Climate summaries
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One of the amazing things about this summer (to me) has been the unrelenting nature of the heat this year. We’ve had very few days over 100 F and most days were nowhere near a record temperature for the date, but the number of runs of days above thresholds like 90 F for max temperatures…
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August is almost over, and a look at the temperature departures for the Southeast help explain why drought has been expanding across central and southern Georgia. Most of northern Georgia has been fairly close to normal in precipitation, but the southern half of Georgia and particularly along the coast has been quite dry. Combined with the…
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Brad Haire of the Southeast Farm Press‘ blog interviewed me this week on the status of La Niña and what we might expect to see this fall and winter if La Niña develops as expected. Currently NOAA gives it a 60 percent chance of happening in the next few months. You can read the article here.
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NOAA’s global climate report for July was released today and shows that, like NASA’s calculations released earlier this week, their values for the global temperature for July 2016 were the warmest on record for both July and for any month (not surprising since July is normally the warmest month of the year anyway). The land…
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NASA reported today that based on their analysis of global temperatures, this July surpassed every month in temperature since their records began in 1880. This means it was not only the warmest July on record, but the warmest of any month. You can read more about it at Weather.com here. The Japan Meteorological Agency independently…
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Since it is halfway through August, I thought I would take a quick glance at the climate conditions for the month so far. Precipitation values across the region range from somewhat above normal to below normal, depending on location. You can just see the heavy rain in Louisiana on the far left side of the…
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The latest NOAA report for the US for July 2016 is out and shows that Florida reported its warmest July ever this year, with Georgia and South Carolina as well as the entire Southeast at 3rd warmest and North Carolina as the 4th warmest. The Southeast was 11th driest on record (1895-present). You can see…