It Got Hot

I told you it was the coolest July on record here. That changed and it got hot.

I was computering last night and LuAnn came downstairs and said it is just too hot to sleep. I know honey, that is why I wait so long to come to bed.

The air conditioner, window unit, had run five hours and that wasn't enough.

This should really help mature this crop. I will be curious to see what Ohio Crop Weather reports today on GDD's.

Growing Degree Days is a way we measure temperature for crops by taking the high of each day up to 86 degrees where plants start shuting down to a low of 50 degrees Fahrenheit where they also shut down.

Amazingly enough, we have been slightly ahead of normal at the SW Ohio reporting station, whom I believe is Nancy in Wilmington or NOAA themselves.

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
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Region :Temperature: Precipitation :Growing Degree Days 1/
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:Last : :Last : :Since: :Last : :Since:
:Week :Dev. :Week :Dev. :Apr.1:Dev. :Week :Dev. :Apr.1:Dev.
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: Degrees -------- Inches ------- -------- Days -------
:
Northwest :69.8 -2.2 0.69 0.06 14.46 -0.05 141 -9 1,738 -111
North Central :71.0 -1.0 1.14 0.46 14.11 -0.73 148 -3 1,748 -61
Northeast :70.4 -0.2 1.67 0.81 15.03 -0.27 144 2 1,613 -88
West Central :70.8 -1.7 0.82 0.25 16.40 0.34 148 -6 1,876 -51
Central :71.6 -1.0 1.86 1.34 16.56 0.42 151 -4 1,945 -1
Central Hills :70.7 -0.5 1.78 1.10 14.91 -1.04 146 0 1,765 -36
Northeast Hills :71.8 0.3 1.67 0.88 14.59 -1.27 154 6 1,757 -66
Southwest :71.7 -1.9 1.83 1.22 18.52 1.50 153 -7 2,020 -11
South Central :72.8 -0.9 3.09 2.35 21.42 5.59 161 1 2,051 -10
Southeast :72.0 -0.4 2.18 1.45 17.15 1.18 156 3 1,929 -7
STATE :71.3 -1.0 1.69 1.01 16.46 0.70 151 -2 1,856 -42
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1/ Modified Growing degree days, base 50 - ceiling 86

Hooray, a chart that copies! So many programs are unique and incompatible.

Ed