Climate summaries
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Earlier this week I posted a story that contained several lists of the top ten weather and/or climate events in 2023. Here is an additional list from the Weather Channel listing some of the strangest things that occurred in weather in 2023, including the role that Hurricane Dora played in the Maui wildfires and the…
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While the official statistics are not yet in, a preliminary look at the climate of 2023 shows that many stations in the Southeast had their warmest year on record. The map below from the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool shows the West Coast of Florida and the northern Gulf Coast had the most record-setting…
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As expected, NOAA announced that the earth as a whole had its warmest November in recorded history based on data since 1880. This is especially due to the unusually warm Atlantic, the Arctic, and the wide area of warmer than normal ocean temperatures in the Eastern Pacific due to the current strong El Nino. When…
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The latest monthly climate summary for November 2023 is now available from the North Carolina State Climate Office. It includes a look at the very dry conditions they have experienced and how it has increased the drought in the state. You can read more at A Dry Start to November Lets Drought Deepen – North…
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The latest monthly climate summary for November 2023 shows that a lot of the region was warmer than normal. Most of Virginia and eastern North Carolina were cooler than normal, as were southern Alabama and SW Georgia. Most of the region except for Florida was also drier than normal, with significant parts receiving less than…
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In the past, El Nino years have often brought fairly quiet Atlantic hurricane seasons due to the presence of strong winds high up in the atmosphere that keep tropical waves from developing into tropical storms and hurricanes. This year, in spite of El Nino, the season has been quite active, although most of the storms…
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NOAA released the latest monthly climate summary for October 2023 earlier this week. It shows that October was the warmest October on record since observations began in 1880. This is the 5th month in a row that set a new record for temperature. January through October was also the warmest such period on record, and…
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