Climate summaries
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NOAA released their November and autumn climate summary today. It shows that this September through November was the warmest on record for the contiguous lower 48 states since 1895 (the previous warmest was 1963), and that the year to date (Jan-Nov) is the 5th warmest on record. The maps below show the rankings by climate…
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Even though we still have a few weeks to go, we are now entering the home stretch for the year in climate. Here are some images which capture what we expect for the 2015 summary, barring any last minute extremes in weather. The maps below show the year to date temperature and precipitation departures for…
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Sometime later this week NOAA should publish the statistics on fall climate for the US. The maps below show the temperature and precipitation departures for the Southeast from the High Plains Regional Climate Center. While temperatures were a bit above normal almost everywhere in the Southeast, the real story is the very wet conditions across…
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Rainfall across Georgia in November was wetter than average for most of the state, with the exception of the southeast portion of the state. Some areas in the mountains received more than ten inches above normal precipitation, hindering farmers who are wrapping up the harvest season and preparing for winter. Temperatures in Georgia were several…
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The November 2015 issue of the Florida climate summary is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-november-2015.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their monthly and seasonal climate summary for North Carolina for November 2015. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=167&h=5666e5c1.
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From the National Hurricane Center Facebook page this morning: “Here’s the preliminary track map of the tropical cyclones that occurred over the Atlantic basin in 2015. There were 11 named storms formed, four became hurricanes, and two of those reached major hurricane status. There was also one unnamed tropical depression. While the number of named…