Climate summaries
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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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The latest monthly climate report for the United States was released today by NOAA. It shows that for the first three months of the year, the average temperature for five of the Southeastern states was the warmest since records began in 1895. Alabama just missed out with the second warmest on record. Precipitation was near…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office posted their latest monthly climate summary for March 2023 on their blog site earlier this week. You can find it at the link below. Overall, they were quite a bit drier than normal, so it is not surprising that drought expanded across the eastern part of the state. A…
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The preliminary climate summary maps for March 2023 show that the entire region was warmer than normal, although not as far above normal as February. And this was in spite of two separate periods of frost and low temperatures in the middle of the month. Most of the region was also drier than normal, although…
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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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