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For those of you who are trying to find climate data and can’t get a hold of me, NOAA has put together a handy web page which tells you how you can search through their multitude of data sets to find what you need. You can read about the process and visit the starting page…
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The latest 7-day QPF forecast shows that most areas of the Southeast will receive less than half an inch of rain this week. The driest areas will be in eastern North Carolina, where abnormally dry conditions were identified in the Drought Monitor this week, and could signal the beginnings of a drought there. The wettest…
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With milder winters occurring in the last few years, there is a renewed interest in growing citrus in northern Florida and even up into Georgia. In the last few years I have worked with some farmers starting to grow satsumas in southwest Georgia. Once the trees are established, they can take temperatures down as low…
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The Southeast Farm Press reported this week that long-standing research in North Carolina shows corn and soybean yields in the Blacklands can be increased by 10 percent on average if control drainage systems are in place to manage water. These systems not only get excess rainfall off of the fields quickly but also have the…
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The Climate Prediction Center has released their latest outlooks for the next year, and the outlooks show an expectation that above-normal temperatures are likely to continue for most of the next year. This is based on the trend toward warmer temperatures which has been observed in the US since the 1970s. The March outlook shows…
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Yesterday NOAA released their global statistics for January 2017. They show that the January temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.58°F above the 20th century average of 53.6°F. This was the third highest for January in the 1880–2017 record, behind 2016 (highest) and 2007 (second highest). This is in agreement with the…
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The latest Drought Monitor shows the expansion of abnormally dry conditions across Florida and the Carolinas this week, due in part to low rainfall amounts and also to the very warm temperatures the region has experienced this past week. Areas of moderate drought have also been added to parts of northern Virginia and southern Florida. …