by Doug Mayo | Dec 11, 2020
Rainfall After several months of above average rainfall, La Niña kicked in, so November was a much drier month across the Panhandle. You can see in the map to the left, which shows November 2020 rainfall estimates, that the Panhandle ranged from 1-5″ in...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 6, 2020
Rainfall Historically, October is the driest month of the year in the Panhandle. After an extremely wet September, October was a welcome change for crop and hay producers trying to finish the harvest season. In the graphic above, the map to the left shows estimated...
by external | Oct 16, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday, October 30, 2020, as the deadline to submit applications for the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program – Plus (WHIP+) for 2018 and 2019 losses. USDA did not originally specify a deadline when the program...
by external | Oct 9, 2020
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist The latest La Niña advisory was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC). It shows that a strong La Nina signal is in place in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Oct 9, 2020
A few weeks ago, Hurricane Sally churned onshore and dumped an unrelenting amount of rain on the Florida Panhandle. Thankfully, Calhoun, Jackson and adjoining counties were spared the lashing winds, storm surge, and widespread power outages that our neighbors to the...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 2, 2020
Rainfall What a difference a year makes. In September of 2019, much of the Panhandle was dealing with a serious drought (map to right), but September 2020 was drastically different. Hurricane Sally and the leftover rainfall from Hurricane Beta caused substantial...
