Climate summaries
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Rain across the western half of Georgia brought above-normal rainfall to that region of the state in August 2018. The high humidity associated with the rainfall allowed clouds to keep daytime temperatures low, while nighttime temperatures were a little above normal, resulting in average temperatures that were generally near normal except in the driest areas…
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Since today is the last day of August and of summer 2018, I thought I would take a quick preliminary look at the climate of the past three months. As you can see from the High Plains Regional Climate Center maps below, in August temperatures were variable across the region, with the warmest temperatures along…
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The latest global summary of climate was released today by NOAA. It shows that for July 2018, this was the 4th warmest on record since reliable records began in 1880. The January through July period was also the 4th warmest on record. You can read the full summary at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201807.
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You have all noticed how lush and green the Southeast is this year from all the rain we’ve been having, although there are not many places (with the exception of in Virginia) that have set records for summer rainfall. There are a few additional scattered places like Atlanta which are in the top five wettest…
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The Southeast has the wettest area in the US for the first 12 days in August 2018. While most of the country is below normal in rainfall for the month so far, most of the Southeast has received plenty of rain so far, especially along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains. The driest areas are…
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NOAA has just released their monthly climate summary for July 2018. It shows that for the contiguous 48 states, this July was tied with 1998 for the 11th warmest. Most of the Southeast, however, was near to slightly below normal except for Florida. Precipitation was near the long-term average, with some areas very wet (like…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has produced their summary for the July 2018 climate across the Southeast. You can read it at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportJuly2018.pdf.
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