Climate summaries
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AgWeb published a story today on predictions that farmers in the northern part of the country may face delays in spring planting due to the winter conditions this year. The maps below show the 60 day departures from normal for temperature (left) and precipitation (right) from the High Plains Regional Climate Center. The combination of…
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NOAA has just released their final summary of the 2014 hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean (link to storm summaries). It shows that the season was below average in activity, as expected, and that not a single storm hit the US mainland this year except a brush by Arthur on the North Carolina Outer Banks. Since…
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The Southeast continues to lie under a mass of frigid air that came over the pole from Siberia, as I discussed in my post yesterday. This morning many record low temperatures were set, including a new record low for Key West, FL of 50 degrees. Fortunately, the winds were a bit lighter today so it…
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NOAA has released its global climate summary for January 2015 today. You can read the full analysis at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2015/1. The latest summary shows that for the Earth as a whole, the average temperature was the second warmest since records began in 1880. However, the distribution of temperatures was varied as usual. The map below shows the…
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As expected, the frigid air has arrived in the Southeast, and near-record setting temperatures were experienced across a lot of the area this morning. The map from CRONOS from the North Carolina State Climatology Office at 8 am below shows the extent of the cold air. Today the maximum high temperature in many areas will…
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With all the news stories about Boston’s incredible snowfall and the frigid conditions in the Northeast, you’d think that the US is having a much colder than normal winter. But USA Today points out that while the Northeast is having one of its snowiest and chilliest winters on record, out west they are basking under…
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The Southeast as a whole has been cool and relatively dry for the month of February so far. The notable exception is the Florida Peninsula, which is much wetter than average due to the passage of numerous storms across the area so far this month. The dry conditions have slightly expanded the area of the…