Climate summaries
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina put out a Rapid Reaction report on this week’s snowfall, which dropped up to 10 inches on parts of the state. You can read more about it and see a map of the NC snow amounts at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=252&h=5666e5c1. I’ve included a map for the entire Southeast for comparison.
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The latest climate summary for 2017 was just issued by the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can access it at https://sercc.com/climateinfo_files/monthly/southeast_monthly_report/southeast20171_12.pdf.
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According to the annual climate summary released this week by NOAA, it was the warmest year on record for Arizona, Georgia (tied with 2016), New Mexico, and North and South Carolina. 2017 was also the 20th wettest year on record for the nation, and the fifth consecutive year with above-average precipitation, according to the report. You…
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The latest summary of climate conditions for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can read it at https://sercc.com/climateinfo_files/monthly/southeast_monthly_report/southeast201712.pdf.
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Although the month of December ended in a blast of chilly air for most of the Southeast, average monthly temperatures for almost the entire state of Georgia were above normal due to warm conditions at the beginning of the month. Precipitation varied across the state, although in most areas it was drier than normal. A…
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The latest monthly climate summaries for December 2017 for Florida and North Carolina are now available online. You can view the Florida one at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=517 and the North Carolina one at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=250&h=5666e5c1.
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Molly Samuel of WABE Public Radio posted a nice summary story on Georgia’s 2017 climate, featuring quotes from Bill Murphey, the State Climatologist, and Jordan McLeod, the regional climatologist at the Southeast Regional Climate Center and a UGA graduate. You can read and listen to the story at https://www.wabe.org/2017-warm-extreme-year-georgia-weather/.