Climate summaries
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After the first two weeks, May 2019 is slightly wetter than normal across the region, with a drier than normal area in eastern North Carolina. Temperatures across most of the region are well above normal, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia. In spite of the above-normal rainfall, the hot temperatures have increased evaporation, putting stress…
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The latest monthly climate summary for the US was released by NOAA last week. It shows that for the contiguous US, this April was relatively warm, especially along the coasts. Most of the Southeast was warmer and wetter than usual except for a few areas in southern Georgia, where moderate drought has expanded over the…
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The latest monthly climate summary for North Carolina is now available from the State Climate Office. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=283&h=5666e5c1.
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After a cool March, the heat returned to Georgia in April 2019, with most of the state experiencing temperatures that were 2 to 3 degrees F above normal. Rainfall was variable across the state, with dry conditions across the southeastern part of the state and a streak of wet conditions stretching from north of Columbus…
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You can find the latest monthly climate summary for Florida at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?view=article&id=537. If you wonder why I never post monthly climate summaries for South Carolina, it is because they do weekly climate summaries instead. You can view those at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ClimateData/cli_reports_2019.php.
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With just a couple of days left in the month, April 2019 is turning out to be warmer than normal in most of the region, with just a few areas in Alabama and Georgia experiencing cooler than normal conditions. Rainfall across the region has been variable, with the largest streak of rain falling in a…
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NOAA’s National Hurricane Center released their official report on Hurricane Michael today. It officially notes that Michael was a Category 5 storm. The report includes a number of observations from the University of Georgia weather network as well as many other sensor networks. You can read it at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142018_Michael.pdf.