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Rome Ethredge posted an update on the impacts of the rainy conditions on peanut and cotton harvest on the Seminole Crop E News blog. I’ve posted it here because it shows how tough the recent rains have been on Georgia farmers. You can also look at it at https://seminolecropnews.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/rainy-weather/. Recent rains have brought cotton and peanut…
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Have you ever wondered how the local topography affects your local climate conditions? Jake Crouch of NOAA’s Climate.gov has a nice blog post which describes how mountains and valleys affect climate. Even though the mountains in the Southeast are not as tall as those in the West, they do provide quite a bit of climate…
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In addition to the climate summary I prepare each month for Georgia, the State of Georgia Climate office also puts together their own climate summary. You can read the October summary at https://epd.georgia.gov/sites/epd.georgia.gov/files/October2015_ClimateSummary.pdf.
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Even though we are on the downside, the tropical season in the Atlantic is not quite over yet. Investigation 94 is gradually developing and could turn into a tropical depression or even a tropical storm in a day or two. If it did, it would be named Kate. Late Sunday Night: This storm was officially…
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Here in Athens GA we are our 8th day in a row of rain. It is raining as I write this. The last time we had a November with this many consecutive days of rain it was 1930. It is supposed to rain tomorrow here too, with 2-4 inches possible. The record for a run…
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After a wet week in north Georgia and Alabama, many people are eager to get back to drier conditions. The rain has been centered on Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas; by comparison, if you live in the Florida peninsula you have been almost completely dry and might appreciate some moisture. In Athens GA we are…
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Lawton Stewart of UGA reported that due to the wet conditions we have seen recently, fescue toxicosis has become a problem in parts of Georgia, particular in cows that are calving. Here is his statement, sent out via email to Georgia Extension agents. It may also be an issue in the Carolinas and Alabama where…