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  • From: Steve Diver <steved AT ipa.net>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Spring freeze was "incredible", Missouri state climatologist
  • Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:36:16 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

In addition to the hardship on farmers who lost crops
or were forced to replant, see the following notes from a
climatologist about the unprecedented weather conditions
surrounding the recent Spring Freeze.

Steve Diver


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http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu/springfreeze.htm

Pat Guinan, Missouri State Climatologist observes:

"I cannot recollect a period during this time of year
where we had such an abrupt transition in temperatures
that were averaging 20 degrees above normal to 20 degrees
below normal. Some locations across the state were
experiencing record highs last Tuesday and were setting
record lows 4 days later. It’s nothing short of incredible."

"What made this situation even more troubling was that all
the cold weather had come on the heels of an unusually long
warm period. In fact, preliminary numbers indicate it was
the third warmest March on record for Missouri and the warmest
in over 60 years for the state. For example, the average high
temperature for the last 11 days of March in Columbia was 75°
and the average low temperature was 57°, nearly 19° above
normal for the period and more typical of the last week of May.
I’ll delve more into the state climate records but it appears
we have witnessed a weather scenario that was unprecedented
since records began (118 years ago)."

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  • [Market-farming] Spring freeze was "incredible", Missouri state climatologist, Steve Diver, 04/23/2007

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