Climate summaries
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A quick look at the temperature and precipitation patterns across the Southeast shows that so far this January, the typical pattern of warm and dry conditions across southern parts of the region have not occurred. In fact, the coolest and wettest conditions have occurred where we would normally expect to be warm and dry. Because…
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Every January we get a series of notices from different climate agencies about how the recently-ended year’s climate compares to previous years. Since each agency calculates the global average temperature in a slightly different way, it’s really no surprise that they don’t always agree on the exact temperature value and how it compares to other…
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The video of the latest Southeast Monthly Climate webinar, held on Tuesday, January 12, is now available on YouTube. In addition to a review of recent climate, it also contains a special section on fires in the Southeast. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdclPtXhJgM.
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The North Carolina Climate Office has published their annual summary of the weather and climate of 2020 in their state. It is available for you to read at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=331&h=5666e5c1.
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The latest annual climate summary for 2020 is now available from NOAA. It shows that this was the 5th warmest year on record for the contiguous 48 states, 2.4 degrees above the long-term average. The top 5 warmest years all occurred in 2012 or later. The precipitation was 0.34 inches above the long-term average, which…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that recent rains have reduced the area of abnormally dry (D0) conditions in the region, especially in Alabama and Georgia. Rains this week should continue to reduce those areas over the next week.
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has released their annual summary for the climate of 2020 in the Southeast. You can read it at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionAnnualClimateReport2020.pdf.
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