Climate summaries
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After a record-setting warm February in the Southeast, it shocked many people to swing back to colder than normal temperatures in March. In many places, the average temperature for March was colder than the average temperature for February this year. Precipitation in most of the state was also below normal, leading to an increase in…
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The Florida Climate Center has released their latest climate summary, for March 2018. You can read it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=520.
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The latest monthly summary of climate conditions in March 2018 is now available from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. Like most of the Southeast, March temperatures this year were colder than February’s. Precipitation was variable across the state, which helped reduce dry conditions in some areas. You can read more at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=257&h=5666e5c1.
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With just a day or two to go, the statistics for March 2018 show that for most of the region, temperatures will end up well below normal. Only the far western parts were above normal. In fact, a lot of the region was colder in March than it was in February. A good part of…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has released their recap of the winter of 2017-2018. You can find it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=256&h=5666e5c1.
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Every month I post maps and links to the latest seasonal forecasts from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. Most of you read them, and some of you even believe them. Here in the Southeast we generally have a better chance of skill because our winter climate is tied to the ENSO phase (currently coming out of…
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The latest summary of global climate was released by NOAA this week. It covers both February and the winter period from December 2017 through February 2018. The data show that for the globe as a whole in February, it was the coolest since 2014 but the 11th warmest since records began in 1880. The winter…
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