Climate summaries
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Update: Read a Summary and Replay the Webinar Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with 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…
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NOAA released its latest global climate summary earlier this week. It shows that for the earth as a whole, this was the warmest July since records began in 1880. This makes 14 months in a row of record warmth. You can read more about it at https://www.noaa.gov/news/earth-just-had-its-warmest-july-on-record or see the numbers at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202407.
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Someone on the NWS Peachtree City’s Facebook page today asked how the observed rainfall from Debby compared to the predicted amount. While Debby is still dropping some rain in Georgia, South Carolina and points north, here is a preliminary comparison. Below is a comparison of the reported and the forecast amounts. The comparison is actually…
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NOAA released the latest monthly climate summary for July 2024 today. It shows that there was a lot of extreme weather across the country this month, including Hurricane Beryl in Texas and the wildfires out west, particularly in California. The average temperature in the Southeast was fairly close to normal compared to the much warmer…
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Last week, NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the globe. In the report it notes that this is the 13th month in a row of record-setting temperatures. It was also the 2nd lowest June Antarctic ice extent. The highlights: Global tropical cyclone activity was below average, with only two named storms , temperatures were above…
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According to the monthly climate summary for June 2024 released today by NOAA, this past June was the second warmest on record for the 130 years of official records for the US. The worst heat was in the southwestern part of the country, but almost everywhere was warmer than normal. For the January through June…
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for the globe last week. It shows that globally, this was the warmest May since records began for the earth as a whole in 1880. It is the 12th month in a row that has set a global record for warmth. The global oceans have been record-setting warm…
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