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This week’s Drought Monitor shows only small changes in drought status this week across the Southeast. There was a slight Sincrease in severe drought in Florida but otherwise not much change. There was no change at all in Puerto Rico this week. I don’t expect to see a lot of changes in next week’s map…
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The latest national climate summary for July 2023 is now available from NOAA. It shows that this past July was the 11th warmest since records began in 1895. Several states had their warmest Julys ever, including Florida. The US precipitation was in the middle third of all years. They also noted that there have been 15…
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Because of the cold outbreak late in 2022 and the relatively wet weather this year, whitefly populations across the region have remained low, according to a recent article in Specialty Crop Industry by Clint Thompson. However, it is noted that if hot and dry conditions continue to occur, the populations could increase quickly. Whiteflies are…
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In spring 2016, northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia experienced a dry spell that was nearly a month long. It occurred right during the pollination stage for corn there. The lack of moisture led to spotty pollination because the silks were too dry to capture pollen. Some fields were total losses, and others had such poor…
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The Southeast has suffered from a number of severe weather events in the past few weeks, including a stormy night here in Athens GA in late July that dropped hundreds of trees and caused my neighborhood to lose power for 44 hours. Many people I know or read quoted in the news or online insisted…
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According to a recent article by Brad Haire in Southeast Farm Progress, Georgia’s peanut crop this year has been heavily affected by the impacts of the weather. Spring planting and germination was delayed by cool, wet weather, and so this year’s crop is running later than usual. The weather also appears to be affecting the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that while rain has a chance of occurring almost every day this week, the early to midweek period will see the most rain in western areas and along the Gulf Coast. Later in the week, the focus will move to the northwest, especially in the mountains. The driest areas…
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