averages. These values are likely to shift a little over time.