Climate summaries
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The latest monthly climate summary for the United States for April 2024 was released earlier this week. It shows that for the US as a whole, it was the 12th warmest April on record and the 5th warmest Jan-April period. Most of the warming occurred in northern parts of the country due to El Nino,…
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The latest monthly climate summary for April 2024 was released earlier this week by the North Carolina State Climate Office. It shows that April was warmer than normal and quite dry, with some large hail reported. The dry conditions resulted in an increase in abnormally dry conditions in a good part of the state. You…
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With April turning into May in just an hour, a look at the preliminary monthly climate statistics shows that most of the region was warmer than normal with the exception of the Florida Peninsula and parts of southern AL and GA, where rain was heavy. Precipitation varied quite a bit across the region. The driest…
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According to NOAA’s latest monthly climate summary for the United States, March 2024 was the 17th warmest on record, but the year to date is the 5th warmest due to warm conditions in late January and February. The precipitation was in the wettest third of all years. You can read the NOAA news release describing…
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NOAA’s global climate summary for March 2024 was released late last week. It shows that the March 2024 average temperature for the globe was the warmest March on record, but it was only 0.01 C warmer than the previous record set in 2016 (also an El Nino year). The Southeast US was in the area…
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The March 2024 monthly climate summary for North Carolina was posted today. It shows that conditions across the state were generally warmer and wetter than normal. You can read more in their climate blog at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/04/rain-returns-and-pollen-proliferates-in-a-warm-march/.
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