Climate summaries

  • Halfway through August, temperatures in almost all of the region are running above normal in temperature. Only a few isolated spots are cooler than normal. The highest departures are in central Georgia and southeastern Alabama, with values of 3 degrees or more warmer than normal. Precipitation across the region varies quite a bit. The wettest…

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  • The latest global climate summary for July 2019 was just released today by NOAA. It shows that this past month was the month with the warmest global average temperature since records began in 1880. Just a few small areas were cooler than normal this month. For January through July, the central US was one of…

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  • The latest issue of the State of the Climate in 2018 was released today by NOAA and the American Meteorological Society. This comprehensive study was authored by 475 scientists from 57 countries and discusses many aspects of last year’s climate. This is the 29th year that global climate summaries have been published by NOAA and…

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  • While the Lower 48 states were about 1 degree F above the long-term average, Alaska was baking under unprecedented temperatures in July, according to the latest monthly climate summary from NOAA. By comparison, the Southeast was warmer than average in temperature and most of it was drier than normal in precipitation. You can read the…

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  • Temperatures across most of Georgia in July 2019 were warmer than normal across the state. Most areas of the state were also drier than normal, but Albany was just above normal and Alma was more than 2 inches wetter than normal, mainly due to heavy rain which occurred on July 4 and 5. In Atlanta,…

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  • The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available for July 2019 from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=288&h=5666e5c1. You can read the Florida climate summary at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-july-2019.  

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  • The latest global climate report was released today by NOAA for June 2019. It shows that for the earth as a whole, the month was the warmest June since records began in 1880. The South Central US was one of the few places that was cooler than normal, but the Southeast was warmer than normal.…

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