Climate summaries
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The latest monthly and seasonal climate summary for the United States for August and Summer 2024 was released by NOAA earlier this week. It showed that while August was not a lot above normal in most of the United States, it was very warm in the Southwest, and overall the summer (June through August) was…
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As expected, the August 2024 precipitation was a feast or famine depending on where you are. The pattern was dominated by the passage of Hurricane Debby early in the month. That brought a lot of rain to Florida and eastern parts of the region but left a lot of the rest dry. Temperatures varied across…
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The yearly global climate summary for 2023 is now available from the American Meteorological Society. This is the 34th year in a row that a similar summary has been written. You can go right to the document at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/ or you can read a blog post with the key messages here.
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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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