Hailstone Size Dichotomy in a Warming Climate

Hailstone size dichotomy in a warming climate

Hailstorms are analyzed across the United States using explicit hailstone size calculations from convection-permitting regional climate simulations for historical, mid-century, and end of twenty-first-century epochs. Near-surface hailstones <4 cm are found to decrease in frequency by an average of 25%, whereas the largest stones are found to increase by 15–75% depending on the greenhouse gas emissions pathway. Decreases in the frequency of near-…

Hail damage recovery dependent on growth stage

Parts of northwest Iowa experienced hail damage June 11. Damage varied depending upon the location of the field, but there are many fields that were damaged severely, with corn plants being entirely stripped of leaves and some soybean fields being…

Iowa farmers battle weather swings, weeds in first half of growing season

NASHUA, Iowa — Mid June marks the annual spring field day at the Iowa State University Northeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm in Nashua, Iowa.  For Wesley Everman, assistant professor and weed specialist at Iowa State University Extension, it's his first growing season with Extension staff but not his first living in the region.  "I am a native of northeast Iowa, and grew up on a farm near Castalia," he said.   Across the state of Iowa, …