Climate summaries
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The May 2015 summary for Florida is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-may-2015.
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March through May 2015 was warmer than normal almost everywhere in the Southeast, while much of the region was also drier than normal. The exception was the eastern Carolinas, where TS Ana passed, and parts of Alabama and western Georgia. The Southeast Regional Climate Center Perspectives tool shows that for most of the region,…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their climate summary for May 2015. You can find it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=135&h=5666e5c1.
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The early summary maps for May’s climate are now available at the High Plains Regional Climate Center site. They show that for most of the Southeast, precipitation was below normal, with the exception of the areas hit by Tropical Storm Ana in the eastern Carolinas and southeastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia. The lack of rain…
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NOAA’s monthly report on the global climate was released today. It shows that for the globe as a whole, April 2015 was the 4th warmest on record since 1880. They also noted that the latest 12-month period (May 2014–April 2015) ties with the record set last month (April 2014–March 2015) as the warmest 12-month period…
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May 2015 is half over and it is time to see how the monthly climate is doing so far. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center below show that for the region as a whole, temperatures are running about 1.5 degrees above the 1981-2010 normal, while the precipitation is much below normal and…
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In the last seven days, rainfall across the Southeast has been pretty spotty except where Tropical Storm Ana traveled. The radar-estimated precipitation is shown below. Most areas received well less than an inch for the week. At my own house I received no rain, although the radar estimated that I got a little. Most likely…