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A climatologist I follow on Twitter, Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) provides many great examples of climate maps (as well as moose pictures, since he is in Alaska) on his feed. Today he posted two maps showing the trends in maximum and minimum temperatures across the country from 1948 to the present. The two maps show that […]
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The annual climate summary for North Carolina was released by the State Climate Office there today. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2023/01/the-weather-year-in-review-familiar-patterns-with-new-twists-in-2022/. Be sure to look for the thermograph of Raleigh’s daily temperature compared to the popular meme about the 12 seasons of the year–very clever! And true!
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Christmas weekend wasn’t the most wonderful time of year for Georgia fruit growers, as historically low temperature had them scrambling to frost protect their crop. Damon Jones of the Georgia Farm Bureau tells you what measures had to be taken and how much damage their crop received at one farm in South Georgia in this […]
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While the Christmas freeze is well in the past for most of us, some forage producers are still seeing the impacts affecting their fields. Here is some advice from UF/IFAS on what happened and what to do if your forage was severely impacted by the frigid weather: Impacts of the Christmas Freeze on Forages – […]
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This week’s 7-day QPF shows that the heaviest precipitation this week should be in the Appalachian Mountains, especially mid-week. Some areas, especially at higher elevations, should see snow, while lower and more southern areas will see rain. Temperatures will start cool but will gradually warm up over this weekend as the next storm moves towards […]
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This week NOAA released their annual summary of climate conditions around the globe. The summary shows that this was the earth’s 6th warmest since records began in 1880. The temperature analysis shows that in spite of some very cold temperatures in December in parts of the world, overall the only place that was cooler than […]
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Since the UGA Weather Network is down for the next few days due to the tornado that moved through Griffin yesterday, here is some information on alternate sources of weather information that growers might find useful. Since the UGA Weather Network is down for a few days due to the loss of power and internet […]