Climate summaries
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According to NOAA’s latest monthly climate summary for the United States, March 2024 was the 17th warmest on record, but the year to date is the 5th warmest due to warm conditions in late January and February. The precipitation was in the wettest third of all years. You can read the NOAA news release describing…
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NOAA’s global climate summary for March 2024 was released late last week. It shows that the March 2024 average temperature for the globe was the warmest March on record, but it was only 0.01 C warmer than the previous record set in 2016 (also an El Nino year). The Southeast US was in the area…
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The March 2024 monthly climate summary for North Carolina was posted today. It shows that conditions across the state were generally warmer and wetter than normal. You can read more in their climate blog at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2024/04/rain-returns-and-pollen-proliferates-in-a-warm-march/.
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Although we don’t have the final numbers in yet, March 2024 looks like it was wetter and warmer than normal across nearly all of the region. Overnight low temperatures were more above average than the daily maximum temperatures, a trend we are seeing in most months and seasons across the Southeast (and many other parts…
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According to a recent story from the National Weather Service, the waning El Nino has provided a lot of drought relief to the nation over the course of the winter, including parts of the Southeast. While many parts of the country benefited from the rain, drought expanded in the High Plains, especially Montana, North Dakota,…
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The February global surface temperature was 2.52°F, making it the warmest February on record (since 1880) and the ninth consecutive month of record-high global temperatures. The December 2023 through February 2024 period was also the warmest on record. Sea ice coverage was the 4th lowest. Global tropical cyclone activity was above average, but only two…
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