Climate summaries
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The latest monthly climate summary for Florida for June 2017 is now available on the Florida Climate Center website. You can read all about it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=511.
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The preliminary climate summary for the Southeast from the High Plains Regional Climate Center shows that for most areas of the Southeast, June was wetter and cooler than normal. This is the first time since January 2016 that many areas have had monthly temperature departures that were below normal. The cooler temperatures were due in…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center posted their spring climate summary for the Southeast, written by Jordan McLeod, on their web site this week. You can view the PDF at https://www.sercc.com/Southeast_Region_Quarterly_Report_Spring_2017.pdf.
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NOAA released their latest global climate summary this week. It shows that for May 2017, the global average temperature was the third warmest since 1880 (behind 2016 and 2015), and for March-May, it was the second warmest on record, trailing 2016. Their report, which can be accessed through https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201705, also shows that ice cover in…
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NOAA released their May, spring and year to date climate assessments for the US today. It shows that the average temperature for the lower 48 states as a whole was near the center of the pack of all Mays on record, while the precipitation received made it rank as the 25th wettest. You can read…
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The May 2017 climate summary from North Carolina is available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=235&h=5666e5c1. The climate summary for Florida is at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=510. Here is the text summary for the whole Southeast Region: (Information provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center) Temperatures were near average across much of the Southeast region (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)…
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Above-normal temperatures covered most of Georgia in May 2017, with all but two National Weather Service offices reporting temperatures as much as 3.0 degrees above normal. This is the 16th month in a row with above-normal temperatures for the state as a whole. Rainfall was plentiful in most of Georgia and heavy rain reduced drought…
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