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  • Pumpkin harvest depends on climate conditions

    Pam Knox

    October 31, 2014

    In honor of Halloween today, I am posting a link to a blog which describes the impacts of various types of climate conditions on pumpkin production.  You can find it here from Earth Gauge.  If conditions are cool and wet, mildew can reduce the yields or rot the pumpkins on the ground.  If conditions are…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • Unseasonably cold weather expected this weekend

    Pam Knox

    October 30, 2014

    Many weather forecasters on my social media feeds have been highlighting the unusually cold weather that is predicted by many weather models to hit the Southeast this weekend.  I have previous written about frost on Saturday and Sunday mornings and the possibility of a few snow flurries in far northeast Georgia.  The Capital Weather Gang…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
  • Early County designated primary disaster area due to recent drought

    Pam Knox

    October 30, 2014

    The USDA issued this statement yesterday about impacts of the recent drought on Early County in GA and surrounding counties, which also receive drought benefits from this declaration: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Early County in Georgia as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by a recent…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Drought
  • Five things to know about 2014 global temperatures

    Pam Knox

    October 29, 2014

    Deke Arndt at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has a recent blog post at Climate.gov which provides some perspective on temperatures around the globe in 2014 to date and what it means for the yearly temperature record.  The post points out that the globe has already set several temperature records this year and that…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries
  • Hourly graphical forecast from NWS

    Pam Knox

    October 29, 2014

    If you are looking for a point-specific hourly weather forecast for applications like spraying, you might be interested in this product from the National Weather Service.  It is a graphical hour-by-hour forecast for your location (by lat/long) that is available online.  For most of Georgia you can go to https://www.srh.noaa.gov/forecast/gridpoint.php?site=ffc and either enter your lat/long…

    Posted in: Sources of weather and climate data, Tools for climate and agriculture
  • Freezing temperatures likely in northern Georgia and Alabama this weekend

    Pam Knox

    October 28, 2014

    The first of two cold fronts will pass through the Southeast on Wednesday, bringing a few showers to the area.  A second cold front is expected to come through on Friday, bringing even colder temperatures this weekend.  Temperatures below freezing are predicted for large portions of northern Georgia on Saturday and Sunday mornings, with high…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks
  • Arctic and Antarctic sea ice–What’s the deal?

    Pam Knox

    October 28, 2014

    One of the questions I am sometimes asked about is the effects of changes in sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic on weather in other parts of the world.  As you may know, Arctic sea ice has generally been decreasing since the 1970’s, while Antarctic sea ice is increasing, although not at the same…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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