This time of year, with the shorter days and the longer nights, a lower sun angle and cooler temperatures, getting fields to dry off can be difficult. With the projected temperatures and sky cover next week, some good drying should occur. The past couple of autumns were cloudy, slowing down evaporation. If we go back… Read more Autumn Drying
Month: September 2021
Old Winters
This is the time of year that the Old Farmer’s Almanac comes out with their winter forecast. Someone shared their forecast with me earlier this week. It was an odd forecast mentioning the words numb and shoveling. A forecast like that can’t be wrong, as the northern plains gets snow and cold weather every year. … Read more Old Winters
Changes Continue
I’m sure most of you have noticed the change in the weather pattern in recent weeks. I’m not talking about the seasonal change that comes every year that it is cooler, but instead the frequency of precipitation. We seem to have a disturbance or two each week. Each spot gets differing amounts of rain and… Read more Changes Continue
September Moods
One of the major changes from August to September is precipitation type. Not in the sense of rain to snow, too early for that change, but instead from thunderstorms to just rain. In turn, the precipitation tends to be more widespread with rain amounts also being a bit more uniformed. You will still get spot… Read more September Moods