NASA released their global climate summary today, and it shows that according to their calculations, January 2017 was the third warmest in 137 based on modern record-keeping.  Last year was the warmest, followed by 2007.  Note that as expected, most of the warming is occurring at higher latitudes due in…
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So far this month, we have seen well above normal temperatures and dry conditions across most of the Southeast.  Most stations are in their top ten warmest for the month so far, and since warm conditions are expected to continue for most of the next two weeks, it would not…
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NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the United States for January 2017.  It shows that overall the US was wetter and warmer than average, although of course there was variation across the country. For Georgia, for example, it was ranked 117 out of 123 years for temperature (7th warmest)…
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Above-normal temperatures covered Georgia again in January 2017, with values ranging from three to more than ten degrees above average.  This is the 12th month in a row with above-normal temperatures for the state as a whole.  In fact, nearly all of the eastern half of the US was well…
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The latest Florida climate summary for January 2017 has been posted at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=505.  In addition, their annual climate summary for 2016 is also available.  You can find that at http://climatecenter.fsu.edu/images/docs/Fla_annual_climate_summary_2016.pdf.
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