Climate summaries
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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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Earlier this week, NOAA released their 31st annual State of the Climate report jointly with the American Meteorological Society and published it as a special supplement to the Bulletin of the AMS. As expected, it shows rising temperatures and new record-high released in greenhouse gases. Notable findings from the international report include: Earth’s greenhouse gases…
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It’s probably not a surprise to anyone that a lot of the Southeast has continued to be cooler than normal this month so far due to rain and cloud cover. In fact, you can see that overnight minimum temperatures are a lot closer to normal than the daytime highs, which are down several degrees from…
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According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, “The July 2021 global surface temperature was 1.67°F (0.93°C) above the 20th-century average of 60.4°F (15.8°C) — the highest for July in the 142-year record. This value was only 0.02°F (0.01°C) higher than the previous record set in 2016, and tied in 2019 and 2020. The seven…
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If you missed today’s monthly climate update webinar for the Southeast, you can listen to the recording at the link below or view the online recap. Webinar recording can be found here. Share this recap using the online version. Next month’s Southeast Monthly Climate Webinar is on Tuesday September 14, 10:00am ET. Register here for…
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