Climate summaries
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November is winding down, and we can see from the month to date maps that this month has been wet and warm across most of the area. Most of the warmth has been moderate, but most of Florida has been well above normal and is close to setting a record for the month. Many NWS…
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After yesterday’s announcement that the Japan Meteorological Agency had determined that according to their data that October was the warmest on record, it should come as no surprise that NOAA has also measured the highest temperature since their records started in 1880 for both October and for the year to date, breaking the previous records…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center noted on Facebook today that many weather observing stations in the Southeast have already reached the #1 rank for the wettest fall on record, with two weeks still to go (and rain on the way). You can produce your own map at https://www.sercc.com/perspectivesmap?date=2015-11-16&var=precip&period=STD&map_display=rank. Note that there are also a few stations…
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In addition to the climate summary I prepare each month for Georgia, the State of Georgia Climate office also puts together their own climate summary. You can read the October summary at https://epd.georgia.gov/sites/epd.georgia.gov/files/October2015_ClimateSummary.pdf.
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Here in Athens GA we are our 8th day in a row of rain. It is raining as I write this. The last time we had a November with this many consecutive days of rain it was 1930. It is supposed to rain tomorrow here too, with 2-4 inches possible. The record for a run…
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NOAA’s latest set of maps summarizing the climate of the US shows that for October, the contiguous 48 states were the fourth warmest since records began in 1895. For the January through October period, the nation was the 6th warmest on record. You can see the breakdown by climate division in the maps below. I’ve…
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Precipitation varied widely across the state of Georgia in October 2015. The impact of the South Carolina flood event was seen in the northeast, but other parts of the state were well below normal in precipitation. Temperatures across the state were near normal. Severe weather was officially reported only on the first day of the…
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