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  • Fall freeze climatologies

    Pam Knox

    October 17, 2017

    Now that fall has finally arrived, it’s time to start thinking about when frost will return to the Southeast.  Here are a few resources to help you find the average date of first fall frost. I will post an article later this week that describes how to get real-time frost forecasts.  Keep in mind that…

    Posted in: Climate science, Sources of weather and climate data, Tools for climate and agriculture
  • Frost protection info for blueberry farmers

    Pam Knox

    January 13, 2023

    Since the UGA Weather Network is down for the next few days due to the tornado that moved through Griffin yesterday, here is some information on alternate sources of weather information that growers might find useful. Since the UGA Weather Network is down for a few days due to the loss of power and internet…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Fruit
  • Frost coming next week for parts of the Southeast

    Pam Knox

    November 26, 2020

    We are later than usual for the first frost of fall in a lot of the Southeast. That is going to change next week with a blast of cold air moving into the region. We could see temperatures dip below freezing for parts of the Southeast Monday night into Tuesday morning. High temperatures in Athens…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate outlooks, Sources of weather and climate data
  • Are you ready for some cold weather?

    Pam Knox

    November 6, 2018

    UPDATE: As of Friday November 9, it now looks like most of Florida and the coastal plains of Georgia, South and North Carolina will probably be spared a frost during this cold air outbreak, although scattered areas could still see something. Follow your local National Weather Service forecast for the latest information. I’ve been watching…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate outlooks, Sources of weather and climate data, Tools for climate and agriculture
  • Have we seen the last frost of the winter?

    Pam Knox

    February 25, 2018

    As you know, the last few weeks have been much MUCH above normal in temperature across the Southeast, with temperatures in many places setting daily records for maximum and high minimum temperatures and quite a few stations expected to set all-time February daily and monthly records. One of the results of this warm weather is…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks, Fruit, Sources of weather and climate data, Tools for climate and agriculture
  • What does the current La Niña mean for spring frost?

    Pam Knox

    November 18, 2016

    I read a story this morning in Growing Georgia reminding producers that the deadline for purchasing crop insurance for fruit is coming on November 20.  I thought I would take a minute to discuss what the current weak La Niña means for spring frost. In general, neither El Niño nor La Niña are particularly indicative…

    Posted in: Climate science, Fruit
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