Climate summaries
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In their global climate summary for February 2016, released earlier this week, NOAA confirmed what was already reported by NASA earlier this month–February 2016 was the warmest ever on record by a significant fraction. The winter months of Dec-Feb also set a new record. Even though El Niño contributed to the warming, the regions with…
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It’s halfway through March, so let’s look at the climate so far this month. The temperature across the Southeast is much above normal, which is no surprise if you have been basking in the unusually warm temperatures this week. The area that is most above normal is the northern part of the region and extending…
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NOAA released their winter climate statistics yesterday. They showed that for the lower 48 states, this past December through February was the warmest since records began in 1895. The exceptionally warm December really boosted the temperatures this season. It was Alaska’s second warmest winter, with averages more than 10 degrees above normal. You can read more…
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The latest climate summary for Florida is now available. You can find it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries.
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Rain fell in streaks across the state of Georgia in February, soaking some areas while others were left lacking. Temperatures were generally near normal to slightly above average conditions. Several severe weather outbreaks brought tornadoes and high winds to the state this month. Temperatures varied across the state but most were slightly above normal. In Atlanta,…
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You can read the latest climate summary for North Carolina for the month of February 2016 on their blog site. The address is https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=180&h=5666e5c1.
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The latest edition of the CoCoRaHS blog has a description of the wacky weather that has been observed across the US so far this winter. You might enjoy reading the recap of everything that has happened so far at https://cocorahs.blogspot.com/2016/02/its-been-wild-wacky-winter.html.