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- Currently in D.C. — November 7, 2023: Cloudy and temperate
Currently in D.C. — November 7, 2023: Cloudy and temperate
Plus, hurricane season is effectively over.
Myriam Vidal & Eric Holthaus
November 06, 2023
The weather, currently.
A cloudy morning clears up at night
Good morning, good morning, good morning beautiful people in D.C.! We have a cloudy day in front of us, but fortunately it won’t rain. Also, temperatures keep getting warmer. Today’s highest will be 75°F and the rest of the day we’ll experience temperatures in the 50s. Also, the clouds will start to part at night so, provided light pollution allows it, we may be able to gaze at some stars.
There’s a song by The Church I love that comes to mind every time I’m trying to find the stars in the night sky. It’s called Under the Milky Way: “And it's something quite peculiar, something shimmering and white. It leads you here, despite your destination under the Milky Way tonight.”
What you need to know, currently.
For the first time since August 13, there are no looming hurricane threats in either the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific Oceans. We can declare that this year’s hurricane season is effectively over.
With El Niño in effect and global ocean temperatures at the warmest ever measured, the 2023 hurricane season was busier than usual.
According to data from Colorado State University, Atlantic tropical cyclone activity was 24% above normal, and East Pacific activity was 25% above normal.
Some of the most notable storms: Hurricane Dora was a long-lasting hurricane that trekked much of the way across the Pacific Ocean, fanning winds on Hawaii that rapidly spread wildfires on Maui. Hurricane Hilary made a rare landfall in Southern California. And Hurricane Otis became the strongest landfall in Pacific history in Acapulco, Mexico.
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