Climate summaries
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With almost half the year gone, it is a good time to look ahead to what is likely to happen the rest of this year and in 2017 based on the current climate pattern. While this outlook is specific to Georgia, most of the information is generally applicable to the entire Southeast. This year began…
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Even though some areas set record high temperatures for the day on Saturday, it is still pretty early for the hottest day of the year. The Weather Channel has a nice discussion of NOAA’s map of when the hottest day of the year occurs at https://weather.com/science/news/warmest-day-year-map-noaa-ncdc-20140626. EarthSky also discusses why the solstice is not the hottest…
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NOAA’s latest global climate summary for May 2016 shows that the May temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.57°F above the 20th century average of 58.6°F. This was the highest for May in the 1880–2016 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 by 0.04°F. It is the 13th month in a row…
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It’s now midway through June and here’s a look at the climate statistics so far. The temperature across the region is well above normal, with some areas reaching more than five degrees above the long-term mean. This continues the trend towards warmer June temperatures that has been occurring since about 1960. Precipitation is generally fairly…
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NASA released their global climate summary for May on Monday. It showed that by their calculation, May set a new record for warmth this year. NOAA will release their numbers later this week, which may be somewhat different from NASA’s due to differences in calculation due to different data sets. This record warmth makes it…
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NOAA released their latest summary for May, spring (March-May) and year to date for the US today. You can see the summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/national/201605. The summary shows that for May, the country as a whole was fairly close to the long-term average, although some regions were colder or warmer than average, particularly the Pacific Northwest.…
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Spring has ended and the preliminary statistics show that for many areas in the Southeast, temperatures were much above normal, placing them in the top ten warmest on record. A number of stations were also in the top ten driest on record, particularly in the areas that are now experiencing drought. A few coastal stations…