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  • Michael caused $158 million damage to Florida crops

    Pam Knox

    October 29, 2018

    Previously I’ve reported on agricultural losses due to Hurricane Michael in Georgia and Alabama. Today Morning Ag Clips reported that Florida’s loss to crops due to the storm was a total of $158 million. Of that, $51 million was from the almost complete loss of cotton in the state. Greenhouses, nurseries and floriculture lost $39…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
  • NCEI: County-level climate data is now available

    Pam Knox

    October 29, 2018

    Here is a note from Karin Gleason of the National Centers for Environmental Information about a new dataset that provides temperature, precipitation and drought data on a county basis. This has been requested by a number of groups over the years, so if you have been looking for it, you can check it out. Here…

    Posted in: Sources of weather and climate data, Tools for climate and agriculture
  • New methods for estimating precipitation

    Pam Knox

    October 29, 2018

    In the last few weeks I have run across two new methods for estimating precipitation amounts in places where no rain gauge is present (which is most of the US). These methods incorporate new techniques for filling in the gaps between surface rain gauges using radar data. NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information posted a…

    Posted in: Climate science
  • Pattern switch in late month will not affect above-normal temps in October

    Pam Knox

    October 28, 2018

    There has been quite a change in the atmospheric pattern across the US from the beginning of October to now. If you look at the last 7 days of temperatures, you can see much above normal temperatures out west with below normal temperatures in the east (except for Florida). But if you look at the…

    Posted in: Climate summaries
  • Strange cloud appears on Mars

    Pam Knox

    October 28, 2018

    EarthSky, Space and other online sites have pointed out the odd occurrence of a persistent cloud on Mars which is quite large. It is emanating from the Arsia Mons volcano but does not appear to be from an eruption. Instead, it is thought to be a cloud formed by orographic flow over the mountain, similar…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news
  • Georgia Climate Project: How can Georgia increase climate sequestration in agriculture and forestry?

    Pam Knox

    October 28, 2018

    This week’s question from the Georgia Climate Project’s Roadmap has to deal with opportunities that Georgians might have for capturing carbon from the air using trees or agricultural techniques. Pulling carbon dioxide from the air has the benefit of reducing the increase in greenhouse gases that is occurring across the world, but could also present…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science
  • Growing Produce: North Carolina Sweet Potato Harvest Down Sharply

    Pam Knox

    October 27, 2018

    Growing Produce published a story this week on the much lower production of sweet potatoes this year, due in part to the weather. Production was already expected to be down since prices have been fairly low, but the combination of poor weather in spring and summer and the heavy rainfall from Hurricane Florence in September…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops
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The “Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast” blog is provided by the Associate Dean of Extension as a service to Extension agents and agricultural producers across the Southeast US. Come here to find out information about the impacts of weather and climate on agriculture across Georgia and beyond.

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