Tag Archives: NCDC

Climate in the Southeast in January 2014

Posted on 2014-02-01 by Brian Magi

Scientists studying the Earth’s climate system are supported by an immense and rich array of data. Sometimes it seems like you only have to be comfortable working with all this information. Programming languages help (matlab, R, python, NCL, for example). … Continue reading →

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Ramping up for teaching with NOAA NCDC

Posted on 2013-08-07 by Brian Magi

Summer is a time of dedicated research for me. Finished one project, waiting for peer reviews on that manuscript, tinkering with twitter, planning out research conference travel in the next school year, and working on a grant proposal to NSF. … Continue reading →

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May 2013 climate in North Carolina and the world

Posted on 2013-06-24 by Brian Magi

With global warming and all of the impacts, it’s very important to constantly consider the question of time and space scales. May 2013 is a good example for those of us living in the Southeastern USA or North Carolina. Namely, … Continue reading →

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Cold spring and signs of summer

Posted on 2013-05-17 by Brian Magi

A great description of some of the unusual recent temperature swings in the north central part of the USA by Minnesota State Climatologist office with the original link here: A taste of summer air surged into Minnesota on May 14th, … Continue reading →

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North Carolina climate compared to the USA and globe

Posted on 2013-04-27 by Brian Magi

The first months of 2013 here in Charlotte have seemed unusually cool, but rather than relying on our gut feeling, let’s look at the numbers. Start by going to the NCDC website and mine out the data to find that … Continue reading →

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USA in December remains much warmer than average

Posted on 2012-12-17 by Brian Magi

A blowout in sports – whether it’s baseball, football, basketball, or soccer – is usually boring to watch. By blowout, I mean a game when one team obliterates the other. You know, 14-2 in baseball, 40-7 in football, etc. But … Continue reading →

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Temperature departures discussion

Posted on 2012-12-16 by Brian Magi

I wanted to have a reference for any posts that talk about temperature and temperature departure (aka: temperature anomaly). This post shows an example of the calculation of a “temperature departure”. Temperature departure is referring to the difference between temperature … Continue reading →

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2012 Temperatures in North Carolina and USA

Posted on 2012-12-08 by Brian Magi

The big news, if you’re paying attention the inexorable increase in temperatures, is that the biggest contributor to fossil fuel carbon (the USA) is experiencing the hottest year in 118 years. We have one month remaining this year, but the … Continue reading →

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Remembering the warmth with temporal averaging

Posted on 2012-10-15 by Brian Magi

It’s been cool in North Carolina and in Charlotte in August and September 2012, as I talked about on one of my posts. In that post, I said that if you really want to know whether the temperatures you are … Continue reading →

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