Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,
It isn’t supposed to be this cold in October. The official start of winter is still almost two months away, and yet the weather in much of the western half of the country right now resembles what we might expect in mid-January. All-time record lows for the month of October are being set in city after city, and this extremely cold air is going to push into the Midwest by the end of the week.
Temperatures in the heartland will be up to 50 degrees below normal, and unfortunately about half of all corn still has not been harvested. Due to unprecedented rainfall and extreme flooding early in the year, many farmers faced extraordinary delays in getting their crops planted, and so they were hoping that good weather at the end of the season would provide time for the crops to fully mature and be harvested. Unfortunately, a nightmare scenario has materialized instead. A couple of monster snow storms have already roared through the Midwest, and now record low temperatures threaten to absolutely wreck the rest of the harvest season.
When temperatures get significantly below zero for more than a few hours, scientists tell us that it will kill standing corn…
A significant freeze (28°F or colder for a few hours) will kill the whole plant, and any frost will act to defoliate plants, resulting in diminished grain filling for the seeds, especially on the upper half of the plants.
And right now we are facing a crisis because less than half of all U.S. corn has been harvested.
In fact, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report just 41 percent of all U.S. corn has been harvested so far…
In its weekly Crop Progress Report, the USDA pegged the U.S. corn harvest at 41% complete, below the trade’s expectation of 48% and below a five-year average 61%.
Minnesota is behind the most regarding picking corn: 22% vs. a 56% five-year average.
So when I used the term “nightmare scenario” earlier, I was not exaggerating.
The low temperatures that we have seen this week are hard to believe. According to USA Today, the temperature in one community in Utah actually hit 45 degrees below zero on Wednesday…
Subzero cold was recorded as far south as the Grand Canyon on Wednesday morning, the Weather Channel said. Big Piney, Wyoming, plunged to minus 24 degrees before sunrise Wednesday.
Notorious cold spot Peter Sinks, Utah, dipped to an incredible minus 45 degrees early Wednesday. This appeared to be the coldest October temperature on record anywhere in the Lower 48 states, according to Utah-based meteorologist Timothy Wright.
That is seriously cold.
And we have also seen many other all-time October lows in cities all across the western half of the country…
-Bozeman, Montana: minus 14 degrees (Oct. 29 and 30)
-Casper, Wyoming: minus 8 degrees (Oct. 29 and 30)
-Grand Junction, Colorado: 12 degrees (Oct. 30)
-Livingston, Montana: minus 12 degrees (Oct. 29)
-Rawlins, Wyoming: minus 20 degrees (Oct. 30)
-Rock Springs, Wyoming: minus 6 degrees (Oct. 30)
-Salt Lake City: 14 degrees (Oct. 30)
We have never seen anything like this during the month of October ever before.
In Denver, they have actually set record lows for three days in a row…
The temperature in Denver officially dropped to 3 degrees above zero early Wednesday morning. It was cold enough to shatter the previous record low for October 30 by 4 degrees. It was our third record temperature in 3 days and one more record is expected Thursday morning.
It is strange that so much of the nation is experiencing such bitterly cold weather while much of California is being burned to a crisp by horrific wildfires.
But this continues a theme that we have been tracking all year. Everywhere we look there have been bizarre weather extremes, and many expect that to continue into the winter season.
This week, even “warm weather cities” are experiencing extremely cold temperatures. For example, the forecast called for a record low of just 19 degrees in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday morning…
Thursday morning in Albuquerque is expected to have a record low temperature of 19 degrees. It will feel like 11 degrees with the wind chill. The current record low for Oct. 31 in the city is 21.
According to the National Weather Service, locations from Albuquerque southward, including east central and southeast New Mexico, “have not seen temperatures this cold since February.”
But the real damage will be done as this extraordinarily cold air moves into the Midwest. According to USA Today, we could see temperatures “30 to 50 degrees below normal” in the central plains…
High temperatures Wednesday were forecast to be 30 to 50 degrees below normal across Colorado, Texas and the central Plains, according to meteorologist Ryan Maue of BAM Weather.
