Georgia weather and crops, 2005 May 15

Georgia Crop Weather
Week Ending Date May 15, 2005
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS Widely scattered showers fell on the State late in the week, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. Despite showers, dry conditions persisted across parts of the State. Soil moisture levels were rated 25 percent short, 69 percent adequate, and 4 percent surplus.
Dry weather allowed producers to continue planting cotton and peanuts. Hail reportedly damaged foliage on vegetables and trees in Northwest Georgia. Corn planting neared completion and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus appeared in early planted tobacco. Livestock producers continued limited hay feeding. Peaches remained in good condition.
County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Other activities included preparations for wheat harvest, applying fungicides, cutting hay, and the routine care of livestock and poultry.

Crop Progress Table
Corn, Planted Corn, Emerged Cotton, Planted Peanuts, Planted Sorghum, Planted Soybeans, Planted Soybeans, Emerged Wheat, Harvested for Grain Onions, Harvested Watermelons, Planted Peaches, Harvested

May 15, 2005 97 93 38 25 29 13 6 1 35 96 10

Prev Week
94 87 19
9 25
9 2 0 25 93 0

Prev Year 100
99 53 42 26 31 16
4 70 97 10

5 Year Avg 99 97 56 43 36 23 13 5 61 97 5

Crop Condition Table

May 15, 2005

Crop

Very Poor

Corn

1

Sorghum

0

Cotton

3

Wheat

1

Pasture

0

Apples

0

Hay

0

Onions

6

Peaches

0

Tobacco

0

Watermelons

3

Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

4

34

55

0

62

37

8

40

46

3

24

60

4

29

60

4

24

68

5

28

61

6

15

31

1

22

73

0

31

64

12

47

36

Excellent
6 1 3 12 7 4 6 42 4 5 2

Pasture Condition Table - District* Level

May 15, 2005

Very Poor Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

Dist 1(NW)

0

15

30

47

Dist 2(NC)

0

2

39

50

Dist 3(NE)

1

8

38

53

Dist 4(WC)

0

5

27

48

Dist 5(C)

0

4

21

65

Dist 6(EC)

0

2

44

54

Dist 7(SW)

0

3

28

62

Excellent
8 9 0 20 10 0 7

Dist 8(SC)

0

1

31

66

2

Dist 9(SE)

0

1

10

83

6

*A list of the counties in each of the nine Georgia

Agricultural Statistics Districts is available at

http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ctyests/districts.pdf.

Soil Moisture Table

May 15, 2005 Prev Year

--Percentages--

Very Short

2

9

Short

25

41

Adequate

69

48

Surplus

4

2

5 Year Avg
21 36 36
7

Soil Moisture Table - District Level

May 15, 2005

Very Short Short Adequate

--Percentages--

Dist 1(NW)

0

23

77

Dist 2(NC)

1

28

69

Dist 3(NE)

0

18

70

Dist 4(WC)

0

22

77

Dist 5(C)

6

12

79

Dist 6(EC)

9

46

40

Dist 7(SW)

2

37

56

Dist 8(SC)

2

19

73

Dist 9(SE)

