Climate summaries
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The month is halfway over, and for most of the month we have been locked in a pattern of wet conditions in northern sections of the Southeast and dry conditions in Florida and southern Georgia. Unfortunately for both regions, this pattern is expected to continue…
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The global climate summary for January 2020 was released by NOAA this morning. It shows that this past January was the warmest ever for a January since global records began in 1880. This in spite of the fact that we are not in an El Nino, which usually brings us the warmest global temperatures…
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After the first nine days of the month, a number of stations in the Southeast are experiencing their wettest February on record. Of course, there is still a lot of the month to go, but the areas with the highest ranked months are also in the area that is expected to get several inches of…
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The latest NOAA climate summary was published yesterday for January 2020. It shows that the month was the 5th warmest January on record. The month was also in the top third of all years in rainfall. You can read more at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202001.
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While it will be a week or so before the US-calculated global temperature records are released, the Europeans have already produced their global version of the temperature map for January 2020. It shows the very warm conditions in Europe and the eastern US and the very cold conditions in Alaska as the polar vortex this…
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The latest monthly climate summary for January 2020 is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can view it at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportJanuary2020.pdf.
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In spite of the recent cold weather, 2o2o has gotten off to a toasty start across the Southeast, with temperatures running several degrees above normal across the region. Since warmer weather is expected to return to the area before the end of the month, it’s likely that January will end up significantly above normal. Precipitation…