Climate summaries
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Yesterday NOAA released their global statistics for January 2017. They show that the January temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.58°F above the 20th century average of 53.6°F. This was the third highest for January in the 1880–2017 record, behind 2016 (highest) and 2007 (second highest). This is in agreement with the…
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NASA released their global climate summary today, and it shows that according to their calculations, January 2017 was the third warmest in 137 based on modern record-keeping. Last year was the warmest, followed by 2007. Note that as expected, most of the warming is occurring at higher latitudes due in part to snow and sea…
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So far this month, we have seen well above normal temperatures and dry conditions across most of the Southeast. Most stations are in their top ten warmest for the month so far, and since warm conditions are expected to continue for most of the next two weeks, it would not surprise me if the final…
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NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the United States for January 2017. It shows that overall the US was wetter and warmer than average, although of course there was variation across the country. For Georgia, for example, it was ranked 117 out of 123 years for temperature (7th warmest) and 118 out of 123…
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Above-normal temperatures covered Georgia again in January 2017, with values ranging from three to more than ten degrees above average. This is the 12th month in a row with above-normal temperatures for the state as a whole. In fact, nearly all of the eastern half of the US was well above normal, with colder air…
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The latest Florida climate summary for January 2017 has been posted at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=505. In addition, their annual climate summary for 2016 is also available. You can find that at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/images/docs/Fla_annual_climate_summary_2016.pdf.
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The preliminary climate summary maps for the Southeast show that the temperature across the region was much warmer than normal everywhere, in some cases ten or more degrees above normal. This probably won’t be the hottest on record, but it certainly in the top five. The precipitation varied across the region, with the wettest amounts…