by btillman | Jul 28, 2017
The rainy June and July have been both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because the crops have not suffered for lack of water and a curse for peanut because wet fields prevented or delayed fungicide application and because it provides ideal conditions for fungal...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 7, 2017
June was certainly a much wetter month than May. Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Gulf Counties received 15″ of rainfall (dark purple) with large areas of more than 20″ (white). Tropical Storm Cindy brought much of the extra rainfall for the month. ...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 9, 2017
May rainfall brought welcomed drought relief to much of the Florida Panhandle. The National Weather Service estimates for May rainfall across the Florida Panhandle ranged from 3-10″, with most of the region in the 4-8″ range. Only the coastal portion of...
by Doug Mayo | May 12, 2017
Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam and the Florida Forest Service announced this week that more than 2,000 wildfires have burned over 150,000 acres in Florida this year, with nearly 125 active wildfires burning as of today, May 8, 2017. Current conditions by...
by Doug Mayo | May 5, 2017
April was another dry month for much of the Florida Panhandle. There were streaks of red where heavy bands of rain came ashore and dropped 5-10″, but much of the region that is shaded beige or tan received less than 5″ of rain in April. Zones that were...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 7, 2017
Rainfall The National Weather Service rainfall estimates ranged from as little as 0.5″ to 4″ across the Florida Panhandle in March 2017. The western counties had higher totals with 3-4″ in the tan sections, and 2-3″ in the yellow. The eastern...
