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Drought is affecting some trees!

Under the basswood tree looks like Fall with all the dead leaves...

My basswood tree is losing leaves...

Closeup of my crabapple tree...

My crabapple tree is losing leaves already!

Leaves on the ground...it's only July!

All the hot, dry weather seems to be making some of my trees drop their leaves! My yard looks like October!

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This post was written by jkennedy on July 11, 2012

Lake Michigan gets warm!

Lake Michigan water temperature 2011

Lake Michigan water temperature 2012

The recent early-July heat wave has resulted in some impressive warming on Lake Michigan. On July 6 the mid-south lake buoy recorded a water temperature of 80 degrees F. Since 1981 there have only been six episodes where the water temperature reached 80 degrees. The average water temperature for July 6 is 63 degrees F.

A couple images from the MODIS spacecraft show the warmer-than-normal water this year…

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This post was written by jkennedy on July 11, 2012