Climate summaries
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UPDATE: Summary and video are found here. Each month I participate along with several others in the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar, which features an update on climate conditions around the region along with an outlook for the future conditions or another topic of special interest. This week Tuesday March 28 I am especially looking forward…
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Every year in the ENSO blog, NOAA climate forecasters look back at the prediction for last season and discuss how good it was. This keeps them honest and shows that this year, the prediction was quite good, especially for the Southeast. As usual, temperature is easier to predict and get correct than precipitation, and that…
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The latest monthly global climate summary was released by NOAA today. It shows that February was the 4th warmest since records began in 1880, and the December through February winter period was the 5th warmest on record. Sea ice continues to set new minimum records. You can read more at https://www.noaa.gov/news/february-2023-was-earths-4th-warmest-on-record or see statistics at…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the United States for February 2023 was released today. It shows that Virginia recorded the warmest February on record. Georgia and the Carolinas were all the second warmest, followed by Florida in 3rd and Alabama with the 4th warmest February on record. Most of the region was just a…
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The December through February period that just ended shows a precipitation pattern expected from a weak to moderate La Nina, with drier than usual conditions in the southern part of the region. Temperatures across the region were warmer than normal, which may be more of a reflection of the trend towards warmer temperatures overall than…
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An initial look at the rainfall patterns in February 2023 shows that most of the region was drier than normal, with just a few areas wetter than normal. The driest areas are found in the southern Florida Peninsula, where a significant part of the region received less than 25% of its normal rainfall except for…
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With just a couple of days to go, we can use the Southeast Regional Climate Center’s Perspectives tool to predict the ranking of temperatures for stations across the region. The tool, which you can find at https://sercc.com/climate-perspectives/, allows you to use predicted temperatures for up for five days ahead to predict the expected monthly average…