{"id":4300,"date":"2021-04-18T11:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/?page_id=4300"},"modified":"2021-04-18T11:13:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T18:13:22","slug":"whatcom-county-weather-summary-january-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/2021\/04\/18\/whatcom-county-weather-summary-january-april-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatcom County Weather Summary: January-April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[row][column][textblock]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Volume 10 Issue 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each year offers different growing conditions and 2021 has started off looking very different than those in the past. Below are a couple of key metrics that has started the growing season off on a different foot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Temperature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2021 has started off to be much cooler than the timeframe between 2009-2020. Using Growing Degree Days (GDD) we can see how quickly heat units have accumulated over time. For the three AgWeatherNet stations that have been present since 2009, GDD were 54% (Lawrence), 59% (Nooksack), and 70% (Ten Mile) lower in 2021 than for the same dates when averaged across 2009-2020. This trend can quickly reverse with a long stretch of above average temperatures like we have seen the past few days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/GDD.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4303 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/GDD-1024x615.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/GDD-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/GDD-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/GDD-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/GDD-1536x923.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/GDD.png 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Precipitation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For 2021, the Ten Mile station has consistently reported below the three-year average (2018-2020). Most recently it has reported more than three times less precipitation when compared to the three year average. Through mid-March the Nooksack and Lawrence stations were reporting above average precipitation, but since then have essentially leveled off. As of 4\/17\/21, these stations are on track to be much lower than the three-year average as we enter into the warmer, drier months of the growing season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/Precipitaiton.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4308\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/Precipitaiton-1024x753.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/Precipitaiton-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/Precipitaiton-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/Precipitaiton-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/Precipitaiton-1536x1130.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/04\/Precipitaiton-2048x1507.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/textblock][\/column][\/row]<\/p>\n\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume 10 Issue 4 Each year offers different growing conditions and 2021 has started off looking very different than those in the past. Below are a couple of key metrics that has started the growing&amp;hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}