Climate summaries
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March 2015 was warmer and drier than normal for most of Georgia. While the warmth helped encourage rapid growth of planted corn and other crops, cold conditions late in the month may have caused some damage to fruit blossoms. The warm and dry conditions also increased soil moisture shortages across the region. In Atlanta, the…
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The climate summary for March 2015 for Florida is now available. You can find it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-march-2015.
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center provided a map of the ranking of monthly precipitation anomalies for selected stations in the Southeast using their Perspectives tool this week. The map is shown below. It shows that at numerous stations around the Southeast, the monthly total precipitation in March 2015 was ranked in the top ten driest,…
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For the first time since official records began in 1950, not a single tornado was reported in the Southeast in the month of March. In fact, there was very little severe weather across the entire region until the last day of the month, when strong winds and hail hit several areas in the region. You…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina released their climate summary for March earlier today. You can find it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=129&h=5666e5c1.
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Since we’re in a new month, I thought I would show you the long-term trends in temperature and precipitation for the Southeast. Many of you remember how wet last April was and how difficult it made field work. It was one of the top five wettest on record for the Southeast. However, the trend line…
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Now that March is almost over, here are the preliminary maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center showing temperature and precipitation departures from normal. They show that March for most of the Southeast was warmer and drier than usual. The warmth allowed quick germination and growth of newly planted corn and brought out many…
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