By Pam Knox
NOAA’s latest monthly climate summary for the United States was released yesterday. It shows that for the U.S. as a whole, the temperature and precipitation were near normal, with the temperature coming in 0.4 F below normal. Precipitation was just 0.06 inches above the long-term average. You can get more information at Wildfires, severe weather marked April 2022 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (noaa.gov). In the Southeast the temperature and precipitation regionwide were also close to normal, although there was plenty of variation in precipitation within the region.