{"id":697,"date":"2014-08-31T19:48:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T23:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=697"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:15:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:15:45","slug":"winter-precipitation-across-the-southeast-is-decreasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2014\/08\/winter-precipitation-across-the-southeast-is-decreasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter precipitation across the Southeast is decreasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How has winter precipitation changed over time in the Southeast? \u00a0If you look at trends from 1970 to 2012, there has been a decrease in December through February precipitation in most climate divisions in our region. \u00a0Climate Central produced a map which shows the biggest declines have been in Georgia and the Carolinas. \u00a0Precipitation has also decreased in the Pacific Northwest. \u00a0By comparison, the Ohio River Valley, eastern Texas and California have generally seen increases in winter precipitation over time. \u00a0This decrease in winter precipitation is worrisome for the Southeast since winter is the time period when soil moisture typically recharges from the dry summer months, although at the current rate of decrease, the Southeast will still get plenty of water for years to come. \u00a0You can read about these trends by clicking <a title=\"Winter precip trends\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/gallery\/maps\/winter-precipitation-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/winter-precip-trends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-698\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/winter-precip-trends-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"winter precip trends\" width=\"459\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/winter-precip-trends-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/winter-precip-trends-242x138.jpg 242w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2014\/08\/winter-precip-trends.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How has winter precipitation changed over time in the Southeast? \u00a0If you look at trends from 1970 to 2012, there has been a decrease in December through February precipitation in most climate divisions in our region. \u00a0Climate Central produced a map which shows the biggest declines have been in Georgia and the Carolinas. \u00a0Precipitation has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-climate-summaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22814,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/22814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}