Climate summaries
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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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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for the globe as a whole today and it showed that the earth as a whole was the 4th warmest month ever. The Southern Hemisphere saw its warmest month on record and the global oceans reached a record high temperature for April. For the year to date, it…
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NOAA released their monthly climate statistics for the United States today. They showed that for most of our region, precipitation was wetter than normal, although some areas were near normal. The driest areas were southwest Georgia and northern Virginia. The temperature was mostly near or slightly above normal, but no records were set in the…
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The monthly climate summary for North Carolina for April 2023 is now available from the North Carolina State Climate Office. It includes a discussion of the very wet April they had and how it reduced drought in the state. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2023/05/wet-weekends-continue-in-a-shower-soaked-april/.
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Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture…
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For the first half of April 2023, nearly all of the region was warmer than normal, but rainfall was very much hit or miss, with some areas receiving several times their usual rainfall while others had practically nothing. Generally the driest areas were also the warmest, which is not a surprise because there cloud cover…
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