http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php All comments for Next Few Days = Good, Next Few Years = Not so Good? en-us 2007 design_jill Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:26:27 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jpriluck@earthlink.net jpriluck@earthlink.net 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-711168 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-711168 Comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:23:06 -0500 <p>MelissaC, the degrees are accumulating. The number of degrees above (below) normal for each day are added (subtracted) to the previous day's total. If there's a long warm spell, such as since June 2005 the degrees do indeed add up to a big number.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-710459 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-710459 Comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:28:00 -0500 <p>Joe - What do the increments on the y axis represent? I know we're not looking at 1500 degree changes!</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-710340 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-710340 Comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:54:56 -0500 <p>By convention, normal is the most recent 30-year average by full decade (i.e. 1971-2000), smoothed to remove day-to-day noise.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-710180 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/11/21/next_few_days_g.php#comment-710180 Comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:07:35 -0500 <p>What is considered the "normal" temperature? ANd how was this "normal" obtained?</p>