US Upper Midwest saw planting delayed by two weeks, then flooded out with intense rains. Now, nights are too chilly for the plants to do anything more than survive and some maples are already yellowing, even though the sumac hasn’t changed color yet. Looks like an early frost up here. Anything that needs 72-76 days should be ok. Anything that needs longer could be iffy.
Here in NC the mountain flood plain farmers got nailed and lost 90% of their harvest in one of the the rainiest Julys on record.
That’s right from what I see on the news, thanks for the info!
It’s probably just a coincidence but I read that reduced (or no) sunspot activity promotes more cloud cover, like we have had for most of this spring/summer in Atlanta. Some scientists are predicting no sunspots for decades and another Little Ice Age.
Question: How would they know it will only be for a few decades and not a big ice age?
It has been unusually cold. I went camping in the Adirondacks and it was in the 40’s most nights. We were piling on blankets when usually we are kicing them off in July.