Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s
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17.20 inches
Weekly Weather Report
Rain: Last Week 17.20 inches
This Week: More Rain and Mild Temperatures
76 degrees at 3:00 AM, August 1, 2015
Historic Average (for 8/1): 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 (the 10th to be exact), when the annual decline begins. This means for the rest of the month 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
Special Rain Report: Last week received 17.20 inches of rain, and for the month of July we received 29.425. Through June, our total was 26.36. Yes, that’s right, we received more rain in July than we had for the first half (6 months) of the year.
To put this into perspective, our total rainfall through July is 55.785 inches. This is already higher than the total rainfall received for the year, in four of the past seven years.
Last Week (7/25-7/31): WU’s forecast was right on the mark. We had rain everyday days, and milder temperatures as a consequence. We were in mid- to upper-80s for the entire week, with one high temperature on 90 (on 7/30).
This Week (8/1-8/7): WU’s forecast is much like last week’s forecast. Expect rain most days, and milder temperatures. WU foredasts mid-80s for the entire week.
Looking Ahead: Longer term, a return to 90s can be expected. Average highs for August are 90, and average lows are 76. September 10, marks the beginning of the annual average temperature decline – with the average high dropping to 89 and the average low to 75.
Days are shortening. 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.
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