Climate summaries
-
The latest global climate summary for October 2024 was released by NOAA this week. It shows that the earth as a whole was the second warmest year since official records began in 1880. Many areas had record warmth but a few areas were still below the long-term average, including the area where La Nina is…
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The latest monthly climate summary for the United States for October 2024 was released yesterday by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). It shows that October was the second warmest October since records began in 1895. In addition, a record 87% of the contiguous US was in drought or abnormally dry, including most of…
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available from the NC State Climate Office. You can read about how dry it was in October compared to the floods in September at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/11/october-dries-out-in-a-monthly-rainfall-reversal/.
Posted in: Climate summaries -
While the National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville NC are off-line, you can find monthly climate text summaries for the Southeast from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. Use https://sercc.com/periodic-reports-monthly/?wpv_view_count=3753&wpv-wpcf-reports-monthly-month=9&wpv-wpcf-reports-monthly-year=2024&wpv_filter_submit=Submit and pick the latest full month, which is September. You can also find maps at the High Plains Regional Climate Center at https://hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?maps=ACISClimateMaps.
Posted in: Climate summaries -
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…
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The North Carolina State Climate Office posted their latest monthly and seasonal climate summary earlier this month but I forgot to post it earlier. It shows the wet conditions from Hurricane Debby as well as dry conditions in the western mountains. You can read more at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/09/debbys-deluge-late-august-heat-ends-a-summer-of-extremes/.
Posted in: Climate summaries -
Earlier this week NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the globe for August 2024. It showed that this was the 15th month in a row that set a record high temperature for the globe in 175 years of data. It was also the 2nd lowest area of Antarctic sea ice. Nearly all of the…
Posted in: Climate summaries