-
According to a story today by the News&Observer, “North Carolina farmers face the task of disposing of 1.9 million chickens and turkeys drowned in Hurricane Matthew flood waters. Thirty-five farms in 15 counties lost poultry, said Brian Long, spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture. Most of those birds were chickens, but about 100,000 turkeys…
-
If you are interested in weather in historical context or in Key West, Florida, you might enjoy this article on the Key West Hurricane of 1846. This was one of the earliest hurricanes observed in that city. The article goes into depth on the development of the storm and its damage to the city. You…
-
In response to the tremendous flooding from Hurricane Matthew and CoCoRaHS’ new Condition Monitoring project, the State Climate Office of North Carolina is offering a webinar on Monday October 17 at 9:30 am EDT for current and potential CoCoRaHS members interested in adding condition monitoring to their list of citizen science activities. You can read…
-
Last month, NOAA declared that based on the most recent data, the chance of a La Niña developing was only about 40 percent, and they removed the La Niña watch that they had declared earlier this summer. One month later, and the La Niña watch has returned with a 70% chance of occurring. The change…
-
The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows an expansion of extreme and exceptional drought in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. The extreme drought conditions now extend around most of the Atlanta metro area, although the city is only in moderate to severe drought. Abnormally dry conditions now cover the entire state of Alabama where drought…
Posted in: Drought -
Deke Arndt posted an article last week in NOAA’s “Beyond the Data” blog on how to answer questions about extremes in temperature using the NCEI website and database. You can read about it at https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/back-basics-temperature-truisms. If you need this information for stations beyond the NCEI list, you can probably get them from your local state climatologist or…
-
All of the flooding that is underway in North Carolina following the passage of Hurricane Matthew has caused tremendous problems for livestock producers. The Washington Post noted here that “At least tens of thousands of chickens, hogs and other livestock are feared dead in floodwaters that washed over factory farms and towns in eastern North Carolina…