By Linda Weiford, WSU News PROSSER, Wash. – As Washington state emerges from its most blistering summer on record, the state’s hottest place was, ironically, an area known for giant irrigation sprinklers and well-tended orchards and vineyards. With the mercury hovering above 100 degrees for 22 days, including a scorching 113 in June, the Tri-Cities […]
PROSSER, Wash. – A hot, dry start to July in Washington gave way to more normal temperatures mid-month and even a few surprisingly cool days at the end. Overall, temperatures were well above normal.
By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. — The first scientific expo at Washington State University’s Prosser research station hailed advances made in central Washington by scholars from around the globe.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Despite recent rains, the drought settling over Washington state that spurred the governor to declare an emergency last week is likely to grow worse – driven by a strengthening El Nino weather pattern from the Pacific Ocean.
PROSSER, Wash. – A month with near normal temperatures isn’t normally a newsworthy event, but these are not normal times.
PROSSER, Wash. – A historic streak of above normal temperatures continued in Washington in March – the fifth record warm month of the last nine months.
By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – The last time Prosser experienced a month as warm as February 2015, relative to normal, some people were still using typewriters and cordless telephones.
By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – The calendar still says winter, but grain and fruit crops in Washington may already think it’s spring.
PROSSER, Wash. – Despite the broad spectrum of weather observed last year, Washington’s overall 2014 climate can be summarized in one word: warm.
By Hannah Shirley, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – June was warm and dry in Washington, despite a few cool days and isolated wet weather mid-month. The Tri-Cities reached 90 degrees on June 2 and Orondo topped out at 95 degrees on June 23.