Climate summaries
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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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The latest climate summary for North Carolina covering July 2018 is now available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=262&h=5666e5c1.
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Last week NOAA and the American Meteorological Society jointly released the annual State of the Climate report for 2017. This massive report looks at the climate across the globe, both in totality and broken down by regions. It is the work of over 400 scientists from around the world, including a number who are my…