{"id":7328,"date":"2016-06-08T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T03:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=7328"},"modified":"2016-06-08T23:20:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T03:20:28","slug":"noaa-summary-for-may-spring-and-year-to-date-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/06\/noaa-summary-for-may-spring-and-year-to-date-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA: Summary for May, spring and year to date now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA released their latest summary for May, spring (March-May) and year to date for the US today. \u00a0You can see the summary at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/sotc\/summary-info\/national\/201605\">https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/sotc\/summary-info\/national\/201605<\/a>. \u00a0The summary shows that for May, the country as a whole was fairly close to the long-term average, although some regions were colder or warmer than average, particularly the Pacific Northwest. \u00a0Precipitation was quite variable, with some areas like the Mid-Atlantic very wet while much of the Southeast was dry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-temp-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7329\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-temp-map-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"cd may 2016 temp map\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-temp-map.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-temp-map-189x138.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-precip-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7330\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-precip-map-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"cd may 2016 precip map\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-precip-map.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-may-2016-precip-map-189x138.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For spring (March-May, nearly the entire country was well above normal in temperature, and most of the nation (with the exception of the Southeast and most of the Northeast) was dry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-temp-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7331\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-temp-map-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"cd spring temp map\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-temp-map.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-temp-map-189x138.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-2016-precip-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7332\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-2016-precip-map-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"cd spring 2016 precip map\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-2016-precip-map.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-spring-2016-precip-map-189x138.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the year to date, most of the country is much above average; the only exception is a few climate divisions in southern Alabama and Georgia. \u00a0If this trend continues, this could be one of the warmer years on record. \u00a0Precipitation for the year to date was highly variable, with very wet areas in Texas, the Central Plains, and parts of peninsular Florida.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-temp-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7333\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-temp-map-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"cd jan-may 2016 temp map\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-temp-map.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-temp-map-189x138.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-precip-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7334\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-precip-map-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"cd jan-may 2016 precip map\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-precip-map.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/06\/cd-jan-may-2016-precip-map-189x138.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOAA released their latest summary for May, spring (March-May) and year to date for the US today. \u00a0You can see the summary at https:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/sotc\/summary-info\/national\/201605. \u00a0The summary shows that for May, the country as a whole was fairly close to the long-term average, although some regions were colder or warmer than average, particularly the Pacific Northwest. 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