• This time of year we are subjected to all sorts of lists of the best, worst, and most notable of the past year. Summaries of the past year’s events are also posted frequently. Weather and climate are no exception. Here is a collection of “highlights of 2022” focused on US or world weather and climate…

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  • While this weekend is relatively dry, a rain-producing system will move into the region starting on Tuesday in Alabama and progressing eastward during the week. The wettest day in most of the region will be Wednesday, but eastern parts of the region will see lingering effects on Thursday too. Southern Florida will be missed by…

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  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year to all my readers! I am writing this before the Georgia football game, so I don’t know yet whether to cheer or cry, but you can bet I will be watching. I hope that 2023 is your best year yet! The picture below is from my cousin in Sydney, Australia, where 2023…

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  • While the final values for the temperature and climate of the Southeast in 2022 are not complete yet, we can still look at preliminary values to see how the year ended. The pattern generally agrees with what we expect from the persistent La Nina conditions. The maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show…

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  • Have you ever seen the Northern Lights? If you have lived in the Southeast all your life, most likely not. But when I lived in Wisconsin, I was blessed to see them once, on a cold winter night over a lake near my apartment. The red color was so intense our local meteorologist told us…

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  • I am on the road for Christmas and expect to see 10-15 inches of new snow later this week. Hard to get a blizzard in the Southeast! I will be taking a break from the blog until January 1 to spend time with family and friends. Thank you for your continued interest in this blog,…

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  • Happy Winter Solstice!

    December 21 is the winter solstice in 2022. That means that the sun is the lowest in the sky and the days are the shortest of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This year the actual time of solstice is 4:48 pm Eastern Time. You can read more about the winter solstice at EarthSky here…

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