Climate summaries
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Dr. Jeff Masters is one of the best weather bloggers in the country. He has just provided a great summary of the 2014 year across the United States, written by special guest blogger Bob Hanson. You will enjoy reading about the crazy weather across the US by clicking here.
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their next section of the 2014 year in review. This section focuses on the Piedmont region in the central part of the state. You can read it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=115&h=5666e5c1.
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The Washington Post noted in a blog posting this week that this is the first year ever that Anchorage, Alaska, never went below zero. Record lows for this time of year are around -20 to -25 F, so this is a significant departure from what you might expect in the coldest years. The blog noted…
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The State Climatology Office of North Carolina is publishing a series of regional breakdowns on the climate of 2014. You can see the first in the series focusing on coastal NC at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=114&h=5666e5c1.
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NOAA released their annual summary report for 2014 this morning. You can read the report at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/national/2014/12. The report shows that this is the 18th year in a row that the US average temperature has exceeded the 20th century average, and the 34th warmest year for the contiguous US. In general, most of the Southeast…
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The first global summary of 2014 annual temperature is out, and it shows that 2014 was the warmest year on record for the globe. The Japan Meteorological Agency is one of four major independent groups studying the trends in global climate, and released their estimate of the 2014 global temperature last week. Their graph of…
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The South Carolina State Climatology Office has posted their report on the annual weather conditions for 2014. This all-text report can be found at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ClimateData/yearly/cli_sc2014review.php.
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