Climate summaries
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We are just past halfway through July, so let’s take a look at the climate for the month to date. The temperature is generally quite warm, with most parts of the region experiencing temperatures that are higher than normal. This situation is likely to continue until the end of July, so we can expect to…
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NOAA just released their latest monthly climate summary for the world as a whole. It shows that this was the warmest June in record since observations began in 1880. This is due in large part to the unusually warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the huge warm pool in the Eastern Pacific Ocean associated…
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While this summer has been quite pleasant for most of the Southeast for the majority of June, other parts of the country and world have not been so fortunate. Many locations observed very high temperatures sometime during the month, including Puerto Rico early in June, the upper states in mid-June, and Texas in late June.…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office has published their latest monthly climate summary for June 2023. You can read it at their blog at Smoke and Storms Fill the Skies in June – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu)
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With just a couple of days to go in June, a preliminary look at the monthly amounts shows that most of the region was below normal in temperature in both max and min temperatures. Some parts of the region, especially western VA and NC, were several degrees colder than average, although high temperatures for the…
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A quick look at June 2023 so far shows that for most of the region, temperatures have been cooler than average. The only exception is the southern portions including most of Florida. Rainfall has been variable, with a persistent streak of wet conditions stretching NW to SE across Alabama and SW Georgia into Florida. This…
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The latest monthly global climate summary was released by NOAA earlier this week. It shows that for the earth as a whole, May was the third warmest in records that date back to 1880. There was also a record-low amount of sea ice for May in the Antarctic, a big change from a few years…