Climate summaries
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The North Carolina State Climate Office posted a report on the recent occurrence of skies filled with smoke from the Canadian wildfires and the problems it caused for air quality in their region. You can read it at Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air Quality – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for May 2023 earlier this week. It shows that for the United States as a whole, it was the 11th warmest on record. For South Carolina, it was the 10th coolest on record. For the spring months of March through May, the US as a whole was in…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has posted its May 2023 climate summary. You can read it on their blog at A Cool, Cloudy May Keeps Summer at Bay – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).
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Using the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool allows us to look at historical records for both the region as a whole through maps and individual stations. I looked at their map for year-to-date mean temperature rankings tonight. It shows that for many parts of the Southeast, this year so far is in the top…
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As we end May 2023, a quick look at the maps for the preliminary monthly temperature and precipitation departures shows that most of the region was below normal, in some cases quite a bit cooler than normal. Precipitation was variable, with the northern areas drier than average, wetter than normal conditions in the coastal plains…
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If you are interested in how climate is changing in your state, you should check out the climate summary chapters for each state linked at https://statesummaries.ncics.org/chapter/#maincontent. They provide information on how temperature, precipitation, and other weather variables have changed in each state over time and what additional changes are likely to occur in the next…
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We are already halfway through May, so let’s take a look at the climate so far this month. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that most of the region has been cooler than normal this month so far while rainfall has been less than normal almost everywhere. The exception is Florida,…
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