Climate summaries
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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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Unlike February, March was much closer to the expected La Nina conditions. Temperature everywhere across the Southeast was warmer than normal. In a reversal of the usual trend, daytime high temperatures were more above normal than the nighttime lows. Precipitation in most parts of the region was drier than normal, but a few wet pockets…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has a new web site! It looks fresh and has a lot of great information. One of the products they have is a seasonal summary for the region. The latest one for December 2020-February 2021 is now available at https://sercc.com/periodic-reports-quarterly/. Go and read it, and take a look at their…
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Most people have noticed that the actual weather that happened in the past winter was very different than what NOAA predicted before winter started. NOAA posted a story today which analyzed how well their winter forecast verified. They showed that the prediction was not as bad as you might think, but it was definitely one…