Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s
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Rainy Season Begins
Last Week: Hottest Yet
This Week: Possible Moderation (to low 90s)
90s until September
Weekly Weather Report
Last Week: Above Normal Heat
This Week: Possible Moderation (to low 90s)
90s until September
78 degrees at 3:30 AM, July 5, 2015
Historic Average (for 7/6): 90 HIGH, 76 LOW–Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/
See the complete weekly weather report later in the Farm Report
Historically, the average high temperature is now 90 degrees (twenty degrees higher than the lowest average high of the year [70] ), and the highest average high of the year [90]). Our average low is now 76 degrees, our highest average low of the year, which is twenty-five degrees higher than lowest average low [51].
Average highs and lows have reached their peaks and will remain constant (at 90/76) until early September, when the annual decline begins. This means for the next two and half months the average high will be 90 degrees, and the average low will be 76. It will also be humid during this time.
Note: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that 2014 was the hottest year on record (since records have been kept, 1880). Ocean and land temperatures were at their all time highs. This has also been the warmest winter on record in the Arctic, and May 2015 was the hottest May on record.
Know the Science:
This is no great surprise to us. 2014 seemed hotter than usual here at the farms, and the past few years, our highs and lows have typically run a bit higher than historic averages. Last year the trend continued, and so far this year, it is still continuing. Although humans may enjoy unseasonably warm weather, above normal temperatures stress plants and animals.
According to NASA, 97% of climate scientists agree that global warming and resultant climate change is a reality and most likely due to human activity. http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/.
Here is NOAA on the human causes of climate change and global warming. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/climate/factsheets/howhuman.pdf
Last Week (6/27-7/3): It was very hot last week, with highs in the 90s everyday. Although WU is reporting highs in the low 90s, our thermometers keep reading in the mid to high 90s most days. Once again, we had no rain last week, and the gardens were scorched every day. Thus far, this is a very dry summer, which makes life very difficult for the plants.
This Week (7/4-7/10): WU is forecasting normal to slightly above normal highs most of the week. Highs will be in the 90s with the possibility of rain each day. Rain would be most welcome. The lowest high for the week is forecast to be 89, the highest forecast high is 91. We have entered the rainy season, but have not seen much of it thus far.
Looking Ahead: Rain remains patchy in the area thus far. We’ve had very little since a good downpour on June 19. Typical weather patterns bring rain most days, usually in the afternoon and evening. Look for hot weather, with well above normal highs and lows. Hopefully, we’ll still approximate a rainy season, but stay tuned.
We often see 80s well into the night and overnight.
Weather reporters on TV stations routinely describe our summer temperatures as near normal or just above normal. They do not further observe that what is not normal at all is to have every day at or above normal – every day, or nearly so.
We are currently running well above historical averages on a consistent basis. We expect this will continue for the rest of the year – and probably the rest of our lives.
Days are shortening. Believe it or not, the days are getting shorter. Well, technically, the period of sunlight is shortening. This began with the coming of summer, on June 21. This is the day with the longest period of time between sunup and sunset during the year – “the longest day of the year.”
From here on, until the first day of winter, the duration of daylight will become shorter each day.
shorter each day.
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