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ProPublica published a series of maps describing how the climate of the US is likely to change by mid-century back in 2020. It popped up in my social media feeds this week so I thought it might be good to highlight it again. You can see the article at https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/. One of the most striking…
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The preliminary climate summary for August 2025 shows that most of the Southeast was much colder than normal, with mean temperatures ranking in the top five coldest Augusts on record for many stations in the region. The exception was the Florida Peninsula, which was on the other side of a persistent front and experienced one…
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Because of the changes in the federal government these days, the website Climate.gov has been shut down and if you go to that web address you will get redirected to NOAA.gov. While that site says they will carry monthly climate summaries and other climate-related posts, a lot of what made Climate.gov so helpful was discussions…
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The lack of rain over the last week has led to a big increase in the area with abnormally dry (D0) conditions in the region, especially in Virginia and North Carolina. There was some expansion in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia as well. There was also some small improvements in drought conditions in southern Alabama and…
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While we have not had much wildfire here in the Southeast this year due to all the rain we have had, fires are common out west, and smoke from those fires has the potential to change the flavor of wines that are produced out there because of smoke settling onto the wine grapes. If you…
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Monday, September 1, marks the beginning of climatological fall, which includes the time period from September 1 through November 30. You might know the astronomical fall season starts later in September when the equinox occurs, but climatologists use the calendar months because they most closely represent the midpoints between the warmest three months and the…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for September 2025 was released today. It shows that the forecast for precipitation indicates a continued chance of wetter than normal conditions in Florida, which could lead to an end to the drought conditions that are currently there. There is no signal for what the temperatures will be over the…