Climate summaries
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Some of you are still digging out from the snowstorm that fell across a large swath of the South from Louisiana and Texas all the way to eastern North Carolina and Virginia. Here in Athens we were on the northern edge of the storm with just 1/2 inch, but many people in southern GA and…
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Last week NOAA released its 2024 summary for the contiguous United States. It was the warmest year there since records began in 1895. The average precipitation across the same area was in the wettest third of years. You can read the national 2024 report at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202413 and the press release at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202413. Note that in…
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Last week NOAA released its climate summaries for the US and the globe. The press release for the globe as a whole noted that the earth experienced its warmest year since official records began in 1880. You can read the full report at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202413 and the press release at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202413. Almost none of the globe…
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We are halfway through the month of December, and so far the region has been cooler than normal across almost the entire area. We are currently experiencing warmer weather but another cold front is expected to move through in a day or two, bringing another short-lived blast of cold air before things really warm up…
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The latest monthly climate statics for the earth as a whole for November 2024 were released earlier this week. The record shows that this November was the second warmest on earth, just beat out by November 2023, which was affected by the warm pool of water related to El Nino. Looking at the year as…
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary earlier this week. In addition to the November data it also shows the statistics for fall (September through November) and the year to date. The data showed that the fall was the warmest since records began in 1895 for the USA and also showed that we are very…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office published their November climate summary today. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/12/warm-weather-delays-winters-chill-in-november/.
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