by Doug Mayo | May 8, 2015
The University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a database of fact sheets available for free download on the Internet called EDIS (Electronic Data Information Source) that has many publications of interest to farmers and ranchers in Northwest Florida. Each fact sheet...
by Doug Mayo | May 1, 2015
If the old adage of “April Showers Bring May Flowers” is true, parts of the Panhandle should be a blooming mess very soon. The National Weather Service provides estimates of rainfall. The map above shows that there were some pockets in Escambia, Santa...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 10, 2015
The promised weak El Niño did not deliver extra rainfall for the Panhandle the past three months . Much of the region experienced abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions through the first three months of 2015. The National Weather Service estimates for the...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 6, 2015
The Western counties in the Panhandle received much lower rainfall totals than the eastern counties in January and February 2015. Portions of Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Wakulla and Jefferson had more than 10″ in the first two months of 2015. FAWN Station Summary Just...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 9, 2015
December was another wet month for the Central Panhandle, with more moderate rainfall recorded in the western counties. Gadsden and Liberty County received heavy rains just prior to Christmas, with a monthly total over 10″. The Florida Automated Weather...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 12, 2014
Cold weather came early to the Panhandle this year. Frost around Thanksgiving is not that unusual, but a hard freeze came on November 19th, and set record lows for the area. Satsuma citrus fruit that had not been harvested was damaged by this early freeze, and...
