Climate summaries
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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…
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While record-setting rain fell in Savannah, most of Georgia suffered from a lack of rainfall in May. The result: drought expanded across the state, and severe drought was introduced into the northwest corner of the state by the end of the month. Temperatures at most locations were near normal in May. In Atlanta, the monthly…
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The latest climate summary for Florida for May 2016 is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-may-2016.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina published their summary of May climate this morning. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=192&h=5666e5c1.
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It’s almost the end of the month, so here is a first glance at the climate summary for May. Overall, most of the Southeast was below normal in temperature except for scattered areas in northern and coastal Georgia and some of the Florida peninsula. The eastern part of the Southeast was wet, although Alabama and…
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NOAA released their monthly climate report for the globe for April 2016 today. You can read the summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/global/201604 and follow their links to a full report. Many parts of the globe were at record-setting warm levels, although a few cold pools were still present, including east of Hudson Bay and near Iceland in the North…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the US from NOAA was published late last week. It shows that the average temperature for April for the contiguous US was the 18th warmest on record, while Alaska continued to see record warmth. April was warm enough that the January-April average temperature for the lower 48 was the…
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