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The Minneapolis Times-Tribune published an Associated Press report this week on a 17-year study undertaken by Stanford University scientists to test the impact of more carbon dioxide, more heat, and more nitrogen on plant growth in test plots outside Los Angeles. Test plots (132 in all) were treated with different amounts of carbon dioxide or…
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Above-normal temperatures continued in Georgia for a third month, leading to summer average temperatures at or near record levels at stations across the state. While very few daily temperature records were set in August, record runs of days at or above 90 F for maximum temperatures and 70 F for minimum temperatures occurred at a…
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Jon Erdman of WunderBlog posted an article this week based on some work done by folks at the Southeast Regional Climate Center showing that summer was the hottest on record for a number of cities across the US, including many in the Southeast. Many more were the second hottest on record. You can read about…
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If you know folks who like to use the Farmers’ Almanac for their climate forecasts, you might be interested in this graphic put together by Jan Null, a weather analyst from California, which compares the Almanac’s forecast to what was actually observed across the US last winter. The graphic shows that for precipitation the results…
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In the past week I’ve seen two very interesting stories about the increase in coastal flooding in recent years. NASA News reported that while the threat of rising seas due to warming oceans is very real, the phenomenon of large coastal cities sinking has not been well reported. Extraction of groundwater or fossil fuels, and…
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The preliminary damage reports of Hermine’s passage through the Southeast show that the majority of the damage was due to power outages and downed trees, with a few reports of isolated tornadoes. Online Athens reported that over 107,000 homes in Georgia and an estimated 325,000 people in Florida lost power during the storm’s passage but…
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NOAA has a great map feature called Data Snapshots that allows you to view historical maps of US and global data for precipitation and temperature as well as showing outlooks, drought, and the climatology of severe weather. You can view the maps at https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/data-snapshots/start. The map below shows the precipitation for October 2015.
Posted in: Sources of weather and climate data