Climate summaries
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Where were you on March 12, 1993? I was up in Wisconsin working as the State Climatologist and watching the weather down south with my meteorologist husband from Birmingham. His home town was getting buried in up to 18 inches of snow as the so-called “Storm of the Century” moved through the Southeast and up the East Coast.…
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The Weather Underground blog published an interesting story today on the unseasonably early decrease in the Arctic sea ice (link). Normally March is when the maximum extent of sea ice occurs, at the end of the long winter season. However, this year satellite observations of sea ice extent show that the sea ice already appears…
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Now that March is upon us and the atmospheric pattern has shifted into something that is bringing more spring-like weather to the Southeast, it’s time to think about planting. And that means thinking about the last frost of the winter. AgroClimate has a tool which shows the last frost date by county for the Southeast. …
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NOAA released their summary for the past winter on Friday (link to summary report here). Statistics for February are also available there. The report notes that: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, andWashington each had their warmest winter on record. In California, the winter temperature bested the previous seasonal record that occurred just last year by 1.5°F.…
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Here’s a preliminary look at winter across the Southeast, courtesy of the High Plains Regional Climate Center. Most of the region experienced below normal temperatures, with the exceptions of a few hot spots along with southern Florida. There was a lot of variation in precipitation across the region, with the wettest areas in southwest Georgia…
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The Florida climate summary for February 2015 is now available at the website for the Florida Climate Center. You can see it at by clicking here.
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February 2015 was the second coldest February since 1978, based on preliminary data from National Weather Service stations, rivaling the chilly February of 2010. Precipitation was variable across the state, although most stations were close to normal. Two major storms caused significant impacts across northern Georgia in mid- and late February. Temperatures across the state…
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