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  • California strawberries are running early

    Pam Knox

    March 8, 2018

    The Southeast is not the only place that has been running above normal in temperature. The Packer noted this week that strawberry production in California is running about three weeks ahead of normal due to warm weather earlier this season. They also noted that recent cooler temperatures are helping to keep the plants healthy. You…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Fruit
  • National Phenology Network needs your help

    Pam Knox

    March 7, 2018

    The National Phenology Network (NPN) provides information about the progress of physical events like budbreak, appearance of some insects and specific pests, and ice-off dates on lakes (in cold areas of the country). A recent article using their phenology map shows that this year we are running about 22 days ahead of average conditions for…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops, Forestry, Forests
  • NOAA: February 2018 was the 6th wettest for the US, in warmest 1/3 of years

    Pam Knox

    March 7, 2018

    The latest monthly and seasonal climate summary for the US was released by NOAA today. You can read about it at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201802.  During February, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 35.4°F, 1.6°F above the 20th century average. This ranked among the warmest third of the 124-year period of record. The February precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. was 2.84 inches, 0.71 inch…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate summaries
  • Outlook for the 2018 growing season

    Pam Knox

    March 6, 2018

    Here is my latest short article on the climate outlook for the 2018 growing season, to be published in UGA’s Peanut Pointers newsletter later this week: In spite of what seemed like very cold temperatures over the winter, the April-like temperatures we experienced across the Southeast in February have left us well above normal in…

    Posted in: Climate outlooks, Climate summaries
  • The most and least resilient counties in America

    Pam Knox

    March 6, 2018

    Pacific Standard has published a new map based on a report from the EPA published quietly back in October which shows which counties in the US are most and least resilient to a changing climate, based on information from 117 different data sets. Unfortunately, the Southeast does not come off well, not necessarily due to…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Climate science, Coastal
  • Frost/freeze program for north and central Georgia is now active

    Pam Knox

    March 6, 2018

    The National Weather Service office in Peachtree City GA announced today that due to the very warm temperatures in February leading to an early onset of the growing season, they are starting their spring frost/freeze warning program to help producers plan for frost protection. Here is what they said: Frost and/or Freeze-related Watches and Warnings…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Crops, Fruit
  • Happy 10th birthday, Georgia CoCoRaHS!

    Pam Knox

    March 6, 2018

    Chris McGehee, the state coordinator for CoCoRaHS in Georgia, noted today that we just passed the 10th birthday from the establishment of CoCoRaHS in Georgia. Here is her comment from Facebook: “The actual date snuck by me… I just realized that Georgia CoCoRaHS’ first stations were defined on Feb 20th, 2008, so we are officially…

    Posted in: Climate and Ag in the news, Events, Sources of weather and climate data
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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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