by Doug Mayo | Jun 6, 2014
May was a month with a tremendous variation in rainfall across the Florida Panhandle. The graphic above shows the National Weather Service’s rainfall estimates for May 2014. Northeastern Santa Rosa County had more than 10″ of rain in May, but in portions...
by John Doyle Atkins | May 22, 2014
It is mid May, prime peanut planting time, and the planters are finally rolling in Santa Rosa County! The farming community received 21.85 inches of rain between April 1 and May 16, based on data gathered at the weather station based at UF/IFAS, West Florida Research...
by Matthew Orwat | May 9, 2014
Blueberry harvest is less than a month away in the central Panhandle. Although the Florida Panhandle has been hit with excessive rainfall this spring, blueberry yields are on track to be above average. Colder winter temperatures, coupled with wet spring weather has...
by Scott Jackson | May 2, 2014
Drenching rains brought unwelcome amounts of water to Northwest Florida this week. Many fish ponds received an overabundance of stormwater, pushing levels above drains, dams and levees. If your dam or pond needs repair after the storm, now is a good opportunity to...
by Doug Mayo | May 2, 2014
If the old adage about April Showers bringing May Flowers holds true, the Florida Panhandle will become a beekeeper’s paradise in 2014. Intensive, heavy rains set records all across the Panhandle for the month of April. Terrible flooding occurred at the end of...
