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After a very dry June followed by a rainy and cloudy July and August producers are happy to see sunny skies and no rain to help prepare their crops for harvest. Cotton and other crops have been hampered by the lack of sunshine which has delayed crop development and the wet, humid conditions have caused…
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NOAA sent out their August global summary of climate conditions last week. It shows that the earth as a whole had its 6th warmest August since records began in 1880. It was the 5th lowest sea ice coverage on record. You can read more in August 2022 Global Climate Report | National Centers for Environmental…
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 10 am ET/9 am CT Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! These webinars provide the region’s stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers…
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While the early part of this year’s Atlantic tropical season was very quiet, lately things have gotten a lot more active. Fortunately, the recent storms so far have kept well away from the Southeast as a strong high pressure center has diverted the storms away from us. This may be about to change with a…
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The weather last winter gave peach growers frustrating conditions in Georgia and Alabama. A cold November 2021 brought plenty of chill hours to the Southeast. Then an early warm-up caused the early blooming varieties of fruit trees to flower earlier than usual. But temperatures down to the 20s on March 13 caused significant loss of…
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Outside magazine posted an interesting story this week about recent observations of spruce trees found by scientists studying the Arctic tundra. These trees are growing in a spot that has not seen trees for the last 20,000 years. This is interesting but also concerning because it shows that the climate even in this space inhospitable…
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We are about halfway through September 2022, and so here is a quick look at the month so far. Temperatures in the eastern half of the region have generally been warmer than normal, while those in the western half have been quite a bit cooler than normal. The precipitation has also been variable across the…
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