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  • About
    • Benefits of Membership
    • Renew or Join
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    • 2012 ARS/ASA Convention
    • Contact Us
    • Events >
      • Upcoming & Past Events >
        • Calendar View
      • Flower Show Information >
        • 2018 Flower Show
        • 2017 Flower Show
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        • 2015 Flower Show
        • 2014 Flower Show
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  • Info
    • Dexter Study Group >
      • Don Kellam
    • Plant Sources
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    • How to plant and care for a rhododendron
    • Rhododendron diseases & pests
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    • How to hybridize rhododendrons
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RhodoWeather

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Greenville County, SC 10-28-22
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ARCHIVED MAPS OF PRECIPITATION & MINIMUM/MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES, WESTERN CAROLINAS & NORTHEAST GEORGIA
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AIR QUALITY INDEX
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           The varieties of rhododendrons we can grow depend on temperature (extremes of heat and cold) and water availability.    Rhododendrons like about 1" of rain per week to flourish.    Weather reports and forecasts help, but rainfall in your precise garden spot will vary.   For an indication of rainfall in your own location,  use a good rain gauge, and supplement with irrigation to reach 1"/week whenever practical.    Best, keep a record and input into a regional and national database by joining CoCoRaHS , which gives daily precipitation data for precise locations.    Rainfall in our area has averaged 4-5 inches per month over the last 30 years, requiring little supplemental irrigation.   Recent droughts have, however, made irrigation necessary for rhodo health/survival.
        
Below are  links to studies on projected climate change and drought.     In the western Carolinas and eastern Tennessee, rising temperatures appear to be a trend, but long-range overall water availability in the Blue Ridge area appears to be less affected than in other regions.     Longer growing seasons with earlier spring seasons  may increase susceptibility to frost damage (
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0399-1).
                  Periodic droughts remain a concern for rhododendrons.    In a sustained drought we should continue to give our rhodos water, even  when entering fall dormancy, so that they can better resist winter cold and further desiccation.      The year 2018 yielded record high total rainfall for the western Carolinas, while in 2019 there were two flash droughts, in May and in September-October 2019.

                  Explore some of the links below for current climate and drought status of your area.



NOAA Weather warnings supplied by: ​https://www.willyweather.com/nc/henderson-county/hendersonville.html
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WEBINAR:  SOUTHEASTERN US
The Climate of the Southeast U.S.: Geographic Patterns and Trends in Extreme Weather Events

Chip Konrad
Southeast Regional Climate Center
Chapel Hill, NC


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Local Pollen Level
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Earthquake information
water year Nov 2015- Nov 2016 Precipitation Data McCarter Farm, Travelers Rest, SC
water year nov 2016-nov 2017 precipitation data mccarter farm, travelers rest. sc
2017 water year summary MCCARTER FARM, TRAVELERS REST, SC
2018 WATER YEAR SUMMARY MCCARTER FARM, TRAVELERS REST, SC
2019 WATER YEAR SUMMARY MCCARTER FARM, TRAVELERS REST, SC
2020 WATER YEAR SUMMARY MCCARTER FARM, TRAVELERS REST, SC
2021 WATER YEAR SUMMARY MCCARTER FARM, TRAVELERS REST, SC
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