Does Climate Have a Role in the Spread of COVID-19?
The rapid spread of the virus has created an urgent need for researchers to find links to its spread. One possible factor is the climate.
El Niño Effects in Florida Not Far Away
It rained most of the day in north Florida Sunday. It was also cloudy and rainy for several hours in a row on Monday. If history is any clue, there will be many more days like this than Floridians are used to in the coming months. Normally during the cool season (November – April), the majority of the […]
Unprecedented November Warmth Likely to Continue
It’s really warm across the state this week. So warm that the all-time warmest temperatures for the month of November were recorded in Jacksonville on Sunday (89°), then in Daytona Beach (90°) and Tallahassee (89°) on Monday. Several other cities have tied or set new daily record highs since Saturday, including cities like Tampa, Naples, […]
Strong El Niño Almost Certain to Continue This Winter
We knew El Niño was coming, and on Thursday Mike Halpert, Deputy Director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, made it official. “2015’s El Niño now ranks third behind 1997 and 1985.” It was in the winter of 97-98 that 42 Floridians were killed by tornadoes and severe weather produced more than a half billion dollars […]
