I just discovered the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), a division of the USDA. The 3-page bulletin is a neat little bundle of facts which are probably only relevant to people who work in agriculture. Still, I find this stuff fascinating (perhaps I was meant to be a statistician after all):
- In Texas locations such as Austin and San Antonio, more than 40 percent of the year-to-date precipitation fell on March 10.
- Elsewhere in Texas, Austin (Mabry) noted a high of 96 degrees F, tying its second-highest March temperature on record behind 98 degrees F on March 28, 1971.
- Elsewhere across the South, a rare urban tornado slammed into downtown Atlanta, GA, on March 14, cutting a 6-mile path of damage between 9:38 and 9:50 p.m. EST. The following day, just after noon, a tornado tore 16 miles across three counties in northwestern Georgia, claiming two lives (one in northern Polk County and one in southeastern Floyd County).
The agricultural summary is less quantitative, but still an interesting look at the up and coming fruit season.
Florida citrus growers reported new growth flush with full, open blooms on orange trees. Grapefruit and tangerine trees were slower to reach bloom. Tangelo harvest neared completion. Elsewhere, California and Texas citrus continued to be harvested.
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