Climate summaries
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UPDATE: See the recap at https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/southeast-climate-update-and-webinar-recap-7. Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region’s stakeholders and interested parties with timely 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…
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The latest monthly and seasonal summaries for the US were released by NOAA earlier this week. August 2021 was the 14th warmest August on record, and the summer months of June through August came out just slightly ahead of 1936 for the warmest summer since 1895. They reported that over 18 percent of the US…
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One of my favorite climatologists, Brian Brettschneider (@climatologist49 on Twitter) has provided a great set of two maps that show the last 12 months in historical context for the US. He compares the current 12-month period that just ended at the end of August to previous 12-month periods going back to 1895 to see how…
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With the end of August, we have reached the official end of climatological summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Maps of the temperature and precipitation departures show that in general, the precipitation was wetter than normal and the temperature was cooler than normal, although as usual there is quite a bit of variation across the region.…
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The latest monthly and seasonal climate summary for North Carolina for August 2021 is now available at their blog. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2021/09/a-slow-starting-summer-heated-up-in-august/.
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The last 30 days of rainfall across the US has highlighted the vast difference in precipitation amounts between the West Coast and the East Coast this year. On the West Coast, almost no rain at all, leading to worsening drought there that is one factor that is leading to many wildfires this year. On the…
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It’s almost the end of August 2021, so let’s take a quick look at the month to date. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that most of the region was warmer than normal this month, with the lowest departures from normal in Alabama and Georgia. The next few days should be…
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