Climate summaries
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The latest climate summary for Florida is now available for April 2016. You can read it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-april-2016.
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The April 2016 climate summary is now available for North Carolina. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=188&h=5666e5c1.
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Preliminary statistics from the High Plains Regional Climate Center indicate that the majority of the Southeast was above normal in temperature, although areas in the eastern Carolinas and a band of southern Georgia were cooler than normal. Precipitation was variable across the region, with wet conditions stretching from central and southern Alabama east into parts…
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NOAA reported this week that the latest temperature statistics on global average temperature for 2016 so far put this year far above measurements from previous years. In their global summary they also noted that March was the 11th consecutive month with a record high temperature for the Earth, reaching a value of 2.2 degrees F…
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In the latest edition of “Beyond the Data”, Deke Arndt of NOAA discusses the warmth that enveloped the entire US in March 2016. His study shows that this is the first time since records began in 1895 that every single climate division in the US, including Alaska, reported temperatures in the “warmer than normal” category.…
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The first week of April 2016 has been much wetter than normal for a significant part of Georgia and surrounding areas. Temperatures have been above normal in southern parts of the Southeast. Colder temperatures for the next two weeks should help bring the temperature closer to normal, although things may warm up at the end…
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The latest monthly climate summary from NOAA was released yesterday. It shows that for March 2016, the monthly average temperature was the 4th warmest on record and the warmest since 2012. (Incidentally, the record pollen count in recent years occurred in 2012, but we’ve had a lot this year too due to many things blooming…
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