Climate summaries
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The preliminary climate summary for January 2024 shows that the climate pattern in January was split between wetter and cooler conditions in the western part of the region and warmer and drier conditions in the eastern areas. This reflects the prevailing storm track across Alabama towards the northeast. The rainfall in western sections helped reduce…
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We have about a week to go in the month, so let’s take a quick look at what has happened so far. Nearly all of the region was colder than normal, with the biggest departures in Alabama and Tennessee. Southern Florida was the main part of the region that experienced well-above-normal temperatures so far in…
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UPDATE: Summary now available at https://www.drought.gov/webinars/southeast-climate-monthly-webinar-january-23-2024. Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with 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…
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NOAA and other organizations have now completed their analysis of the global climate for 2023. Every one of them shows that 2023 was the warmest year in record (since records began in 1880) by quite a bit. This is due to the strong El Nino, the rapidly warming Arctic, and the record-setting warm ocean temperatures…
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Earlier this week, NOAA released their climate summary for 2023. It shows that the United States had a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, including nine atmospheric river events in California, the wildfire in Maui, Hurricane Idalia, and droughts across the Mississippi Valley and other locations. You can read the NOAA News article at…
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If you are interested in North Carolina, you may want to sign up for their annual webinar discussing the climate of 2023. You can register for the webinar at https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrf-6grD0sGNfQsjud6ICxS-KJAdr5nfWk#/registration. You can also read their December climate summary at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/01/winter-gets-a-warm-wet-start-in-december/. Eventually a summary of the Year in Review will also appear on their climate blog.
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USA Today published a story on New Year’s Day providing a preliminary look at the climate statistics of the world in 2023. While it will be a few more days before the final numbers are in, the results showing that 2023 was the warmest year since official records began in 1880. This was a combination…