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One group of people that has been pleased by the recent cold weather is the farmers who grow peaches. After several years of low chill hours due to warm winters, they are happy that the number of chill hours (hours below 45 F) is higher this year than in the recent past. This means that…
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The latest monthly outlook for February 2022 was released earlier this week. It shows that the month is expected to be warmer than normal across the region. However, that does not mean we will not have cold outbreaks but recognizes a shift in the pattern to put a ridge of high pressure over the East…
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Most people are fascinated by “before and after” pictures showing how people and places can transform over time. This story from Yale Climate Connections shows how photographers are documenting changes to natural features caused by the warming climate by trying to recreate historic photographs of famous places. Where there was once a glacier, now there…
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The very cold temperatures that occurred across the region were not that unexpected this time of year, which is usually the coldest period in winter. But because of the very warm December and warmer than normal January in Georgia and Florida, many crops developed much earlier than usual, leaving them particularly vulnerable to the frost.…
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With just a couple of days left in the month, it’s time to take a look at January’s preliminary climate statistics. While most of the Southeast has been cooler than normal, Georgia and Florida will end up warmer than normal. This has contributed to their vulnerability to frost, since many plants are almost a month…
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The weather this winter has affected our fruit crops in a number of ways. Early October was relatively warm, so farmers who planted strawberries early in the month saw good growth, but later in the month and through November things were quite cold, so the berries did not grow much during that time period. Once…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the rain this week should fall Tuesday through Friday in the western part of the region. This weekend will continue to be cold and dry, and a hard freeze is expected for areas all the way down into inland parts of southern Florida on Sunday morning…
Posted in: Climate outlooks