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Because of the almost complete lack of rainfall coupled with high temperatures, today’s Drought Monitor has introduced an area of severe (D2) drought to eastern sections of North and South Carolina and moderate (D1) has significantly expanded in Virginia and slightly in southern Florida. Not much improvement is expected this week since rain should be…
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The latest monthly climate summary is now available from the North Carolina Climate Office and covers May 2021. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2021/06/may-flowers-wilt-amid-expanding-drought/.
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I was up in Michigan this past weekend visiting my mom and experienced some cold temperatures that did not feel at all like late May. In areas farther west and north, they even had frost in some locations, the third latest ever at those spots. Many farmers there are still assessing the damage from the…
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Georgia’s climate is changing threatening the state’s essential water, energy, and transportation infrastructure. In the years to come, investment in innovative resiliency efforts will ensure a just future for all Georgians. Stay tuned for our upcoming June webinar, ‘What does a changing climate mean for Georgia’s infrastructure?’ that will be held Wednesday, June 30, from…
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Corn yields are affected by a number of things, so it should be no surprise that they are affected by both maximum (daytime) and minimum (nighttime) temperatures. Heat stress on the hottest days causes the corn plant to shut down, reducing their ability to fill the kernels. Overnight, the science is less clear, with some…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for June 2021 was released this weekend by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that there is no strong signal towards warmer or cooler than normal for most of the region in June. But all of the region does show a tilt towards wetter than normal conditions, with the highest…
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Spring is ending on May 31, and the preliminary climate maps show that for most of the Southeast, the season was cooler and drier than normal, although of course there are variations across the region. Alabama was wetter than normal across the state, but most of the rest of the Southeast had dry conditions, which…
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