Climate summaries
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The state was split into “haves” and “have nots” in October as precipitation was plentiful in western Georgia but sorely lacking in the east. Temperatures across the state were generally above normal and many record highs were broken or tied. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature was 66.2 degrees F (2.9 degrees above normal), in…
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Deke Arndt at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has a recent blog post at Climate.gov which provides some perspective on temperatures around the globe in 2014 to date and what it means for the yearly temperature record. The post points out that the globe has already set several temperature records this year and that…
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Many of us in the Southeast have been enjoying the unusually warm weather we’ve had for the past few days. In fact, Macon tied their record high of 88 F today (old record was in 1919) and Savannah and Augusta broke their records with 90 F observed today at both locations. This marks the latest date on…
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It is approaching the end of the month, and most of Georgia except for the counties along the northern border and a patch in SW Georgia have experienced below normal rainfall, even in a month that is usually the driest month of the year. Parts of east central Georgia have only received between 10 and…
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The latest Drought Monitor has just been released and shows that drought conditions in the Southeast have remained almost unchanged from last week. The dry conditions we have seen for the last few days are fairly typical for October, which is one of the driest months in the Southeast, and are expected to continue for…
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The National Weather Service radar-estimated precipitation for the month of October so far has been feast or famine across Georgia. The northern and western portions of the state have received up to 400 percent of normal in the far northwest, while east central Georgia has received 25 percent or less of its normal October rainfall.…
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Georgia Organics has posted my summary of summer conditions across Georgia and the latest outlook for fall and winter. You can access it at https://georgiaorganics.org/2014/10/georgia-summer-climate-summary-look-ahead/.