Climate summaries
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This time of year we are subjected to all sorts of lists of the best, worst, and most notable of the past year. Summaries of the past year’s events are also posted frequently. Weather and climate are no exception. Here is a collection of “highlights of 2022” focused on US or world weather and climate […]
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The short-term outlook for weather conditions is for more rain to move through a lot of the Southeast, although southern Florida will not see much. The rain could come in a couple of waves, with the heaviest rain occurring in mid-week. After that, cooler and drier weather will move into the region as the pattern […]
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The latest monthly climate summary from NOAA shows that the average temperature for the US was 0.7 F below average and the precipitation was 0.17 inches above average. This puts the country in the middle third of years for both variables. The Southeast was generally warmer and wetter than the rest of the country. Parts […]
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NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the earth as a whole today for September 2022. It shows that the monthly temperature tied for the 5th warmest on record. North America had its warmest September ever. The Southeast was the only place in the United States that was near normal in temperature–most areas were much […]
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If you are interested in how climate is changing in your state, you should check out the climate summary chapters for each state linked at https://statesummaries.ncics.org/chapter/#maincontent. They provide information on how temperature, precipitation, and other weather variables have changed in each state over time and what additional changes are likely to occur in the next […]
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We are already halfway through May, so let’s take a look at the climate so far this month. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that most of the region has been cooler than normal this month so far while rainfall has been less than normal almost everywhere. The exception is Florida, […]
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for the globe as a whole today and it showed that the earth as a whole was the 4th warmest month ever. The Southern Hemisphere saw its warmest month on record and the global oceans reached a record high temperature for April. For the year to date, it […]
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NOAA released their monthly climate statistics for the United States today. They showed that for most of our region, precipitation was wetter than normal, although some areas were near normal. The driest areas were southwest Georgia and northern Virginia. The temperature was mostly near or slightly above normal, but no records were set in the […]
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The monthly climate summary for North Carolina for April 2023 is now available from the North Carolina State Climate Office. It includes a discussion of the very wet April they had and how it reduced drought in the state. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2023/05/wet-weekends-continue-in-a-shower-soaked-april/.
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Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture […]
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For the first half of April 2023, nearly all of the region was warmer than normal, but rainfall was very much hit or miss, with some areas receiving several times their usual rainfall while others had practically nothing. Generally the driest areas were also the warmest, which is not a surprise because there cloud cover […]
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