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From time to time I get requests for information about the number of consecutive hours that a station’s temperature is at or below freezing. This website tool from the Midwest Regional Climate Center provides a map of the consecutive number of hours at or below 32 F for stations across the country, not just the…
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about what caused the huge snowstorm last January in parts of the Southeast that don’t often get snow. I have previously posted other stories about this, but I think this article from Yale Climate Connections is very good at putting all the factors together. You can read it…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that several storms are expected to impact the Southeast over the next week as a few shortwaves move along a front located in the northern part of the region will bring pulses of rain to northern Alabama and Georgia as well as the western Carolinas and most of Tennessee.…
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While we have focused a lot this year on damage to crops, livestock, trees, and infrastructure from the multiple tropical systems that have hit the Southeast this year, the recent snow storm that hit along the Gulf Coast and eastward through southern Georgia and the Carolinas has caused considerable damage to agriculture as well. Here…
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The latest Drought Monitor map, released on Thursday morning, shows a broad area of worsening drought conditions in northern Alabama and Georgia and western South Carolina over the last week. A few smaller areas were also seen in the North Carolina mountains and in pockets in Florida. Some areas of Virginia experienced more rain and…
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The latest climate outlook maps for February 2025 show that temperatures across the region are expected to be warmer than usual during the month across the region. Precipitation is expected to be drier than usual in the Florida Peninsula but a slight trend towards wetter conditions can be seen in parts of Tennessee and NW…
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The preliminary climate summary for January 2025 shows that the region was colder than normal, which I am sure is no surprise to most of you, especially if you have recently paid a heating bill. However, since the normals now are quite a bit warmer than in previous decades, almost none of the region set…
Posted in: Climate summaries