* 46 was the low temperature of choice Sunday morning as we awoke to a distinct reminder that the new season is here. The 46 was recorded at Cullman Airport, Hamilton, Ft. Payne, Black Creek and in DeSoto State Park.
* 5.50 inches is the updated rain total from Inverness in North Shelby County. That total was reported by 33/40 skywatcher, Alston Keith. That is the largest total we have seen from anywhere in the state that occurred during the remnants of Humberto moving east directly across Alabama.
* 5.00 inches was the second largest amount. We had two reports of that: one from an observer 1 miles west of Mountain Brook High School and another 2 miles west of Mountain Brook High School.
* 20.85 inches is the total rain for Huntsville so far this year as of today. That still makes it the driest year ever recorded from January 1 through September 16.
* 52.59 inches is the rain deficit for Huntsville since January 1, 2005. That is a full year’s supply of rain that Huntsville did not get. Despite the great rain from Humberto, a good chunk of North Alabama remains under an Exceptional drought.
* 27 was the lowest temperature in the lower 48 states this morning. That happened at Saranac Lake, New York. That place should be a household word by now, because seemingly they have had the lowest temperature more often this year than any USA weather station not counting Alaska. Coincidentally, a lady that lives in Saranac Lake is a subscriber to our e-forecast and reads our Blog daily. I am going to assign Bonnie Jackson the official duty of letting us know when the first formation of Canada geese comes over Saranac Lake headed for Alabama and points south. That is still one of the most interesting and amazing facts of nature that I can imagine.
* 25 was the temperature atop Mt. Washington, New Hampshire this morning. The NWS does not consider Mt. Washington when reporting the national low. The visibility on the mountain this morning was 90 miles and the wind was only 6 mph. It would be an ideal day to drive up to that historic sight. Tim and Jennifer Coleman took that trip (adventure) to the top to visit that historic weather station a few weeks ago.
* 80% is how much of the Alabama corn crop was rated as Poor to Very Poor condition as of September 2 and it is too late for significant rain to really help that. By the end of August, 90% of the corn crop was already matured and 37% harvested.
* 2,200 pounds per acre was the estimated peanut yield in Alabama this season–down 300 pounds from 2006.
*74% of the soybean acreage still rated in Very Poor to Poor condition. Soybeans in North Alabama were harvested for hay due to the low yields. All of this information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Alabama Field Office in Montgomery. We will have more information about the condition of topsoil moisture later in the week.
