Climate summaries
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Dry conditions and moderate drought moved into Georgia in November as temperatures were above normal almost everywhere in the state and little rain fell at most stations. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature was 56.2 degrees F (2.2 degrees above normal), in Athens 54.8 degrees (1.0 degrees above normal), Columbus 59.4 (2.1 degrees above normal),…
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AgWeb posted a really good and complete description of all of the weather and climate events that have affected agriculture across the US in 2017 by Anna-Lisa Laca. It includes the hurricanes and March frost in the Southeast as well as flooding in central areas of the country and the exceptional drought in Montana. In…
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With a half-day to go, the November regional maps for 2017 show that temperatures in the eastern half of the region were generally below normal and areas in the western half were generally above normal, while precipitation across almost all of the area was drier than usual. The only exceptions were two thin strips of…
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The latest monthly summary of global climate conditions from NOAA shows that the land plus ocean surface temperature for October 2017 was tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest on record. The January through October value was the third warmest on record, following the record hot years of 2016 and 2015. As reported earlier in…
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If you ever get questions about people who might want to relocate to your area from somewhere else, you might find these state-by-state climate summaries helpful. They provide a look at the current climate conditions of each state and how they affect agriculture, water supplies, and living conditions there. They also provide a peek at…
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Ten months through 2017, most of the Southeast is still on a record-setting warm pace, even though the El Niño is long gone. Rainfall overall has been very close to normal, although with above normal temperatures it’s not surprising that we’ve seen some dry soils across parts of the region. You can read more at…
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The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=245&h=5666e5c1. It features observations from their ECONet stations, the local meso-network of automated monitoring stations.
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