Climate summaries
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The maps for the temperature and precipitation departures from normal for the month of May so far show that for most parts of the Southeast, temperatures are above normal and precipitation is below normal. Temperatures should stay above normal for most of the next month, so May is likely to end up above normal in…
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NOAA’s latest climate summary for the US in April 2018 shows that this year was the coldest April since 1997, more than 20 years ago. The persistent pattern of a ridge of high pressure in the West and a trough of low pressure in the East along with the accompanying temperatures was well captured by…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can find this product at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportApril2018.pdf. If you are only getting a text version, try refreshing your cache to get the version with graphics.
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A wetter and cooler than normal April helped reduce drought conditions across the northern three-quarters of the state going into the start of the growing season. Dry conditions remained in the southeastern corner. Farmers kept busy doing planting and other field work during the month when soil conditions permitted. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature…
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The latest monthly climate summaries for North Carolina and Florida are now available. You can find the North Carolina summary at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=258&h=5666e5c1 and the Florida summary at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=521.
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April is almost over, and the preliminary climate maps for the month show that most of the Southeast, with the exception of the Florida peninsula, will end up colder than normal. Precipitation amounts are more variable than temperature but also show that much of the region was wetter than normal, with the exception of southern…
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The latest global climate summary for March 2018 is now available from NOAA and it shows that this past month was the 5th warmest on record for the earth as a whole since records began in 1880. The year to date global temperature for January through March was the 6th warmest on record. Sea ice…
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