• Today marks the first day of summer for meteorologists.  Summer is officially June, July and August in the climatologist’s calendar.  It is also the first day of the Atlantic tropical storm season, which looks like it could be a bit more active than usual. Here’s a graph showing the average temperature trend for the Southeast…

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  • The Climate Prediction Center published its monthly outlook for June today.  It shows that for northern parts of the Southeast there is a slight increase in the chance of cooler than normal temperatures, with south Florida the only area with an increased chance of above normal temperatures.  Most of the Southeast has an increased chance of…

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  • The Association for Temperature Agroforestry posted an interesting article describing the benefits of using silvopasture in livestock production.  The scientists studied the behavior of sheep raised in a forested pasture and noted that the cooling produced by the shade trees resulted in less stress on the animals.  Even though the available forage was 30% less…

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  • The Lawn and Garden Index for the Southeast shows that most parts of the region have had ample rainfall and are in good shape with no need for watering.  The exceptions are in southern Georgia and parts of the Florida peninsula, which have been largely bypassed by recent rains. The University of Florida has provided…

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  • Here is a quick look at the climate statistics for May now that it is almost over. With two days to go, the maps from the High Plains Regional Climate Center show that most of the Southeast was slightly above normal in temperature, with the largest departures from normal in southern Florida where the drought…

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  • Twenty-five years ago this coming August 24, my meteorologist husband and I were in Wisconsin glued to the television as Hurricane Andrew came onshore just south of Miami, packing powerful winds.  His aunt lived on Key Biscayne, which missed the eye of the storm by less than ten miles (fortunately, she was well inland at…

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  • Weather Underground had an interesting analysis of how many record highs and record lows have been recorded at a number of stations across the United States since 2010.  The work shows that five times as many record highs have been broken as compared to new record lows.  This is not surprising because of the upward…

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