Climate summaries
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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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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has just issued Part 1 of their 2014 Climate in Review. You can read it at https://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=113&h=37a460a0.
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Warmer and wetter conditions than normal occurred across most of Georgia in December 2014. The rain eliminated drought across the state, although some patches of abnormally dry conditions were still present at the end of the month. For the state as a whole, temperatures were well above normal. While final statistics are not yet available,…
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You can find the latest summary for Florida for December 2014 at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-december-2014.
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The latest Drought Monitor report came out on Thursday and shows that most drought in the Southeast is gone due to recent rains. Only a small area around Mobile Bay in AL is still showing moderate drought. You can see the latest Drought Monitor at https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/RegionalDroughtMonitor.aspx?southeast. This often happens over the winter, when evaporation is low…