181135 - BRIGHTWOOD DC, Maryland

Latitude
38° 57´N
Longitude
77° 1´W
Elevation
79 meters

COOP Mid-Atlantic

Maryland
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10 nearest COOP Mid-Atlantic stations
1 miS :U S SOLDIERS HOME DC, MD
2 miN :TAKOMA PARK BALT AVE, MD
2 miNNE :TAKOMA PARK MISS AVE, MD
3 miENE :BROOKSIDE MANOR, MD
4 miSSE :NATIONAL ARBORETUM DC, MD
4 miSSW :WASHNGTN DC WB CITY, MD
4 miENE :COLLEGE PARK, MD
4 miNW :ROCK CREEK FOREST, MD
4 miW :BROOKDALE, MD
5 miENE :RIVERDALE, MD

Weather variables    Help
Click a weather variable name to jump down to those statistics.
Total
observations
%
NDJFM
observations
%
TMAX
3481
19.1%
1486
19.6%
TMIN
3481
19.1%
1487
19.7%
PRCP
404
2.2%
74
1.0%
SNOW
848
4.6%
189
2.5%




TMAX     Help     top of page

TMAX
observations
mean
std dev
   
Distribution
during extreme days of
NDJFM
1486  by year
48.8°F
11.1°F
   
overall
NAM
PNA
CTI

TMAX and NAM    Help
scatterplot
days
by month
mean
NAM index
extreme high
NAM days
extreme low
NAM days
ratio of extreme
high:low NAM days
Extreme high events
Days with TMAX>=67°F
114
-0.24
2
15
7.5*
map
table
Extreme low events
Days with TMAX<=33°F
101
-0.05
19
17
1.1
map
table

TMAX and PNA    Help
scatterplot
days
by month
mean
PNA index
extreme high
PNA days
extreme low
PNA days
ratio of extreme
high:low PNA days
Extreme high events
Days with TMAX>=67°F
114
-0.52
1
26
26.0*
map
table
Extreme low events
Days with TMAX<=33°F
101
0.15
26
20
1.3
map
table

TMAX and CTI    Help
days
by month
high CTI days
(moderate to strong
El Niño winters)
low CTI days
(moderate to strong
La Niña winters)
ratio of high:low CTI
(El Niño:La Niña days)
Extreme high events
Days with TMAX>=67°F
114
5
46
9.2*
map
table
Extreme low events
Days with TMAX<=33°F
101
20
47
2.4*
map
table

TMAX under 2 index extremes     Help
Station table Maps - choose one extreme:
High NAMLow NAM High PNALow PNA High CTILow CTI




TMIN     Help     top of page

TMIN
observations
mean
std dev
   
Distribution
during extreme days of
NDJFM
1487  by year
33.2°F
8.8°F
   
overall
NAM
PNA
CTI

TMIN and NAM    Help
scatterplot
days
by month
mean
NAM index
extreme high
NAM days
extreme low
NAM days
ratio of extreme
high:low NAM days
Extreme low events
Days with TMIN<=20°F
114
-0.13
20
25
1.2
map
table
Extreme high events
Days with TMIN>=47°F
105
-0.09
11
12
1.1
map
table

TMIN and PNA    Help
scatterplot
days
by month
mean
PNA index
extreme high
PNA days
extreme low
PNA days
ratio of extreme
high:low PNA days
Extreme low events
Days with TMIN<=20°F
114
0.20
31
19
1.6
map
table
Extreme high events
Days with TMIN>=47°F
105
-0.29
6
19
3.2*
map
table

TMIN and CTI    Help
days
by month
high CTI days
(moderate to strong
El Niño winters)
low CTI days
(moderate to strong
La Niña winters)
ratio of high:low CTI
(El Niño:La Niña days)
Extreme low events
Days with TMIN<=20°F
114
19
56
2.9*
map
table
Extreme high events
Days with TMIN>=47°F
105
12
32
2.7*
map
table

TMIN under 2 index extremes     Help
Station table Maps - choose one extreme:
High NAMLow NAM High PNALow PNA High CTILow CTI




PRCP (total liquid water equivalent)     top of page

Data not shown:
Less than 5% of days have PRCP observations during NDJFM over 1948-1997

No days with measureable PRCP during NDJFM over 1948-1997



SNOW     top of page

Data not shown:
Less than 5% of days have SNOW observations during NDJFM over 1948-1997

No days with measureable SNOW during NDJFM over 1948-1997