August 2018
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This week’s 7 day QPF map shows that most of the Southeast will get less than normal rainfall for the next week. This is sure to be a relief for many producers in the area, who have been hit by repeated rounds of thunderstorms. The only exception might be central Georgia, which has only received…
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With all the rain we have been having this summer, I have gotten numerous reports about farmers having trouble finding windows of time for their hay to dry. Kim Mullenix from Auburn University wrote a helpful article in Dairy Herd Management explaining how rain affects hay quality over time. You can read it here.
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When I drive around the Southeast, I usually like listening to local radio as I travel. But many people prefer to avoid commercials and listen to podcasts instead. Here are a few sources of weather-related podcasts that you might find enjoyable. If you have others you like, email them to me and I will add…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
As a climatologist, I read many articles about what future climate will be like. They come from a variety of perspectives and cover a variety of topics related to how the climate is changing and what impacts will be felt by agriculture, forests and foresters, ecosystems, coastal and urban residents, and others. I need to…
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July 2018 brought welcome near-average temperatures to the State of Georgia, with most stations experiencing temperatures that were within a degree of normal values. Rainfall in many parts of the state was above normal, but dry conditions were scattered across the state in the hit-or-miss thunderstorms that fell throughout July. In Atlanta, the monthly average…
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Bloomberg News had a really interesting article this week which breaks down how land in the US is used. As you can imagine, a large portion of it goes towards agriculture, especially towards producing livestock. You can read the article and check out their maps here.
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The latest monthly climate summary from Florida is now available. You can find it at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries?id=526.
Posted in: Climate summaries