by Doug Mayo | Feb 7, 2025
Snow Nobody in Florida has ever experienced anything like “Winter Storm Enzo,” (aka FLizzard or Snowmageddon) that brought record breaking snow to the Florida Panhandle in January 2025. For years we have heard weather forecasters talking about...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Jan 31, 2025
Over the last 10 years or so, the Florida Panhandle has gotten used to relatively warm winters, at least historically speaking. While we have experienced sharp cold snaps that were devastating to unprepared plants and livestock (the most recent being the late...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 10, 2025
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...
by external | Dec 20, 2024
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...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Nov 22, 2024
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,...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 9, 2024
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),...
