Climate summaries
-
The World Meteorological Organization recently released its latest State of the World report. In it, it describes the carbon dioxide levels as the highest in 800,000 years and the annual average global temperature for 2024 as the highest since records began 175 years ago. An El Nino enhanced the warming caused by carbon dioxide and…
-
A look at the summary of climate information for March so far shows that nearly the entire region was warmer than normal, but precipitation was more varied. It was generally wetter than normal in places that would usually be fairly dry in a La Nina winter, which probably reflects how weak it is this year.
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina for February 2025 was published earlier this week. It discussed the “bookend” warmth across the state and the wetter than normal conditions for the state as a whole. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/03/signs-of-spring-emerge-in-february-despite-a-snowy-speed-bump/. You may also be interested in watching a video of their “year in…
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The preliminary maps of temperature and precipitation for February 2025 show that the region as a whole showed a pattern that is consistent with the current La Nina that is occurring in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Warmer and drier conditions covered most of the southern parts of the region this month, while wetter than normal…
Posted in: Climate summaries -
Since it is halfway through the month, here is a quick look at the climate so far this month. The temperature departure map shows that everywhere in the Southeast is much warmer than normal after a cold start to winter. The pattern is especially intense in southern GA and AL and into Florida, as we…
Posted in: Climate summaries -
NOAA’s latest global climate report for January 2025 was released today. It shows that for the globe as a whole, this was the warmest January on record for observations going back to 1880. The Southeast US was one of the few areas that was cooler than normal due to the southward protrusion of Arctic air…
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The latest monthly summary for the US is now available from NOAA. In it, they report that the country had its sixth driest January on record for observations dating back to 1895. The month was also in the coldest third of all January values, and this past January was the coldest reported since 1988. You…
Posted in: Climate summaries