Climate summaries
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The latest monthly climate summary for the US for April 2021 was released earlier this week. It shows that for a lot of the US, temperatures were fairly mild. Most of the US was also drier than normal, including most of the Carolinas, although southern Georgia was an exception to that. You can read the…
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We are just a few days past the middle of April, and the maps for the month to date show that many parts of the Southeast are warmer and drier than normal, especially in southeastern Georgia and into South and North Carolina. Some areas have only received about five percent of their expected rainfall this…
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If you missed the monthly webinar on climate in the Southeast this past Tuesday, never fear! You can view a recap of the webinar at https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/southeast-climate-update-and-webinar-recap-3 or watch the archived recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWObKkJ_56k. The next webinar will be Tuesday, May 11 at 10:00 am EDT. Registration information will appear in this blog later this month…
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The latest monthly global climate summary for March 2021 was released today, and it shows that the earth as a whole was the 8th warmest in the 142-year historical record. The Arctic sea ice coverage was the 9th smallest on record for March, and the North American snow cover was the 9th smallest on record…
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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 impacts of these conditions on topics…
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NOAA’s March climate summary included a note that indicated the frigid temperatures of mid-February which brought so much cold and misery to people in the central US all the way down through Texas and into Mexico caused the first billion-dollar weather disaster of 2021, although it is not likely to be the last. March as…
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The latest monthly climate summary, for March 2021, is now available from the North Carolina Climate Office. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=337&h=5666e5c1.
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