Monday, November 7, 2016

Weather, Aeration and Frost Delays

Multi-message post.

After a slow start on Monday with aeration, the staff slammed the rest out on Tuesday. Greens were not under regulation since we were a week late and the heavy rains Wednesday night have led to great recovery. Should be back to regular mowing in the next couple of days.

We've had very light frost on a few occasions in tall grass(out of the way areas) but our first real frost of the season is predicted for Friday night and Saturday night. Tee times are set back for the rest of the winter until 9AM just for this purpose. Please keep in mind the practice green is off limits until the staff gives the okay to proceed. It does have a tendency to clear a few minutes before #1

https://youtu.be/zkoWWrHzuAg



WEATHER STATS

Temperature

                    Observed      Normal            Depart from Norm      Last Year
High                 75.3           68.5                          6.8                       70.9
Low                  55.8           49                             6.8                       51.3
Avg                   65.5           58.7                          6.8                       61.1

Rainfall            3.15"         3.33"                       -.18"                       .98"

TIED FOR 22 ALL TIME OF TEMPERATURES OVER 90 DEGREES

9TH WARMEST SUMMER (JUNE/JULY/AUG) EVER 81.2
IRONICALLY, WARMEST EVER SUMMER ON RECORD WAS 82.7 IN 1901, THE YEAR GLEN ECHO CC OPENED.


Monthly Records

TIED 4TH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD (65.5 DEGREES)

TIED 5TH MOST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 70 DEGREES OR
GREATER (24)

TIED 2ND MOST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 70 DEGREES OR
GREATER (3)

TIED 4TH FEWEST DAYS WITH AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF RAINFALL (4)

...DAILY...

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES ON 10/17. THIS IS THE LATEST
OBSERVATION OF AT LEAST 91 DEGREES WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR ON RECORD.

2 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES (10/17 AND 10/29)

3 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES (10/16, 10/17 AND 10/18)

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