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Interested in learning what the record high and low temperatures are for your location? This database from NOAA’s Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) can help. The site provides ways to access the data as well as some graphs which show extremes by decade and other useful information. Climate.gov provides a description of how to…
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Here is a trailer for a new documentary that will be coming out soon on farming in America and the challenges that farmers will face in the future. We all want to eat and we depend on farmers to provide the food we need, even though they are not always appreciated. I hope that I…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning shows that abnormally dry conditions more than doubled across the region in the last week. Most areas received no rain at all in recent days, while temperatures have been at or above normal. Abnormally dry conditions were introduced into parts of Alabama as well as expanding in both…
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A new tropical depression has formed off the coast of Nicaragua and is expected to move north and strengthen over the next few days. Once it reaches tropical storm status, it will be called Nate. Models of the storm’s path indicate a high probability that it will move over parts of the Southeast by this…
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Most US-grown hops used in craft beer come from the Pacific Northwest, where the climate and sunlight conditions combine to provide the perfect environment for producing hops with just the right flavor and chemistry for beer. But some University of Florida researchers are hoping to change that with their research on growing hops in Florida…
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For the second month in a row, temperatures across Georgia were near normal for the state as a whole, with the coolest temperatures in the northern half of the state and warmer temperatures farther south. The monthly rainfall for the state overall was near normal, but that was due to the combination of significant rain…
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Here are a couple of recent newsletters from organizations I work with that you might find interesting. Carolinas Climate Connection Southern Regional Extension Forestry Stripling Irrigation Research Park