Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s
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Weekly Weather Report
What Happened to Fall?
High 80s close out the week, cool front on its way
67 degrees at 1:00 AM, October 18, 2015
Historic Average (for 10/19): 84 HIGH, 67 Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/
See the complete weekly weather report later in the Farm Report.
Historically, the average high temperature is now 84 degrees (fourteen degrees higher than the lowest average high of the year [70]), and six degrees lower than our highest average [90]). Our average low is now 67 degrees, nine degrees lower than our highest average low of the year (76), and sixteen degrees higher than lowest average low [51].
Average highs and lows continue their annual decline, which continues until January, when we reach our lowest average temperatures – 70 and 51.
This past summer Hottest Ever Recorded: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, and Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) data indicate this past summer (June-August, 2015) was the hottest in recorded history. NOAA also reports that July was the hottest month in recorded history. We at the 3-F Newsletter are not surprised.
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 for 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 (10/12-17): Well, we never got that second front, and instead got a blast of unseasonably hot dry air. The dryness is expected this time of year, and I guess we should get used to the heat. A week ago, we hit 90 (on 10/8), and on Thursday (10/15) we reached 89. The week started out with a couple of cool days, but the (forecast) second front did not arrive. Instead, it got hotter each day. We reached 89 at the gardens on Friday (10/16).
This Week (10/18-23) WU’s is forecasting a cool spell, with a front coming in over the weekend, lowering temperatures for the start of the week. The second half of the week will again be unseasonably warm, with temperatures in the upper 80s.
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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