Climate summaries
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has just issued their monthly climate summary for November 2016. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=222&h=5666e5c1.
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For those of us in weather and climate, today is the last day of fall. While the final statistics are not in yet (we still have today to get through), here’s a peek at the fall climate statistics. The precipitation map, as expected shows the split between the wet coastal areas hit by Hermine, Julia…
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With November 2/3 over, a significant part of the Southeast has had zero rain for the month. When combined with the above normal temperatures in areas that did not get moisture from Hurricane Matthew, it’s no wonder the drought conditions have been expanding across the region. This on top of the very dry conditions in…
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NOAA released their latest global climate summary yesterday, and it shows that for the globe, October tied for the third warmest on record with 2003, following the record warmth of October 2015 when El Niño was strengthening. For the year to date, this year continues to be the warmest on record for the Earth as…
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Jim Angel, the Illinois State Climatologist, has a short summary of climate conditions across the US so far this month that you might find informative. It shows that for most of the country including the Southeast, temperatures have been above normal and precipitation very low compared to average. You can find it at https://climateillinois.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/november-warm-and-dry-across-us/ .
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The monthly summary for the US for October 2016 came out today and shows that October was the third warmest on record. The year to date total was the second highest on record after 2012. The ranking maps for October and May-October precipitation are shown below and really highlight the dry conditions in parts of…
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(Note: This is a long summary but there were many impacts from the drought and Hurricane Matthew this month and I wanted to get them all in.) October 2016 was much hotter than normal across the state. Some areas were more than six degrees above normal, the fifth month in a row of such high…