Climate summaries
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The latest NOAA monthly summary for the US for January through September 2017 shows for the continental US, it was the third warmest on record, behind 2012 and 2016. The record for September put it in the top third of all Septembers since 1895. The year to date precipitation was the wettest on record, beating…
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For the second month in a row, temperatures across Georgia were near normal for the state as a whole, with the coolest temperatures in the northern half of the state and warmer temperatures farther south. The monthly rainfall for the state overall was near normal, but that was due to the combination of significant rain…
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The latest monthly summary of climate for Florida for September 2017 is now available at their web site. You can read it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=514. The North Carolina summary is available at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=243&h=5666e5c1.
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The preliminary summary of climate for September 2017 shows that a large part of the Southeast was much above normal in precipitation due to rains from Hurricanes Harvey in Alabama and western Georgia and Irma in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Virginia, North Carolina and western Alabama largely missed the tropical rains and were below…
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When I was in college I spent a month traveling to Hawaii to learn about geology. Ever since, I have been intrigued by the islands and hope to go back there some day. Here is a look at recent climate trends in Hawaii and how they are affecting the islands there from NOAA at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/hawaii-and-pacific-islands-2017-has-been-anything-normal.
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has released their latest 3-month seasonal climate summary and outlook for June through August 2017. It includes a look back at the major impacts of this summer’s weather and a look ahead to fall in just two pages. You can read it at https://www.drought.gov/drought/documents/quarterly-climate-impacts-and-outlook-southeast-region-september-2017.
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NOAA’s latest global climate summary shows that for the earth as a whole, August 2017 was the third warmest on record, following 2016 (highest) and 2015 (second highest). In fact, the eastern US was one of the few places in the world with temperatures below average. The summer months of June through August 2017 were…
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