2024 Annual Weather Summary and 1st Quarter 2025 Outlook

2024 Annual Weather Summary and 1st Quarter 2025 Outlook

Rainfall 2024 will be remembered by most farmers and ranchers as a dry growing season, but rainfall totals for the whole year were highly variable.  The map above to the left shows NOAA’s estimate of annual rainfall in 2024 across Florida.  Multiple hurricanes...
La Nina Impacts Still Expected in Latest Seasonal Outlook

La Nina Impacts Still Expected in Latest Seasonal Outlook

Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist The latest seasonal outlooks for temperature, precipitation, and seasonal drought were issued December 19. They still show the likely impact of the La Nina that is expected to be declared any...
Harvest Time – Recapping the 2024 Cropping Season

Harvest Time – Recapping the 2024 Cropping Season

Another year has almost come and gone for Central Panhandle (Jackson, Calhoun, Washington, and Holmes County) farmers.  Peanuts and cotton planted back in April and May have reached maturity and have mostly been harvested.  So, with the end of the season upon us,...
July 2024 Weather Summary and 3-Month Outlook

July 2024 Weather Summary and 3-Month Outlook

Rainfall July 2024 was a mix of drought ending rainfall with high temperatures in between thunderstorms in the Florida Panhandle.  The map above to the left showed that estimated July rainfall in the Panhandle ranged from 5-6.5″ (light green),...
June 2024 Weather Summary and 3-Month Outlook

June 2024 Weather Summary and 3-Month Outlook

Rainfall June 2024 was a mixed month for Panhandle rainfall, with high summer temperatures across the region.  The map above to the left shows an estimate of total rainfall across Florida in June 2024.  Areas in tan had 2-4″,  yellow 4-6″. light green...
May 2024 Weather Summary and Summer Outlook

May 2024 Weather Summary and Summer Outlook

Rainfall May in the Panhandle is typically a transition month from spring to summer with increasing temperatures and limited frontal rainfall.  May 2024 was not typical in the Panhandle, with higher than average rainfall and temperatures across the region.  The map on...