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warmer than expected weather compressed the harvest season, resulting in a lot of fruit being left on trees.

July across the Inland Northwest was an interesting one weather wise.  Temperatures were much closer to average for much of the area, but for many that felt cool.   Marilyn Lohmann said July 2019 saw only half or even a quarter of the 90 degree readings we typically see.  She not...

The University of California-Riverside is studying ways to help plants deal with rising temperatures.  While not immune to changing climate, plants respond to the rising mercury in different ways.  Temperature affects the distribution of plants around the planet.  It also affects t...

We have 37 days until the first day of summer, but you wouldn’t know it with the very warm weather we’ve seen across the Inland Northwest over the past couple of days.  Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service said temperatures about been 15-plus degree above average over much of the past week.   “We had...

A lot of smoke, excessive heat; these are the conditions under which many wine grape growers have begun harvesting their crop.   WSU Extension Viticulturist Michelle Moyer said the biggest concern is the workers who are already picking white wine grapes.  ...

After several weeks of above normal heat, it looks like a change is on the horizon.  Dennis Hull with the National Weather Service said he expects a relatively drastic change staring Sunday.   “We’re looking at temperatures 10-15 degrees cooler next week at this time, then what we’re going to be experiencing the rest of this week with temperatures in the upper 90s to around 103 to 105 in some loca

The surface of an apple can be 20-30 degrees hotter than the air temperature outside according to WSU Tree Fruit Extension Specialist Rob Blakey, so what to do when the air temp is in triple-digits?   “Make sure your evaporative cooling is working well and you’ve got your cycles dialed in nicely so that there’s little chance of some sunburn happening in the off cycles because you can get sunburn i

Summer heat is expected to intensify over the next week throughout the Northwest and with no rain in sight.   Complicating matters is the onset of monsoon season to the south, something USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says can impact weather patterns in the Northwest.  ...

As the temperatures climb back up into the mid-90s and even approaching triple-digits in some areas, it’s important for horse owners to care for, and pay attention to their horses.   Dr. Jen Gold with WSU’s Large Animal Medicine program said horses can get fairly dehydrated if there isn’t enough water, or if they’re not stimulated to drink.   “When they don’t dr...

Following only the drought-riddled year 2012, 2016 will go down as the second warmest year on record in the United States.   USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey said El Nino played a major role.   “In the winter of 2015-16, we had a near record strength El Nino. A lot of that ...