0

22

73

Surplus
0 2 12 1 3 5 5 6 5

Weather Information Table

GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY

MAY 15, 2005 1/

2005

Air Temperature

Precipitation Totals

Extreme Weekly Rain

30

60

Soil

Location

Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day

Day Season Temp

ALMA

87 59 72 0.14 2 2.89

9.12 16.11 74

ALPHARETTA

91 52 69 0.85 5 3.18 10.05 22.01 69

ARLINGTON

91 55 73 0.14 2 4.22 14.98 21.72 76

ATTAPULGUS

88 52 72 0.00 0 4.13 17.71 26.15 77

BLAIRSVILLE

86 46 65 0.78 2 3.01

8.67 18.76 66

BOWEN

87 56 72 0.01 1 4.24 16.61 23.59 79

BRUNSWICK

86 61 72 0.22 2 3.56 11.04 20.62 75

BYRON

87 47 68 0.31 1 2.81 10.86 17.68 70

CAIRO

89 54 73 0.00 0 3.82 15.73 23.64 72

CALHOUN

89 50 69 0.48 4 4.75 11.83 21.03 72

CLARKS HILL

91 51 70 0.09 1 1.33

7.16 16.75 77

CORDELE

90 57 73 0.04 2 3.48 15.45 22.30 75

COVINGTON

88 49 70 0.01 1 2.14

7.87 14.59 73

DAHLONEGA

87 50 67 0.68 2 2.94 10.34 21.20 66

DALLAS

87 53 69 0.39 4 2.48 10.08 19.75 69

DAWSON

89 53 72 0.49 2 4.10 12.00 17.99 75

DEARING

90 56 73 0.09 1 0.85

7.18 15.67 70

DEMPSEY

86 53 70 0.13 1 3.55 11.16 19.25 75

DIXIE

88 56 73 0.00 0 3.63 13.36 22.72 77

DUBLIN

88 57 72 0.34 2 3.06 13.36 19.37 78

DULUTH

89 52 69 0.94 1 2.91

9.61 19.60 72

DUNWOODY

88 48 70 0.12 2 1.27

8.32 19.09 69

EATONTON

88 49 69 0.02 1 2.50

8.35 16.98 78

ELLIJAY

87 47 66 0.42 3 4.20 10.98 20.41 68

GAINESVILLE

86 56 69 0.56 1 2.31

8.78 19.00 74

GEORGETOWN

89 51 72 0.06 2 4.54 20.65 28.86 80

GRIFFIN

85 55 71 0.11 1 3.25 10.84 19.79 70

HOMERVILLE

87 54 71 0.24 2 2.41

9.73 17.35 76

JACKSONVILLE 87 56 70 1.29 3 3.26 11.04 19.00 73

JONESBORO

88 54 70 0.20 1 3.26 10.05 21.24 71

LAFAYETTE

89 50 67 2.57 5 4.43

7.70 14.98 69

MCRAE

87 54 71 0.39 3 3.17 12.63 18.05 76

MIDVILLE

89 58 73 0.01 1 1.57

8.91 17.38 79

NAHUNTA

88 52 70 0.22 2 4.29 10.37 19.09 77

NEWTON

89 55 72 0.06 1 4.26 18.23 24.96 78

PINE MOUNTAIN 87 52 69 1.00 3 2.92 12.78 22.25 71

PLAINS

89 56 72 0.00 0 2.63 13.52 20.78 81

ROME

89 51 69 0.39 3 2.32

6.28 12.63 71

SAVANNAH

88 54 71 0.00 0 2.37

9.76 15.99 75

SHELLMAN

91 54 73 0.26 1 4.48 14.40 20.87 83

SKIDAWAY

88 60 71 0.04 3 4.36 12.74 19.04 70

STATESBORO

86 54 71 0.08 2 1.72 11.86 18.25 78

TIFTON

86 59 73 0.00 0 3.72 11.37 17.56 74

TIGER

85 48 65 0.40 5 3.17 11.11 20.01 69

VALDOSTA

88 60 74 0.29 3 3.62 12.43 22.35 74

VIDALIA

87 57 73 0.03 2 2.22

8.11 12.28 75

WATKINSVILLE 87 53 69 0.38 2 2.29 11.54 22.78 72

WILLIAMSON

86 53 70 0.27 1 3.15 11.53 20.70 73

1/ Weather data supplied by Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring

Network (AEMN) and the office of the State Climatologist, University of

Georgia. For detailed Georgia weather data visit the AEMN homepage,

www.georgiaweather.net. NA - not available.

District Highlights These comments are written by the Georgia County Extension Agents, and have been compiled and edited by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service.
DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST Had a really bad hail storm (golf size) on Tuesday evening - a lot of damage to foliage on plants - trees, vegetables, etc.
DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Cool season hay being harvested.
Most of the week was hot and dry and used up any soil moisture. Turf wilting by Saturday morning but 3/4 in rain on Sunday.
For information about the apple season in north Georgia go to http:\\newsletters.ces.uga.edu/ngapples
Some hay harvested this week - corn will be planted next week.
DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Conditions are declining rapidly.
DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Scattered showers, rainfall amounts from 0 to .4 of an inch. Still dry! Crops and pastures suffering.
Could use a rain; prepping for wheat harvest; baling some fescue hay; Bermuda finally beginning to do something.
DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Much warmer temperatures and a few scattered showers. Could use some more rain. Corn planting nearing completion. Some hay producers cutting hay. Hay feeding continues for some livestock.
We have been experiencing a good dry planting period.

Planting continues.
DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Very dry; planting has stopped. Planting is finally progressing on daily basis. Need moisture. Field work progressing well.
DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Cotton and peanut planting progressing at full speed. We received 0.08" of rainfall. Peanut and cotton plantings increase. Scattered showers Sunday, rainfall amounts from 0 to .2 of an inch. Dry!
DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Planting away. TSWV is showing up on early planted tobacco. Moisture level in soil is still good for planting. Planting cotton and peanuts. Spraying fungicides on watermelons. Intensive planting week for the major row crops.
DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST No comments available.
Contact Information David S. Abbe, Director Georgia Agricultural Statistics Phone: 706-546-2236 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga