Are you interested in seeing how climate is changing across the US over time? This came up for discussion on a listserve that I follow today. Here is a good description of an NCEI product that produces maps of trends over time for the lower 48 states: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/duct-tape-and-seesaws-climate-trends-101. You can…
Read More
The Resilient Rural America Project is a program that is designed to help rural Americans become more resilient to extreme weather as well as changing climate conditions. You can read more about it at https://resilientruralamerica.org/. One of their major outputs so far has been an online module that rural communities…
Read More
The USDA Southeast Climate Hub has recently expanded their list of guides for hurricane preparation and recovery. There are guides available for each state but there are also guides available for many different commodities and agricultural products in the region. The guides include livestock, forests, forage, and even beekeeping in…
Read More
Historically, people have figured out the flood risk for their property using FEMA flood plain maps, which can be cumbersome to use. Here is a new free and simple tool which provides a quick evaluation of the flood risk on your property on a 1-10 scale, taking into account both…
Read More
Today’s Drought Monitor shows that all of the lingering drought has been removed from the Southeast, although there are still a few small areas where residual abnormally dry conditions still exist. But large parts of the western US are in bad drought conditions. Where can you go to get more…
Read More
As of yesterday, we have already had ten named storms in the Atlantic, and the latest seasonal forecast says we can expect another 10-12 more named storms. Even if only a couple of them hit near Georgia, they could be devastating. So now is a great time to take advantage…
Read More
You probably read my weekly drought updates for the United States. But here is a drought tool that goes beyond the US to cover the whole globe. It is called Copernicus and provides a zoomable global map which highlights areas where drought is affecting agriculture. In this map the months…
Read More