With just a few days left in May, the month-to-date maps show that the whole region was warmer than normal, in some cases more than six degrees hotter than average. Precipitation across the region varied, with the wettest area in mid-southern Florida and the driest area in eastern North Carolina.
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The latest global climate summary from NOAA for April 2019 was released today. It shows that April 2019 was the second warmest since records began in 1880, surpassed only by 2016. The January through April period is the 3rd warmest on record, after 2016 and 2017. The top five highest…
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After the first two weeks, May 2019 is slightly wetter than normal across the region, with a drier than normal area in eastern North Carolina. Temperatures across most of the region are well above normal, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia. In spite of the above-normal rainfall, the hot temperatures…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the US was released by NOAA last week. It shows that for the contiguous US, this April was relatively warm, especially along the coasts. Most of the Southeast was warmer and wetter than usual except for a few areas in southern Georgia, where moderate…
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The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available from the State Climate Office. You can read it at http://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=283&h=5666e5c1.
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After a cool March, the heat returned to Georgia in April 2019, with most of the state experiencing temperatures that were 2 to 3 degrees F above normal. Rainfall was variable across the state, with dry conditions across the southeastern part of the state and a streak of wet conditions…
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You can find the latest monthly climate summary for Florida at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?view=article&id=537. If you wonder why I never post monthly climate summaries for South Carolina, it is because they do weekly climate summaries instead. You can view those at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ClimateData/cli_reports_2019.php.
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