Climate summaries
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NOAA released their monthly climate summary for July 2025 a few days ago. They discuss the unusual nighttime warm temperatures in the eastern half of the US as well as the multiple flash flood events that occurred during the month. In particular, the flood event in the Texas Hill Country killed 133 people during the…
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The preliminary data for July 2025 shows that most of the region was warmer than normal and quite a bit of it was also drier than normal. The exception for precipitation was in North Carolina and Virginia where TS Chantal brought torrential rain to central parts of NC and then NE into Virginia early in…
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Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with 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 production,…
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We are halfway through July 2025 so let’s take a quick look at the climate for the month so far. The temperature map shows quite a bit of variation in temperature across the region, with many areas above normal in temperature but a significant area with cooler than normal temperature. Rainfall is generally within 2…
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In news this week, it was reported that NASA as well as other government websites will no longer provide copies of the National Climate Assessments that are produced every four years at the request of Congress. I was an author of the Southeast chapter of NCA5. The group of authors that was starting to work…
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Since we are halfway through June, here is a quick look at what temperature and precipitation have been observed so far. The precipitation has been quite variable with all of the convective rain events we have been having. I went to Kansas City this past Tuesday for a climate conference and was delayed leaving by…
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The preliminary climate summary for May 2025 indicates that nearly the entire region was wetter than normal during the month, even areas that had drought develop or expand somewhat before it was beat back by rain later in the month. The temperature across the southern part of the region along with the coastal areas was…
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