Here’s a map I found on Twitter recently showing the record 3-day snowfall event for each part of the country, updated to include the storm from last weekend. It could be worse! I also read an article today in USA Today which discussed the increase in blizzards over time across…
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. The Challenger mission was a highly anticipated launch carrying not only astronauts but also teacher Christa McAuliffe into space. It was launched on a bitterly cold day in Florida with at a temperature of 36 degrees, 15 degrees colder than any previous…
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The WunderBlog from Dr. Jeff Masters at Weather Underground posted an article today pointing out that sixteen nations or territories set new all-time record high temperatures in 2015. Most of these were set in tropical regions where temperatures are already high, but Germany also set a record. You can read the…
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AgWeb posted an article yesterday describing the impacts of the recent heavy snow on dairy farmers in the Mid-Atlantic region. Most of them prepared in advance by putting out extra rations for the cows in sheltered spots and preparing to store milk if the milk haulers could not get through….
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NOAA published an article today describing how last weekend’s snowstorm compares to other great storms on the East Coast using the Regional Snowfall Index, or RSI. For the Southeast, which escaped the worst of it, they put the early January snowstorm of 1996 as the worst for the region followed…
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The Packer noted in an article yesterday the the price of green and other colored peppers has been rising in recent weeks due to the effects of cold, wet weather in Florida and Mexico. The Florida markets supply the East Coast while the Mexican market supplies much of the West…
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The snowstorm that plagued the Atlantic Coast this past weekend dumped snow from Georgia to Massachusetts, including North Carolina. The State Climate Office of North Carolina posted an article today describing the impacts of the storm on North Carolina. In the story they also note that the 41 inches of…
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