The National Centers for Environmental Information are continuing to catch up from the government shutdown and provided their annual climate summary for 2018 for the United States this week. It shows that as a whole, the Southeast was much warmer than normal and was also much wetter than normal, with…
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NOAA and NASA released their joint climate summary for 2018 for the globe today. The report shows that 2018 was the 4th warmest year on record for the earth as a whole, and the last five years were the 5 hottest on record. The US experienced 14 disasters with damages…
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Above-normal temperatures covered Georgia in January 2019, with values ranging from one to four degrees F above average.  Georgia started the year well above normal, but an outbreak of cold air at the end of the month brought the monthly average closer to normal. Rainfall was variable, with wet conditions…
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The preliminary maps showing the climate for the month of January are in, and they show that for most of the region, temperatures were above normal. Precipitation in many areas was also wetter than normal, but there was a band of drier than normal conditions along the Gulf and Atlantic…
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The 2018 annual summary of the climate for the Southeast is now available online. It includes a summary of conditions across the region and a list of the top ten most extreme events. You can read it at http://www.sercc.com/climateinfo_files/monthly/southeast_monthly_report/southeast20181_12.pdf. Note that listings of the ranking of 2018 compared to other…
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The latest monthly summary for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can view it at http://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportDecember2018.pdf.
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