-
Brad Haire reported in the Southeast Farm Press today that the recent rain that has spread across Georgia in the last few weeks has helped improve corn conditions in the 20% of corn in the state that is not irrigated. A three-week dry spell had farmers worried about yield, but those producers have been relieved…
-
The Southeast Regional Climate Center has released their monthly climate report for June 2019. You can find it at https://sercc.com/SoutheastRegionMonthlyClimateReportJune2019.pdf. Enjoy!
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The Southeast Regional Climate Hub recently released a recording of David Zierden’s talk on agricultural resilience to hurricanes, first given at their workshop in November 2018. Zierden is the Florida State Climatologist and a long-time colleague of mine. You can view the 35-minute video at https://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/c953658392a741d1b3f7a287886cfd7a1d.
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
It’s official! North Carolina set a new record for annual rainfall in 2018 when Mount Mitchell reported 139.94 inches of rain. That’s over 11 feet! You can read about how the rainfall was observed and what it takes to get a new record certified at the blog of the State Climate Office of North Carolina…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
The Atlantic has been pretty quiet so far this tropical season, but that may be about to change. A low pressure center now located along the border of Georgia and Tennessee is expected to slowly drift south over the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the next few days. The warm water there could lead to…
-
Have you ever been told that climate projections of the future are bad and they are not worth looking at? I’ve heard that many times. You might wonder how they know. My husband John Knox of the UGA Geography Department recently looked at a couple of the older climate predictions of climate to see how…
Posted in: Climate science -
The latest 7-day QPF map shows that the heaviest rain this week is expected to be in Florida and along the coastal plains of the East Coast, with up to several inches expected in some areas. Since those areas have been the driest of the region, that may reduce the remaining drought in those counties.…
Posted in: Climate outlooks