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Warm here; icy elsewhere
Atypical weather impacts local crops
W Texas Weather Werm
Motorists make their way on an icy overpass Tuesday in the High Five interchange in Dallas. Winter weather swept across North Texas with freezing temperatures and precipitation resulting in some icing of bridges and overpasses while in Statesboro temperatures reached 80 degrees. - photo by Associated Press
Frogs serenade at night and azaleas are showing pink – and it’s only January. Temperatures reaching the 80s make it seem like spring, and mosquitoes have been buzzing around Bulloch County lately.While the weather might be pleasant, a drop to more seasonal, chilly temperatures could wreak havoc on some crops and flowers.It’s doubtful anyone will bemoan the loss of some early mosquitoes, but freezing temperatures over the next few months are possible, and they could spell death for budding flowers and fruit trees said Carole Knight, an agent with the Bulloch County Extension Office. The unseasonably warm weather won’t affect wheat and other winter cover crops, but the unusual temperatures have fooled some flowers, fruit trees and other plants into thinking it is spring.
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