Coldest temp anomaly in the WORLD...here

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Yawn....they didn't say everything was normal they compared different aspects of this winter's weather to normal which was the 30 average in this case. Obviously there is a range of variation that makes up any average which in this case are the short term weather fluctuations we experience. None of which conflicts with the fact that globally the earth is warming and the 30 year averages are moving up too.

And are you really certain that for YOUR operation, warmer temperatures are a bad thing, and colder would be better? Not globally, and altruistically, but for your bottom line, which is derived from converting sunshine, CO2, and water into beef.

[grassfarmer]

Yep, #1 risk always is drought and lack of water. Hotter average temperatures increase that risk. A few extra degrees of summer heat on a grass operation make the difference between drought and disaster, a few degrees colder in winter don't make much difference - it's still going to be cold and I'm still going to be feeding cows.

[farming101]

Interesting the Battlefords seem to be bucking the trend. The black line is the trend. Data from weather stations reporting to Environment Canada in the Battlefords area

[Sheepwheat]

Interesting the Battlefords seem to be bucking the trend. The black line is the trend. Data from weather stations reporting to Environment Canada in the Battlefords area
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Same here. Summers have been getting cooler. We rarely exceed 30 C anymore. Used to get many days of 30 or above, now it is rare. Also a much wetter trend than historic.

[Guest]

summers cooler here, winters also . more rain than normal as a rule . less snow as a rule . but not this year . highways shut again, snow and blowing snow

[fjlip]

Same here, always TOO COLD, too wet, the short drought last July - Aug felt fantastic!
Canada would be much better off WARMER! Colder is death to plants even IF there is moisture, SFA grows under +5C. grass freezes too!

[FarmJunkie]

Grand minimum of the sun tells me gonna be colder and possibly wetter. More frost,shorter growing seasons so get prepared. How can we have a last 30 year average when the numbers have been fudged. I wouldn’t believe a damn thing the government is involved in.

[furrowtickler]

101 , it’s getting to be a cold and dangerous place to live here in the Battlefords area .... lol .
But yup , in reality on the farm , I would agree with that graph. Had more fore issues during the growing season the past 14 years than the previous 15 - that’s a fact .
Also the only thing saving us from full out drought in some areas the past few years was cooler temps ..... but it’s a dry cold lol

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Yep, #1 risk always is drought and lack of water. Hotter average temperatures increase that risk. A few extra degrees of summer heat on a grass operation make the difference between drought and disaster, a few degrees colder in winter don't make much difference - it's still going to be cold and I'm still going to be feeding cows.

I didn't ask about drought(deficit of moisture) I asked about temperature (total heat units received). The 2 are not the same thing.

I used to think you just posted opposing view points on purpose to stimulate conversation on here, but used common sense in the real world. But if you honestly think that a shorter growing season and less heat units will grow more grass on your farm, then the common sense aspect just lost all credibility. Not many Agricultural areas in the world with less heat units then most of western Canada, And if we had any less a lot of western Canada would go back to being nothing but Moose pasture again.

[fjlip]

Colder is death to plants even IF there is moisture, SFA grows under +5C. grass freezes too!