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The latest monthly global climate summary was released by NOAA earlier this week. It shows that for the earth as a whole, May was the third warmest in records that date back to 1880. There was also a record-low amount of sea ice for May in the Antarctic, a big change from a few years…
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Here is a very helpful online tool that I used today for creating custom maps of NCEI normals for anywhere in the United States that you might like to try. It was created by the Northeast Regional Climate Center and is located at https://ncei-normals-mapper.rcc-acis.org/. It is quite easy to use. It allows you to pick…
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The North Carolina State Climate Office posted a report on the recent occurrence of skies filled with smoke from the Canadian wildfires and the problems it caused for air quality in their region. You can read it at Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air Quality – North Carolina State Climate Office (ncsu.edu).
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As promised, here are some recent stories about peaches from the Southeast and other production areas of the country. The peach harvest in Georgia was hit very hard this year, but other areas also were badly affected by weather. WABE: Georgia peach crop decimated by bad weather, warming climate Georgia Farm Bureau: Significant decline in…
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Over the last month or so I have accumulated a number of stories that you might be interested in. They are listed below. I will do a separate post on stories about peaches, since I have seen a number of them related to peaches in and out of the Southeast in the past couple of…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region can expect a lot more rain this week. This is a good thing for farmers whose crops need moisture this week. Rain should start on Sunday and there are likely to be several rain events over the next few days. The driest areas will…
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NOAA released their latest monthly climate summary for May 2023 earlier this week. It shows that for the United States as a whole, it was the 11th warmest on record. For South Carolina, it was the 10th coolest on record. For the spring months of March through May, the US as a whole was in…
Posted in: Climate summaries