Long-range Weather Forecast

Southeast

Annual Weather Summary
November 2008 to October 2009

Detailed 2009 Long-Range Forecast
for the Southeast Region

Includes predictions for all or portions of Alabama (Fort Mitchell, Gordon, Phenix City, Seale, Smiths Station), Florida (Chattahoochee), Georgia (Atlanta, Columbus, Macon, Sandy Springs, Savannah), North Carolina (Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Winston-Salem), South Carolina (Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston), Virginia (Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach).

Winter will be cold, with temperatures two degrees below normal, on average. The coldest periods will occur in mid- and late December, mid-January, and early February. Precipitation will be near or slightly below normal in the north and well above normal in the south. Snowfall will be above normal in the west and below normal in most other locations. Higher elevations will have a Christmas snowfall, with other snowy periods in early January and in early and late February.

April and May will be warmer than normal, on average, with a wet April, followed by a dry May.

Summer will be cooler than normal, on average, despite a warm June. The hottest periods will be in early and mid-June and early July. Rainfall will be well above normal in the south and near normal elsewhere.

Expect a hurricane in late August or early September. Otherwise, September and October will have below-normal temperatures and rainfall.

Detailed Forecast for the Next Two Months

Temperature and Precipitation
November 2008 to October 2009