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Weekly Weather Report
August 10, 2015
Rain Ends: Two Feet in One Week
This Week: Heat Returns
81 degrees at 3:00 AM, August 7, 2015
Historic Average (for 8/10): 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
Last Week (8/1-8/7): WU’s forecast was again on the mark. Rain abated early in the week, and temperatures were in the mid- to upper-80s.
This Week (8/8-8/14): WU’s forecast is for lower than normal temperatures – low to mid 80s. with rain possible every day. The garden team thinks this is a little hopeful. We’ll look for temperatures in the 90s – but we’ll be delighted to see low 80s.
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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