By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Many Washington residents will wake up to Jack Frost nipping at their lawns, gardens and windshields tomorrow morning as the first widescale frost of the season descends on both sides of the Cascade range.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – An autumn storm system will blow into the Pacific Northwest on Halloween like an angry spirit.
PROSSER, Wash. – Gerrit Hoogenboom, director of the AgWeatherNet program at Washington State University since 2010, has accepted a position at the University of Florida beginning Jan. 1.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – A top-10 list declaring Washington the cloudiest state in the country may have some residents wondering if the Farmer’s Almanac has its head in the clouds.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – As a record-breaking hot summer in the Pacific Northwest gives way to the first days of the autumnal equinox, it’s still T-shirt and sunglasses weather over much of the region. Stores may be festooned with Halloween decorations, but temperatures in Yakima, Pullman, Walla Walla and the Tri-Cities […]
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – The calendar says it’s September but it’s about to feel like July as temperatures surge well into the 80s and 90s over much of the Pacific Northwest. By Saturday, many locations will be baking in heat that’s 10-plus degrees above average for this time of year, according […]
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.