Climate summaries
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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…
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David Zierden, the Florida State Climatologist, posted a new blog entry today on the blog site for the Southeast Innovative Farming Team (SIFT). Here is the link. In the post he discusses the cold weather that we expect for the rest of February and the winter to date. Looks like the groundhog was right–winter is…
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The NOAA monthly climate summary for January 2015 is now out and shows that the contiguous US as a whole, the average temperature was warmer than normal and the total precipitation was below normal. The warmest parts of the US were in Oregon and the West Coast and the coolest parts were in southern Texas…
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The climate summary for Florida for January 2015 is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-january-2015.
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