Climate summaries
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The latest global climate summary for May 2022 is now available from NOAA. It showed that May was the 9th warmest since records began 143 years ago, but it was also the coolest May since 2013. In part this was due to the continuing La Nina, which has a large pool of colder than normal…
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It’s halfway through June, so let’s take a quick look at the climate conditions so far. Temperatures have been warmer than normal across most of the region, and so far, it looks like things could get even hotter next week, so June as a whole is likely to be above normal in temperature just based…
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NOAA released the latest monthly climate summary for the US for May 2022 last week. It showed that most of the United States was warmer than normal, particularly in Texas and Louisiana. By contrast the Pacific Northwest was quite cold, especially Washington State. Rainfall was quite variable across the country, with little to no rain…
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The latest monthly climate summary for May 2022 for North Carolina has been released by the NC State Climate Office. You can read it at May Concludes a Warm Spring with Mixed Rainfall – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).
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For climatologists, June 1 is the first day of summer. Happy summer to you all! Spring was warmer than normal almost everywhere in the region, but overall it was wetter than normal in more places than it was dry. The temperature pattern agreed quite well with the March through May outlook but the precipitation pattern…
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With just a couple of days left to go in the month, it looks like May 2022 will end up warmer than normal over nearly all of the region. This is true of both daytime highs and overnight lows. Precipitation was quite variable across the region, with some areas (especially the Southern Appalachians and the…
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary late last week. It shows that for the earth as a whole, April 2022 was tied with 2010 for the 5th warmest on record since the record began in 1880. You can read a story with the highlights from the month’s weather and climate at April 2022 tied…
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