by Doug Mayo | Sep 3, 2021
Rainfall August was yet another wet month this growing season for much of the Panhandle, but not for every county. The map on the left shows that the rainfall totals for August 2021 ranged from 6″ to 10″, in this region. The map to the right compares the...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 13, 2021
The map above is most recent forecast track for Tropical Storm Fred from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Farmers and ranchers have limited time to prepare for what is coming on Sunday and Monday. At this point the forecast track (2 PM 8/13/21) is not...
by Libbie Johnson | Aug 6, 2021
Summer 2021 is proving to be anything but normal in crop fields across the Panhandle. Abundant rainfall has led to delayed fertilizer applications in cotton fields, delayed PGR treatments, and delayed pesticide applications. With every grower’s schedule delayed,...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 6, 2021
Rainfall July was a very wet month in some areas, but drier than normal in others. It also got really hot at months end, breaking the streak of nine months below 95°. In the map to the left above you can see that much of the Panhandle received 8-9.5″ (blue),...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 16, 2021
Rainfall June 2021 was a wet month, especially for the western Panhandle counties that received rainfall from Tropical Storm Claudette. There were also bands of rain that swept north from the Gulf as the storm dissipated in Alabama and Georgia. You can see in the...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 11, 2021
Rainfall May 2021 had a lot of variation that made it somewhat unusual. The month started cool and damp and ended with a high pressure system that held off rain with normal temperatures. The two maps above show the rainfall totals for Florida compared to normal. ...
