Climate summaries
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The preliminary climate maps for October 2015 show a division between the Carolinas and Virginia, which were wetter than normal, and Georgia, Florida and Alabama, which were mostly drier than normal. The wettest area was the coastal area of South Carolina with a small extension into North Carolina due to the flooding event early in…
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With just a couple of (mostly dry) days left in October, the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives map shows the huge variation in rainfall across the Southeast. Charleston and Columbia have set new records for October rainfall in the large storm that hit them early in the month. By comparison, a number of stations in…
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NOAA’s latest global climate summary for September 2015 was released this morning. According to the report, September 2015 was the warmest September in 136 years of record, and the January through September period was also the warmest on record for the globe. Of the last nine months, seven were the warmest on record, January was…
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The month of October so far this year has been very dry and warm across most of the country. The exception: the Southeast, where the heavy rains in South Carolina show up as the only green spot in a sea of red. Other areas in the Southeast have been dry as most of the rainfall…
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NOAA released their summary for the climate of September 2015 today. The analysis shows that this September was the second warmest since records began in 1895, following September 1998, which was the warmest September on record. Most of the country was warmer than normal, but the Southeast was very close to the long-term average and…
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Temperatures across Georgia in September were slightly below normal for most of the state. Precipitation varied more across the region but most areas reported less than normal except along in the far southeast. The precipitation was scarce early in the month but rain was much more plentiful during the last week, resulting in a reduction…
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The Florida climate summary for September 2015 is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-september-2015.
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