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The North Carolina State Climate Office released their monthly climate report for January 2022 this morning. It shows that they received quite a bit of precipitation, both as rain and frozen ice and snow. You can read the full report at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/02/rain-ice-and-snow-had-us-covered-in-january/.
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The Drought Monitor released this morning does not show any changes in drought status to the continental Southeast, although there was some increase in abnormally dry conditions (D0) in some areas. In Puerto Rico, an area of severe (D2) drought was added to the south and north coasts and other areas of drought expanded quite…
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The recent frost had blueberry growers worried about losing their crop this past weekend. While evaluations are still coming in, many of the producers are relieved that damage to their farms does not appear to be as bad as first feared. The crop was well ahead of normal this year due to the unusually warm…
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One group of people that has been pleased by the recent cold weather is the farmers who grow peaches. After several years of low chill hours due to warm winters, they are happy that the number of chill hours (hours below 45 F) is higher this year than in the recent past. This means that…
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The latest monthly outlook for February 2022 was released earlier this week. It shows that the month is expected to be warmer than normal across the region. However, that does not mean we will not have cold outbreaks but recognizes a shift in the pattern to put a ridge of high pressure over the East…
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Most people are fascinated by “before and after” pictures showing how people and places can transform over time. This story from Yale Climate Connections shows how photographers are documenting changes to natural features caused by the warming climate by trying to recreate historic photographs of famous places. Where there was once a glacier, now there…
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The very cold temperatures that occurred across the region were not that unexpected this time of year, which is usually the coldest period in winter. But because of the very warm December and warmer than normal January in Georgia and Florida, many crops developed much earlier than usual, leaving them particularly vulnerable to the frost.…