-
The lack of rainfall in the last week has led to the expansion of abnormally dry (D0) conditions across a wide swath of the Southeast and the introduction of a small area of moderate drought (D1) into Alabama. The moderate drought in Georgia and South Carolina also expanded. The next week looks relatively dry, so…
Posted in: Drought -
More heartbreaking stories continue to come out of northeast Nebraska and surrounding areas hit hard by flooding. I saw a picture yesterday of Highway 2 near Nebraska City looking east towards I-29 and realized that I drove on that road just last summer headed to a meeting of climatologists. Now it’s under a wide river…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news -
Have you ever needed to settle a bar bet about the weather but did not know where to go to get the right information? Or maybe you just have a weather-crazy kid or grandkid that wants to know everything they can about the worst weather ever. This web site is for you–the State Climate Extremes…
Posted in: Sources of weather and climate data -
The latest monthly Water Resources Outlook video from the National Weather Service has been posted to YouTube. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQJKSsEASs&feature=youtu.be.
-
The latest seasonal climate summary for the Southeast is now available from the Southeast Regional Climate Center. You can find it at https://www.sercc.com/SoutheastRegionQuarterlyReportWinter2018_19.pdf.
Posted in: Climate summaries -
The Southeast Farm Press posted an interesting story today which describes how weather and climate impact the development of a uniform field of corn, which is key to getting the top yields. One of things that is needed is a string of 4 days in a row with temperatures at or above 60 F. This…
-
Here’s a story from the end of January (so a little dated) which has a pretty good description of how climate is changing in the Midwest, where I am from. Yes, it’s from BuzzFeed so tilts towards climate change activism, but overall the science is good and based on the National Climate Assessment. Some of…
Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news