Welcome to the NRCC

Established in 1983, the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) is located in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. It serves the 12-state region that includes: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. Major funding is provided through a contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Center's staff works cooperatively with the National Climatic Data Center, the National Weather Service, state climate offices, and other interested scientists in the Northeast to acquire and disseminate accurate, up-to-date climate data and information.

Soggy Start to June

If you thought June has been wetter than normal, you were right! Looking at precipitation data from June 1-15, all 35 first-order climate sites have been wetter than normal. Comparing the first two weeks of June this year to previous years, 5 sites ranked it as their wettest on record and 23 sites ranked it among their top 5 wettest. In terms of percent of normal, Providence, RI, was the wettest site at 428 percent!

The month so far featured several rounds of heavy precipitation. From the 6th to the 8th, a low from the Midwest and the remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea caused 14 sites to set new daily rainfall records. Storms from the 10th through 13th caused another 13 sites to set new daily rainfall records. While the heavy precipitation brought some flooding, it also helped ease much of the abnormally dry conditions in New England and southern New York.

NRCC supports a three-tiered national climate services support program.
The partners include: National Climatic Data Center, Regional Climate Centers, and State Climate Offices.

 
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