Climate summaries
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The latest global climate summary for May was released by NOAA earlier this week. It shows that May 2019 was the 4th warmest May since global records started in 1880. The spring March through May period was the second warmest in the record after 2016. The year to date was the 3rd warmest. Note that…
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I’m still catching up after my trip, so have not written my monthly climate summary for May yet. The quick version is that most of the region was warmer and drier than normal in temperature. Here are the summaries from around the region: Florida North Carolina Southeast
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While I was out of town enjoying sunny conditions in Alaska (they are in a pretty bad drought), the Southeast has had mostly wet and warm conditions for the first 12 days of the month. Next week should be relatively dry so the departures will trend back towards normal rainfall.
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With just a few days left in May, the month-to-date maps show that the whole region was warmer than normal, in some cases more than six degrees hotter than average. Precipitation across the region varied, with the wettest area in mid-southern Florida and the driest area in eastern North Carolina.
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The latest global climate summary from NOAA for April 2019 was released today. It shows that April 2019 was the second warmest since records began in 1880, surpassed only by 2016. The January through April period is the 3rd warmest on record, after 2016 and 2017. The top five highest year to date temperature averages…
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After the first two weeks, May 2019 is slightly wetter than normal across the region, with a drier than normal area in eastern North Carolina. Temperatures across most of the region are well above normal, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia. In spite of the above-normal rainfall, the hot temperatures have increased evaporation, putting stress…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the US was released by NOAA last week. It shows that for the contiguous US, this April was relatively warm, especially along the coasts. Most of the Southeast was warmer and wetter than usual except for a few areas in southern Georgia, where moderate drought has expanded over the…
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