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If you did not get the chance to attend my webinar last Friday on the climate of 2014 and the outlook for 2015, the recording is now available on YouTube. You can find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUPMFITVhG8. A screen capture of the slide which lists my web sources is shown below. The…
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February 2015 was the second coldest February since 1978, based on preliminary data from National Weather Service stations, rivaling the chilly February of 2010. Precipitation was variable across the state, although most stations were close to normal. Two major storms caused significant impacts across northern Georgia in mid- and late…
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The climate summary for North Carolina for February 2015 is now available at http://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=123&h=5666e5c1
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This is the famous quote that opens Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”. In this case it is also a pretty good summary of the divided nature of temperature across the US this winter. The Weather Channel had a story today which described stations that had their record warmest…
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In spite of what your calendar says, for climatologists spring begins on March 1. If you are interested in why we use March 1 instead of the astronomical date, which this year is March 20, you can read about it in this blog post from the Illinois State Climatologist, Jim…
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The Packer published an article yesterday describing the damage to early blueberries caused by the cold temperatures on February 17-20. Temperatures fell into the low 20s overnight and caused damage that may amount to 10-30 percent of the early blueberry crop. Farmers that ran frost protection lost 10-15 percent of…
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Preliminary analysis of the Georgia climate for February 2014 shows that the temperature for the month should end up near 43 degrees Fahrenheit for the month. That would make it approximately six degrees below the average for 1981-2010 (the current “normal” period). This would be the second coldest February since…
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