Climate summaries
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The preliminary climate summary for 2015 shows that nearly every station in Florida set a new record for the highest annual temperature, while the flooding in South Carolina in October contributed to the record-setting wet year that Charleston and other nearby SC locations experienced. Many other locations in the Southeast experienced a top ten warmest…
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The Southeast has been experiencing well above normal temperatures this December so far. The ranking map from the Southeast Regional Climate Center shows that nearly all of the stations in the Southeast are ranked in the top ten warmest Decembers for the month to date. With warm weather expected to return after the current…
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NOAA released their latest global temperature summary this morning, and it shows that November, September through November, and year to date were all the warmest on record in 136 years of continuous record. Some of this is due to the strong El Niño which is warming large parts of the Pacific Ocean, but it also…
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NOAA released their November and autumn climate summary today. It shows that this September through November was the warmest on record for the contiguous lower 48 states since 1895 (the previous warmest was 1963), and that the year to date (Jan-Nov) is the 5th warmest on record. The maps below show the rankings by climate…
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Even though we still have a few weeks to go, we are now entering the home stretch for the year in climate. Here are some images which capture what we expect for the 2015 summary, barring any last minute extremes in weather. The maps below show the year to date temperature and precipitation departures for…
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Sometime later this week NOAA should publish the statistics on fall climate for the US. The maps below show the temperature and precipitation departures for the Southeast from the High Plains Regional Climate Center. While temperatures were a bit above normal almost everywhere in the Southeast, the real story is the very wet conditions across…
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Rainfall across Georgia in November was wetter than average for most of the state, with the exception of the southeast portion of the state. Some areas in the mountains received more than ten inches above normal precipitation, hindering farmers who are wrapping up the harvest season and preparing for winter. Temperatures in Georgia were several…
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