Climate summaries
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The 7-day rainfall we’ve seen in the Southeast shows that it was feast or famine for many areas. The map below details the percent of normal each area received based on radar estimates. It shows that southeast Georgia received the heaviest rain from the remains of Erika, with some areas receiving more than 500 percent…
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Precipitation across Georgia in August 2015 varied from over ten inches near the coast and in north central Georgia to less than 2 inc hes in the southwest corner of the state. A few isolated areas received over 15 inches during the month, according to CoCoRaHS observers. Temperatures were very close to normal across the state. The…
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The latest Florida climate summary for August 2015 is now available. You can find it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-august-2015.
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The monthly climate summary for August 2015 for North Carolina is now available. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=152&h=5666e5c1.
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Today marks the first day of climatological fall, so I took a quick look back at the statistics for the last three months. Precipitation was not extreme in most of the region, and mean temperatures were warmer than normal but not near record-setting. But I did notice that if you look specifically at night-time minimum…
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It’s almost the end of the month, so let’s take a look at how the month is trending in temperature and precipitation. These preliminary maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that temperature was above normal for most of the Southeast with the exception of peninsular Florida and northern Alabama. Precipitation varied…
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The last 30 days have been very wet in parts of Florida, although the southern tip is quite dry and is in extreme drought. The map below from https://water.weather.gov/precip shows that some areas of western Florida north and south of Tampa have an excess of 8 inches in just the last month. If the path…