Climate summaries
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The latest monthly summary shows that while temperatures in the region were mostly cooler than normal, the lack of precipitation was quite noticeable in most of the region. I was surprised by how cool it was in some places, particularly because there was not a lot of rain and associated clouds to keep the temperatures…
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The latest Southeast Monthly Climate Webinar will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 10:00 AM EDT/ 9AM CDT online. 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…
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The preliminary climate summary for August 2025 shows that most of the Southeast was much colder than normal, with mean temperatures ranking in the top five coldest Augusts on record for many stations in the region. The exception was the Florida Peninsula, which was on the other side of a persistent front and experienced one…
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I usually remind people about the monthly webinars on climate in the Southeast that occur on the last Tuesday of the month, but forgot to do it this week. Fortunately, they always make a recording of it, so if you would like to hear it, you can view the video at youtube.com/watch?v=lty2qsWOHoQ&list=PLmhxKH4OH8KJVW6lLEIOZlu-rpkW1ZtLi&index=1. You can register…
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The latest monthly climate assessment for the world as a whole was released a few days ago from NOAA. It shows that this was the third warmest July since global records began in 1880, behind 2024 and 2023. Snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere was lower than average and so was the sea ice coverage…
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One indication of how hot and humid it has been for most of the summer this year is the number of nights that have never gotten below 70 F. For many stations, this 3-month period has been consistently well above normal in minimum temperatures due to a combination of rising temperatures globally and the increased…
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NOAA released their global climate summary for July 2025 earlier this week. It shows that for the whole Earth, this was the third warmest July since records began in 1880. For the year to date, it was the second warmest on record, after 2024. You can read more details at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202507.
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