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The hottest large city in the United States is Phoenix. In 2020, almost 200 people died from the extreme heat there. Because it is in a desert climate, the daytime temperatures can rocket upward, putting its citizens at extreme risk. Phoenix is using a variety of techniques to try to reduce the temperatures in the…
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This story is not really an agriculture or climate story, but it’s a very interesting look at how paleontologists determined the month in which a meteor crashed into the earth. This event led to the extinction of most dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The scientists did it by looking at fossils found in rocks created…
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I wrote yesterday about the potential two nights of frost that may cause problems in southern Georgia, Alabama, and Florida this weekend. The latest forecast shows just a slight improvement in overnight temperatures on Friday night into Saturday morning, with the cold air taking a bit longer to move into the region than was predicted…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, shows that moderate (D1) drought in Virginia and North Carolina have decreased by about half over the last week. Other areas of the region have stayed about the same, with only very minor changes. The drought in Puerto Rico did not change this week. Precipitation from the winter storm…
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The coldest air of the season so far will flow into the Southeast this weekend as an Arctic front moves through the region on Friday night. It will bring sub-freezing air as far south as northern Florida on Sunday morning. A big winter storm is expected to develop along the East Coast and the Carolinas…
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This week the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and its partners launched a brand new dashboard with a lot of information on climate, water, and drought in the Southeastern United States, particularly the ACF (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint) Basin. They thank you and all the participants in the design process for being a part of the listening…
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If you missed the monthly webinar on water and drought conditions in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin earlier today, you can watch the video recording here or read a summary of the webinar with images here. Fortunately, at the moment there is no drought in the ACF basin.