Climate summaries
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NOAA released their monthly climate summary for May 2015 this morning. It showed the for the contiguous lower 48 states, May was the wettest month ever, with an average of 4.36 inches, 1.39 inches above the long-term average. This in spite of the continuing drought in the West and dry conditions in the East. You…
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Warm conditions in Georgia from April continued into May, but a pattern shift in the atmosphere caused a dry spell to dominate most of the state until late in May, when rain returned to the area. This shift caused both positive and negative impacts on agriculture in the state. Temperatures across the state were above…
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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…