Climate summaries
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Rainfall varied widely across the state in April. Heavy rain fell in the southern half of the state while the northern portion was mainly quite dry, leading to the development of moderate drought in the northeast counties. Temperatures almost everywhere were above normal for the month. Tornadoes were observed on April 1 and 6.…
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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…