December 2014

• Winter begins: Big changes in store

  Pam Knox

  December 2, 2014

  

  December 1 marks the beginning of meteorological winter.  After one of the coldest Novembers in recent memory, the beginning of December should bring quite a change to the Southeast.  The weather patterns are starting to show signs of the expected El Nino signal, and most of the US should see temperatures above normal for the…

  Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate outlooks

• Florida and North Carolina climate summaries available for November

  Pam Knox

  December 1, 2014

  

  Climate summaries for Florida and North Carolina are now available online. Florida North Carolina

  Posted in: Climate summaries

• Hurricane season ends; no major hurricanes hit the US in the last 3,326 days

  Pam Knox

  December 1, 2014

  

  November 30 marks the end of the hurricane season in the North Atlantic Ocean.  The map below summarizes all of the storm paths this year.  Only one storm hit the US: Hurricane Arthur over the 4th of July weekend.  The lack of tropical systems this year was one of the main reasons for the development…

  Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries, Drought