Sources of weather and climate data
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I got a recent question about how to access hourly weather data from NWS airport stations online. There are several sources for this information; I am going to give you one option. Another source is the Midwestern Regional Climate Center at https://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/CLIMATE/. Start with the current Local Climatological Data at the National Centers for Environmental Information…
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A couple of Facebook posts this morning remind me that it is time to think about cold weather returning to our region. NWS Peachtree City has posted freeze warnings for Saturday night into Sunday morning for the northeast Georgia mountains. At least one of the CoCoRaHS observers has already reported temperatures down to 28 F…
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The smell of smoke outside my office today is very strong. It’s due to the wild fires associated with the drought that are occurring across many parts of the Southeast this week. Marshall Shepherd provides some information about the smoky conditions at Forbes.com here. EPA also has a good site which shows the track of…
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Earlier this fall EPA announced that they have updated their web resources on climate impacts in the Southeast. You can find information on trends in temperature and precipitation around the region as well as projections for future conditions at https://www.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-southeast.
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If you are a CoCoRaHS precipitation observer, thank you! Here is a message from the CoCoRaHS headquarters about your end of the water year summaries and how to get your Certificate of Appreciation. If you are not yet an observer, won’t you consider joining? I admit it’s a little frustrating to enter a “0” every…
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USGS has a useful set of maps depicting the number of dry days or wet days in a row counting back from the current date. You can find them at https://earlywarning.usgs.gov/usraindry. Check out the map below showing the number of days since it has rained! Hat tip to Scott Doering, my Facebook friend, for sharing them.…
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If you are looking for information on forestry in Georgia, there is a new web site which you might find useful. It provides statistics by state, region and county, although statistics are not available for every county. You can find information on the web site here.