Climate summaries
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The latest monthly climate summary for the globe for January 2023 was released by NOAA last week. It shows that January 2023 was the 7th warmest since global records began in 1880. They said that 2023 is virtually certain (99% chance) to be in the top 10 warmest years on record. In addition, the sea…
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According to NBC News and reposted by Yahoo News, “natural disasters forced an estimated 3.4 million people in the U.S. to leave their homes in 2022, according to Census Bureau data collected earlier this year, underscoring how climate-related weather events are already changing American communities.” Storms like Hurricane Ian displaced the most people, with floods,…
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Earlier this week NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the United States for January 2023. It shows that due to nine atmospheric river events (!) in late December and in January, parts of the California and other western states reported record rainfall. Meanwhile, most of the eastern US had much warmer than normal temperatures,…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office posted their summary for January 2023 today. It discusses the wet conditions that brought drought relief and the lack of snow for many parts of the state. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2023/02/a-warm-wet-january-keeps-many-snowless-this-winter/.
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January 2023 ends in a few hours, and here’s an early look at how the month shook out. The entire region ended up warmer than normal, with the biggest departures in northern areas of the region. Most of the region was also wetter than normal, although most of Florida and some of Virginia as well…
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NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has published their annual overview of last year’s severe weather across the country at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/media/year-in-review/. You can see maps that describe where the tornadoes occurred in 2022, where lightning struck, where the most watches occurred, and other facts about last year’s severe weather that you might find interesting. Check out all…
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Thank you to the speakers and to those of you who participated in the January 2023 Southeast Monthly Climate Webinar. We have posted a webinar summary and recording on drought.gov for those that were unable to participate in the live event or wish to share it with others. Read a Summary / Replay the January…
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