Warm, Dry Weather Causing Abnormally Dry Conditions Across Indiana June 18, 2020 - From Issue: 676 By: Beth Hall Read More Indiana has been very dry the last several weeks (Figure 1) and conditions are starting to show in lawns and fields. This dryness has been exacerbated by low humidity and[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
June Outlook Calling for Above-Normal Temperatures June 3, 2020 - From Issue: 675 By: Beth Hall Read More The month of May was sprinkled with a record-breaking freeze over Mother’s Day weekend, followed by heavy rainfall the following weekend, with a roller coaster of cool periods and extremely[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Will the Flooding Continue? May 21, 2020 - From Issue: 674 By: Beth Hall Read More Two weekends ago, Indiana was facing freezing temperatures that broke numerous records across the state. This past weekend into early this week, the story has been lot of rain. As[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Using Row Cover or Sprinkler Irrigation for Cold Protection of Strawberries May 6, 2020 - From Issue: 673 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Strawberries growing in the matted-row system are in the blooming stage. Open flowers cannot tolerate temperatures lower than 30°F (Figure 1). Strawberry growers should be prepared for the coming low[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Climate and Weather Cool Temperature Protected Culture and Season Extension
Uncertain Climate Outlook for May April 22, 2020 - From Issue: 672 By: Beth Hall Read More The Climate Prediction Center’s outlook for May is dominated by uncertainty regarding both temperature and precipitation (Figure 1). The computer models could not settle on a consistent pattern for either[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Protect Early Planted Warm-Season Vegetables from Low Temperatures April 22, 2020 - From Issue: 672 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Two types of injury on young warm-season vegetable plants are caused by low temperatures: frost/freezing injury and chilling injury. Frost/freezing injury occurs when temperatures drop below 32°F. Ice formation in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Cool Temperature Crop Culture
Was March any Indicator of the Next Few Months? April 9, 2020 - From Issue: 671 By: Beth Hall Read More Staying true to global climate trends these days, March 2020 finished warmer and wetter than the 1981-2010 climate normal period. Snowfall across the state was below normal and localized flooding[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
The Winter in Review with a Spring Outlook March 16, 2020 - From Issue: 669 By: Beth Hall Read More Meteorological winter (December-February) is finally over and we can start looking forward to spring. Across Indiana, winter brought above average precipitation (Figure 1), though below average snowfall. The temperatures were[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Indiana Climate and Weather Report July 5, 2019 - From Issue: 661 By: Beth Hall Read More When I was very young, I remember my father talking about “knee high by the Fourth of July”. As I got older I thought that expression was so strange for[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Indiana Climate and Weather Report May 22, 2019 - From Issue: 658 By: Austin Pearson Read More So far for the month of May, temperatures across the state vary by nearly 2˚F above normal in the southeast and almost 3˚F below normal in the extreme northwest. Similarly,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
