Weather Watch

Regina Bird
Columns, Opinion, Weather Watch

Fall temps impeded by October warmth

October felt much warmer than normal although a few cool days were mixed in, Regina Bird writes in her monthly column. Read More

Regina Bird
Columns, Columns, Opinion, Weather Watch

Dry weather in the forecast for southern Plains

Regina Bird
Drought, Opinion, Weather, Weather Watch

Heat and some moisture story of August



Pasture summer heat (Photo: AI generated image)

Summer’s heat likely to stay awhile

A combine motors through a wheat field a few years back southwest of Salina, Kansas. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)

May was a month for the records

Regina Bird

Lack of rain hurting parts of the Plains

Drought stressed cornstalks

Dry conditions felt in many regions

A sharp contrast in the air masses causes severe weather—thunderstorms and tornadoes. The contrast can be in temperature or in the amount of moisture, particularly if there is a dry line of air behind the storm system, said K-State climatologist Mary Knapp. (Courtesy photo taken near Manhattan, Kansas, by Dan Donnert.)

March hopefully will bring more moisture

Woman with shovel cleaning snow. (Photo: iStock - Tanya-stock)

End of 2023 brought some moisture to Plains

A combine harvesting soybeans. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

November was another record maker

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Early snows follow wheat planting