Climate summaries
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My friend David Stooksbury, the former Georgia State Climatologist, pointed out today that the three week period ending today is among the top five driest for this time of year for parts of northern Georgia, most of South Carolina, and some stations in North Carolina. Atlanta and Athens are both the driest on record for…
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NOAA’s latest climate summary for the US was released this week. It shows that the June through August temperatures for the 48 contiguous US states, was tied for the fourth warmest since records began in 1895. The temperatures were especially hot out west, where things have been broiling most of the summer. August 2018 was…
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The latest monthly summary from the State Climate Office of North Carolina is now available online. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=264.
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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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