Spring is starting to spring in some parts of the Northern Hemisphere but not quite yet in others. The March observations period for the Urban Heat Island/Surface Temperature Student Research Campaign has started. Please take surface temperature observations in March to help out with the campaign. If you can, please take observations from two sites so you can compare the temperatures for them. One approach is to take observations from a grassy area and an asphalt area to compare.
Just a quick look at surface temperature data on the GLOBE visualization page shows the cold weather that is affecting Europe compared to the Eastern United States (Figure 1). The cold weather in Europe was called the “Beast from the East” by many news outlets. The reason for that is that the cold winds were blowing from Siberia in the east.
Figure 1. GLOBE surface temperature observation from Feb. 27, 2018.
This figure on http://windy.com shows why it is so cold in Europe. A high pressure system is centered over Scandinavia. With the winds going clockwise around the high, the winds are from the east. Also, there is a low pressure system, also known as a mid-latitude cyclone, off the coast of France that is bringing moisture over Great Britain. Parts of Great Britain may get 50 cm of snow.
Figure 2. Isobars and temperature from Windy.com. Note the high (H) over Scandinavia and low pressure south of Ireland.
Here are observations from December. 64 schools participated with over a 1000 observations.
School Name Data Count
Al duqom basic school 1
Al Fisaliah Gifted School at Jeddah 31
Ali bin Abi Talib Secondary School at Jeddah 12
Al-Matan Intermediate and Secondary Girls School at Sabya 5
Ammar Bin Yasir basic school 3
As-Siddiq Secondary School at Rejal Alma'a 31
Brazil Secondary School 21
Brookfield Middle School 38
Burapha University 1
Chartiers-Houston Jr./Sr. High School 30
Chia-Yi Girls senior high school 30
Crestwood High School 1
Dove Science Academy 39
Eagle Community School 2
East Dakota Water Development District 5
Faulkton Area School District 10
Flint Hill Elementary 8
Freeport High School 32
Gimnasio Kitiou 30
Haima basic school 3
Houjia Junior High School 21
Huntington High School (USWVBCAM) 119
Ibri basic School 3
IES Eusebio Barreto 24
III. osnovna skola Varazdin 13
Jackman Road Elementary 4
Ket'acik And Aapalluk Memorial School 2
Kg/ Tholangamuwa CC 31
Lake High School (GLIDMRO6) 11
Lakewood Catholic Academy 44
Larchmont Elementary 1
Licking Heights West 5
Liou-Guei Senior High School 33
Main Street Intermediate School 22
Medicinska Skola Varazdin 34
Melvin H. Kreps Middle School 5
Montague Elementary School 6
Mountain View School (GLIDPXRW) 8
National Kinmen Senior High School 13
National Magong High School 2
New Taipei Municipal Jin-Shan High School 14
OŠIvana Filipovića Osijek 42
OS Ivana Kukuljevica 31
OS Sime Budinica 1
PEACE Schools Network 23
Prince of Songkla University Surat Thani Campus 1
Samad Basic School 3
Shiqaiq Intermediate Girls School at Sabya 2
Shumate Middle School 36
Skola Za Medicinske Sestre Vrapce 10
Srednja škola Braća Radić 5
Srinakharinwirot University 1
Srisawatwittayakarn School Nan 1
The 19th Secondary Girls School at Al-Madinah Al-Monawarah 52
The 3rd Secondary Girls School at Bish 16
The Affiliated Senior High school of NCU 2
The Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology 3
The University Of Toledo 1
ubon ratchathani rajabhat university 1
University of Toledo GLOBE v-School 10
Waite High School 9
Walailak University 2
Webster Avenue Elementary School (GLIDP86R) 3
Zenska opca gimnazija Druzbe sestara milosrdnica s pravom javn. 27
