Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s
Urban Agriculture Community
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Friendship Farms & Fare
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What Happened to Fall?
90s close out the week, cool front on its way
74 degrees at 4:00 AM, October 10, 2015
Historic Average (for 10/10): 86 HIGH, 70LOW Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/
See the complete weekly weather report later in the Farm Report.
Historically, the average high temperature is now 86 degrees (sixteen degrees higher than the lowest average high of the year [70]), and four degrees lower than our highest average [90]). Our average low is now 70 degrees, six degrees lower than our highest average low of the year 976), and nineteen degrees higher than lowest average low [51].
Average highs and lows have begun their annual decline. This is the beginning of the long gradual decline in temperatures that continues until January, when we reach our lowest average temperatures – 70 and 51.
Note: Reports just reaching the media indicate that this Summer (June-August) was the hottest in recorded history. We at the 3-F Newsletter are not surprised.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that July was the hottest month in recorded history. 2014 was the hottest year on record (since records have been kept, 1880). Ocean and land temperatures were at their all time highs. This was also 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. Temperatures have been running well above normal most of the year 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 (10/5-11): The week started out mild, with the first hint of autumn coolness. By the end of the week, however, we were back to summer, with a high on Thursday of 92 degrees. Note: the average high for the 8th is 86. We may reach the 90s again Friday and Saturday (10/10).
This Week (10/12-17) WU’s is forecasting a cool spell, with a front coming in on Saturday night, lowering temperatures for the start of the week. A second front it expected later in the week, keeping temperatures at or below normal.
Looking Ahead: Daylight will continue to get shorter, just as it has since the summer solstice — June 21, the day with the longest period of time between sunup and sunset during the year. The equinox is when the shortening of daylight has brought day and night into balance. The days will continue to get shorter until the winter solstice — “the shortest day of the year,” in December.
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