Climate summaries
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The latest monthly climate summaries for North Carolina and for the whole Southeast are now available. You can use the links below to access them. Note that the rain in eastern NC this year has caused a lot of problems for farmers there, since it has delayed harvest and field work considerably. NC: A ‘Fairy…
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Did January 2021 feel cold to you? It did to me. I must be getting old! In spite of my perceptions, though, it was actually warmer than normal in most of the region, especially in the nighttime temperatures. Rainfall across the region varied, with some areas receiving rain from storms that passed through the area…
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One of my favorite people to follow on Twitter is Brian Brettschneider, @Climatologist49, who provides an amazing array of climate maps (and quite a few pictures of moose) from his home in Alaska (hence the 49). Today’s maps show the changes in temperature over the past 60 years by county for the US. I have…
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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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