By Hannah Shirley, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – July 2014 was unusually sweltering, even by summer standards, as much of central and eastern Washington experienced the hottest month in at least a quarter century.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Thanks to the recent heat wave in the Northwest, millions of ticks have gone listless to stay alive.
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.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – Turnabout is fair play and, apparently, the weather agrees. In a span of three years, Washingtonians have experienced both extremes of spring weather.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – April seemed anxious to welcome summer this year, as a rapid warming trend at month’s end brought Washington its hottest weather since September.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences SPOKANE, Wash. – What’s wrong with my ponderosa pine trees? Are they dying? Why are the needles turning brown and reddish? Forestry experts have received several inquiries about ponderosa pine tree health this spring, so if you’re asking these questions, you are not alone.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – The lion quickly surrendered to the lamb in March as a brief shot of early cold rapidly yielded to mild weather for most of the month.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – Better late than never. That’s a common sentiment among Washingtonians in the aftermath of a February of significant recovery in the mountain snowpack.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – New year, same old story. The dry and largely uneventful winter conditions of late 2013 persisted into January, although Washington’s temperatures were much warmer than in December.
By Rachel Webber, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PROSSER, Wash. – Washington state weather could hardly make up its mind in 2013, as temperatures flipped from unusually warm to cool by the end of the year.