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One of the oddest stories of this past winter coming out of Europe is that many areas that normally see a lot of cold and snow have seen almost no snow at all this year. In Finland, not a single snowflake was seen for the entire winter, which left some residents sad, not only because…
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I’ve started to get questions about whether or not we have seen our last frost for this spring after the warm winter we have just finished. However, it is still well before the average date of last spring frost for most parts of the region except for the Florida Peninsula, so climatologically it seems unlikely…
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Proxy data like tree rings, pollen cores from lakes, and ice cores from glaciers can help scientists decipher the long-range climate history of a location by figuring out how the patterns of pollen or tree rings relate to the temperature and precipitation at the time they were laid down. Cave mineral deposits called “flowstones”(you probably…
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The latest seasonal climate maps for winter 2019-2020 (December 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020) show that temperatures were several degrees warmer than normal across the region. As you might expect, there was a lot of variability in precipitation across the region, with northern parts getting much more rain than central Florida as the pattern…
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In recent years, more agricultural producers have looked into solar arrays, either to power their own farms or as an alternate source of income that they can use to help stabilize their farm balance sheets. Here are a few stories I have seen recently related to solar power. Grist: Cash-strapped Farms are Growing A New…
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Today is February 29, which happens about once every four years. If you are interested in why we need to add an extra day to our calendar in some years, you will be interested in watching a video and reading more at EarthSky here.
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After a dry weekend, rain returns to inland parts of the Southeast on Monday, with rain continuing through mid-week before tapering off by week’s end. The pattern of wet north, dry south continues again this week, with the northern and western edges of the region in the Tennessee River Valley seeing the potential for several…
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