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
Indiana Climate and Weather Report May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657 By: Beth Hall Read More The biggest topic seems to be how wet it is and how much more rain Indiana can expect. So far, May has experienced near-normal precipitation throughout the central part of[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Indiana Climate and Weather Report April 25, 2019 - From Issue: 656 By: Hans F Schmitz Read More No reason exists to expect drought anytime soon in Indiana, with much of the state remaining rather wet after last weekend’s showers. One good new development exists. The precipitation pattern[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Indiana Climate and Weather Report April 11, 2019 - From Issue: 655 By: Beth Hall Read More The rain seems to keep falling, barely providing time for things to dry out and start planting! The last few weeks has experienced up to 2” above normal precipitation –[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Indiana Climate and Weather Report March 14, 2019 - From Issue: 654 By: Beth Hall Read More March has been welcoming Indiana like a lion with below-normal temperatures and a combination of above and below normal precipitation (see figure). Snowfall accumulated across the state ranging from less[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
