by Greg Alder | Oct 13, 2023 | Watering, Weather |
Which roofing material sheds the most and cleanest rain? Because if you’re collecting rain to use in your garden, then you want as much as possible and you don’t want it to be contaminated. I’ve lived in houses with roofs made of different materials...
by Greg Alder | Sep 22, 2023 | Weather |
Today is the last day of summer. It is sprinkling outside and I’m wearing a sweatshirt. This is not normal. It has been mostly cloudy for the last couple weeks. And do you remember how long it took for summer weather to begin this year? The summer season has...
by Greg Alder | Jun 3, 2023 | Weather |
My grandma is sick of the gloom. She’s ready to go somewhere to find the sun. She has lived her entire life in the Los Angeles area, and she wondered aloud the other day, “Can you remember a year that was this gloomy for so long?” “Funny you...
by Greg Alder | Mar 24, 2023 | Weather |
As I was thinking about how rainy and cold this winter has been for Southern California (and almost every other corner of California, especially Central California), I recalled that the National Weather Service issues “climate outlooks” at the start of...
by Greg Alder | Feb 24, 2023 | Misc, Weather |
Yesterday I hung out with a group of avocado growers. The current cold and rainy weather that is following a lengthy cold and rainy winter was a main topic of discussion. “There have been, what, three days over 70 degrees this winter?” said one grower....
by Greg Alder | Jan 20, 2023 | Weather |
At my place in San Diego County, it began to rain on the night of December 27 and it continued on and off until the sunny skies of today, January 20. That’s three straight weeks; the longest dry stretch in between storms was only four days. But is that unusual?...
by Greg Alder | Dec 17, 2021 | Weather |
Two nights ago was chilly. There was frost on the ground in most parts of my yard, but not everywhere. Which spots had less frost – or no frost – and why? Have a look at this two-minute video I made on the frosty morning of December 16, showing four factors that...
by Greg Alder | Oct 15, 2021 | Weather |
“It’s been so hot this summer,” said a friend a few weeks ago, at the end of summer. Why would she say that? I thought. “Has it?” I asked. “I record the temperatures almost every day and I was just comparing this summer to last summer. Do you know how many days over...
by Greg Alder | Apr 10, 2020 | Weather |
The drama of weather: Back in February, I was resigned to the rainy season having ended prematurely. There had been no significant rain since Christmas. I started watering some vegetables and fruit trees. And then we got a nice storm on February 22, George...
by Greg Alder | Oct 25, 2019 | Weather |
Santa Anas cause many things. They mess up your hair, they put dust into your eyes, they make your lips crack and your throat feel dry, they make the power company shut off your electricity, and of course, they make fires run wild. Santa Anas also make for good...
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