Climate summaries
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November temperatures were well below normal in every part of Georgia in 2018 with the exception of Brunswick, where they were slightly above normal. Rainfall in many parts of the state was 150 percent or more above normal. The driest areas were along the coastal plain and the wettest areas were in the northern third…
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The official end of the Atlantic hurricane season is November 30, and since there are no active areas in the Atlantic Ocean right now, NOAA has released their preliminary final summary of the very destructive 2018 season, which included named storms from A to O, including Florence, Gordon, and Michael, which caused tremendous problems for…
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The latest global monthly climate summary for the globe was released by NOAA today. It shows that October 2018 was the second warmest since records began in 1880, following the record warm year of 2015 when a strong El Niño was occurring. Note that in the Southeast, the Florida peninsula was record warm for October.…
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The first third of November is over, and the climate pattern seen so far really shows the trough of cold air that has crept into the central part of the United States. In the Southeast we’ve seen a lot of rain in the circulation on the east side of that trough, and more rain will…
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NOAA released the latest monthly climate summary this week. It showed that for the contiguous US, the temperature was just slightly cooler than the long-term average and the precipitation was the 6th wettest since records began in 1895. For the year to date, it was the 10th warmest on record and the 5th wettest. You…
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It’s that time of the month. The latest climate summary for Florida is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=529. The October climate summary for the whole Southeast is available at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportOctober2018.pdf.
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The monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available from their State Climate Office, including a description of how Hurricane Michael affected that state as it is still recovering from Hurricane Florence. You can read it here.
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