Climate summaries
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The latest monthly global climate summary was released by NOAA this week. Based on their analysis, this was the 5th warmest year since global records began in 1880. Nearly the entire globe other than the cool La Nina area in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the cold pool east of Greenland were warmer than normal.…
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NOAA released their climate summary for March 2022 late last week. It shows that dry conditions in the western US have made drought conditions even worse than they were before, with little prospect of relief as we approach the end of their rainy season. Here in the Southeast, nearly all of the region had above…
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The latest monthly climate summary for March 2022 is now available from the North Carolina State Climaet Office. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/04/drought-sprouts-at-the-coast-as-spring-takes-root-in-march/.
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Today is the last day of March, so here is a quick look at the monthly statistics. Keep in mind that it does not include this morning’s precipitation, which ranged from 0.5 inches to 2.0 inches across the drier areas of the Southeast, so the final numbers will be somewhat wetter than what this preliminary…
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Since we are halfway through March, here is a quick look at how the climate is shaping up so far. The temperature across the region has been warmer than normal everywhere except for parts of Alabama. The colder area had more rain and cloud cover, which helped keep the temperature down. Most of the region…
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NOAA released their latest global climate summary earlier this week. It covers February and the winter months of December through February. The data show that for the earth as a whole, this was the 7th warmest February on record, in spite of being in a La Nina when the earth’s temperatures are usually cooler than…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina released their winter summary this week. You can read all the snowy details at their blog at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/03/winter-recap-2021-22-warm-weather-prevails/.
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