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Do you know what plant hardiness zone you live in? It’s very useful information when you are trying to decide what plants to grow in your garden. The USDA plant hardiness zones are related to the average lowest minimum temperature at a location. Over time they have changed a bit as temperatures have gotten warmer…
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Now that the cold front is through the region, cold and dry conditions should dominate for the next few days. Many areas will see frost on Sunday morning! Not good for peaches, blueberries, and pecans as well as other crops that are already planted. I know that many farmers are making preparations for frost protection.…
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A recent study by scientists at North Carolina State University showed that recent flood maps produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) do not do a good job of capturing flood risk based on their study of flood damage across the United States. The study showed that many areas with extensive flood damage occurred…
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The National Weather Service has noted that those of us in Georgia, northern Florida, southern Alabama, and the Carolinas can expect some wild weather in the next few days. On Friday, March 12, warm and moist air ahead of an approaching front will bring a widespread threat of severe weather to SE Alabama, southern GA,…
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The latest La Nina discussion in NOAA’s Climate blog came out today, and it shows that surprisingly, La Nina strengthened in February instead of weakening as expected. The latest forecasts for La Nina now indicate that it is likely to last into summer 2022. In addition, the predictions indicate that we may go back for…
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The dry conditions we have seen over the last few weeks remained in place through the Drought Monitor map cutoff on Tuesday. This resulted in widespread increases in the amount of area covered by abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1). A small area of severe drought (D2) was introduced to the northwestern part of…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina released their winter summary this week. You can read all the snowy details at their blog at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/03/winter-recap-2021-22-warm-weather-prevails/.
Posted in: Climate summaries