2021 personal communication
Is there a dry season in the Southeast US?
Terando, A., Hiers, J. K., Williams, M., Goodrick, S. L., & O'Brien, J. J. (2021, February).
Fill et al., (2019; F19) reported significant increases in dry season length (DSL) over the past 120 years (1897-2017) in the Southeast US, a region associated with a frequent fire regime. However, a well-defined dry season is typically more closely associated with the sub-tropical climate of Peninsular Florida (Peninsular Florida; Beckage et al., 2006). Using historical weather station observations scaled to 21 climate divisions, F19 reported significantly increasing DSLs in all but one climate division, and an astonishing 156-day trend increase in DSL in Texas.