October 2020
-
Deke Arndt of the National Centers for Environmental Information posted a map today which shows the 5-year average temperature ranking by county (September 2015 to August 2020) for the continental US. It shows that for large parts of the country including most of the Southeast, this has been the warmest 5-year temperature since records began…
-
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their updated outlook for October this week. It shows that most of the Southeast is now leaning towards cooler and drier conditions than normal. The Florida peninsula is the only area that is expected to be warmer and wetter than normal. This is weighted mainly towards the first half of…
Posted in: Climate outlooks -
The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions generally continue to get smaller across the region. One area of a new introduction is along the western border of Alabama, where a small area of D0 was added this week. For most of the region next week should be quite…
Posted in: Drought