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The climate summary for December and 2020 as a whole for North Carolina are now available from the North Carolina Climate Office. You can view it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=330&h=5666e5c1.
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Here are a few stories I have seen over the holiday break that provide overviews of the past years. 50 Satellite Images from 50 Years of NOAA The top 10 weather and climate events of a record-setting year Top 10 Weather Events of 2020 2020 was an extreme year for Earth’s temperatures. But was it…
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Citrus has a long history in Louisiana, where warm temperatures have produced a great area for the growth of citrus trees, especially near the Gulf Coast. But that location is bad for hurricanes, and in recent years citrus farmers have been repeatedly pummeled by the direct effects of the wind as well as the indirect…
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The rain that is falling in a band stretching northeast from Apalachicola, FL through southern GA and on into the Carolinas should exit the region by the end of the weekend, bringing dry conditions through mid-week. Other areas will see lighter amounts of precipitation. The next system will start bringing light rain to the region…
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Here is a new web site that you can use to show year-to-date temperature and precipitation for individual stations across the US. It includes accumulated degree days as well. You can view it here and click to pick your station of interest. Use the Layer list to pick what variables you want to see. The…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that there was a significant decrease in abnormally dry (D0) in southeast Alabama, with a smaller decrease in the area in Georgia due to rain. Rain since the last map should further reduce the area of D0 in the next map. You can view the DM…
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It’s just after midnight at the beginning of 2021, and I am hoping that this year is a better year for us all than 2020 was. We are firmly in a La Nina now, which could mean a warmer than normal winter (although the cold weather so far has been great for chill hours), and…
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