A False Sense of Spring? March 14, 2025 - From Issue: 749 By: Beth Hall Read More It happens every year. A warm wave moves into the area, and I immediately get the urge to run to the nursery and start planting for the spring. Of course,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Expanding Precipitation Observations in Indiana February 20, 2025 - From Issue: 748 By: Austin Pearson, Beth Hall and Jacob Dolinger Read More How often have you heard that your neighbor received rain while you missed it? Precipitation is highly variable and has significant impacts on communities. Insufficient rainfall can cause drought and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
A Chill Is In The Air – Online Tools for Monitoring and Climatology October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Beth Hall Read More While our daytime highs across the state have been in the upper 70s, our nighttime lows have been in the 40s. This is a great time to start thinking about[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Rain Brought Some Relief, But Still Not Enough September 27, 2024 - From Issue: 745 By: Beth Hall Read More From September 19th through 25th, Indiana was fortunate to receive between a quarter inch to almost three inches of precipitation (Figure 1). This seemed to be a sight for many[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Cooler Temperatures should Settle in for a While August 8, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Beth Hall Read More After a period of hot and humid weather where heat indices reached triple digits in some locations, we welcome cooler than normal temperatures for the next several days. It is[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
A Break Before More Rain July 25, 2024 - From Issue: 741 By: Beth Hall Read More Several weeks ago, Indiana received enough rain to eliminate drought across the state, leaving behind just a few counties in Abnormally Dry (D0) status. Fortunately, this week has been relatively[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Will Recent Rain Events Be Enough? June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Beth Hall Read More Last week, temperatures were higher than normal, and the lack of precipitation was causing lawns to turn brown, creek and lake levels to drop, and some crops to start showing[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Indiana is Entirely Free of Drought April 25, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Beth Hall Read More There is some very exciting news this week for Indiana with respect to the U.S. Drought Monitor. For the first time since April 25, 2023, the entire state is void[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Wet Conditions Continue April 18, 2024 - From Issue: 734 By: Beth Hall Read More There was an interesting conversation among drought experts this week about how best to communicate drought, particularly when surface conditions appear so saturated. I thought of Indiana a lot during[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Weather Impacts From Eclipse April 17, 2024 - From Issue: 734 By: Beth Hall Read More Something exciting happened on April 8th that many of you might be glad is over and no longer filling your news feed – the total solar eclipse. The Indiana State[Read More…] Article Tags: Climate and Weather Eclipse
