Climate summaries
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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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Here is a quick look at the climate statistics for May now that it is almost over. With two days to go, the maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that most of the Southeast was slightly above normal in temperature, with the largest departures from normal in southern Florida where the drought…
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With just a few days to go until the end of the month, it looks like May 2017 is likely to be above normal in temperature for the Southeast and every individual state except possibly Alabama, although a good portion of Georgia was also cooler than normal. This would make the string of months of…
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NOAA’s latest monthly global climate summary for April 2017 was released this week. It shows that this past April was the second warmest since records began in 1880 for the globe. It also marked the 388th consecutive month that the globally-averaged temperature across the world’s land and ocean surfaces was nominally above the 20th century average.…
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NOAA released their latest monthly summary of climate for the US in April 2017 yesterday. It shows that for the US as a whole, it was the second wettest and the 11th warmest April since records began in 1895. It was the second warmest year to date and the 5th wettest. You can read more…
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NASA released their monthly global climate summary for April 2017 today. It shows that April was the second warmest in 137 years of record following the record setting year in 2016. While most areas of the globe were above normal, especially in the Arctic, you can still find some regions that were below the long-term…
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At halfway through the month, the preliminary climate statistics maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that temperatures in many parts of the region are running a little below normal. If this continues, Georgia will see its first below-normal month since January 2016. But with temperatures expected to be above-normal this week, we…
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