La Niña is Back Again

La Niña is Back Again

Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist In September, the cooler-than-normal ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean expanded and La Nina conditions were officially declared in an October 9 ENSO briefing, by...
September 2025 Weather Summary and Last Quarter Outlook

September 2025 Weather Summary and Last Quarter Outlook

Rainfall (or lack thereof) September 2025 was a harsh month in the Florida Panhandle.  The maps above show the estimated rainfall in September compared with historic average for the month.  While the area that had been so dry in South Florida finally got considerable...
Supplemental Feeding in Drought Conditions

Supplemental Feeding in Drought Conditions

With continuous weeks of drought through the end of August and throughout September, all of North Florida is in either the D1 Moderate Drought Category (tan) or D0 Abnormally Dry Category of NOAA’s U.S. Drought Monitor.  With limited rainfall, both forage...
August 2025 Weather Summary and Fall Outlook

August 2025 Weather Summary and Fall Outlook

Rainfall August 2025 was an interesting month with above average rainfall in the first half of the month, particularly near the Gulf Coast.  But, in the second half of the month some areas dried back out fairly rapidly.  The map above to the left shows total estimated...
Horse Owner Hurricane Preparedness Survey

Horse Owner Hurricane Preparedness Survey

– Maggie Nelson, University of Florida, Senior Animal Science Student, and Carissa Wickens, UF/IFAS Horse Extension Specialist University of Florida, Senior Animal Sciences Student, Maggie Nelson is conducting her College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)...