Right now, much of the Midwest is currently covered by snow. This has prevented a lot of farmers from being able to harvest their crops, and now devastatingly cold air is moving in.
It is likely that the crop losses in many areas will be severe. And considering what is going on elsewhere in the world right now, this is something that we cannot afford.
Despite all of our advanced technology, farmers are still deeply dependent on good weather, and if farmers do not grow our food we do not eat.
This was already going to be an absolutely abysmal year for U.S. agriculture, and now this snap of record cold weather is going to be the nail in the coffin for many U.S. farmers.
Without a doubt, this is an incredibly important story, and I will continue to keep you updated as I learn more.
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Mag……you too funny, girl.
Well, I stepped out the front door this morning to go let chickens out and slammed the door to return and get gloves, scarf and hat. My husband asked, “How cold?” knowing I would say “Witches tit, babe. Wanna see?”
Is a 27-year-old joke that never grows old.
Nice Tits! But aren’t you breaking the nipple rule?
Yep I can verify the Bozeman MT temps….pretty cold and snowy for October though our average first frost is September 9th. Now, none of the western cities named have anything to do with Corn…..standing or otherwise. We have Angus, Wheat, Soybeans, Pulse Crops (Lentils and Peas) but very little corn. Our hay is already harvested and it was an awesome year for hay….no wildfires to speak of (lots of rain which grew lots of hay)….so things on the ag side are good for the supply side. On the sales side, it has been pretty shitty for wheat and cattle and India also dropped in lots of tariffs on the Lentils, Chickpeas etc.
The global warming idiots will soon see that in fact, the cooling trend is going to be significant as we move into the Maunder Minimum (Super low Solar output cycle).
Good thing we are adaptable….and have the technology to survive the cold….Look at the Inuit and Sammi peoples…..we got this.
I am interested in buying several hundred pounds of Lentils, Chickpeas, and various varieties of beans if organic, and I think we can work our way around the tariffs, since I am only about 2 states away. I also know some Mormons, and I have tried to convince them that dry food storage is way better than store bought stuff in cans.
You might look into these guys. Organic and they have an e-commerce site. For a volume purchase, you might call them directly to get a discount.
To anyone in my jugular in my neck of the woods…here is who I have used…and sold eggs to…
too bad gallatin county…most of western montana…has turned into the same shit hole as calichusetts
i avoid gallatin county like a bad case of diarrhea but the last time i was at the oasis there was quite a bit of corn growing between belgrade and manhattan
I believe you but I haven’t seen it. Soybeans but no corn. We are liberal in the city limits and council and conservative in the county.
Seems like most cities are very liberal while those in the county and rural areas are conservative. Folks in the country are a little closer to reality, they know where food comes from and what all has to happen before the raw material becomes food.
South Central Texas is under a drought, I didn’t bother bailing because there wasn’t much of any quality to bale. Now we’re cold, but will warm up a tad, could grow food except water issues and…once a crop gets ready, the cold will indeed wipe it out.
Maunder Minimum. Things could get interesting if Mexico starts getting cold.
75 an hour ago and quite cold now in Atlanta. 33 expected by morning. I love the cold, but like to eat as well.
There are several takeaways that the author was hoping we’d pick up on. Yes, we have the tech and the energy to survive the cold, but our food supply doesnt (at current). Now, for those who dont know, humans dont eat hardly any of the corn or beans we raise: it’s mostly used for animal feed, ethanol and corn syrup. The problem however, is that these shortages this year will have drastic ripple effects thru the food systems (farmers will off-load a lot of livestock if they cant afford to feed them, causing shortages later on). And as a vegetable farmer, I can tell you this was our worst year ever, and it was bad all over for food crops. So get ready, bc your wallet is gonna be on a roller coaster this winter and into next spring/summer.
Now, as for the weather trends, the solar minimum we are going into doesn’t portend for nice weather over the next several decades. We have enjoyed a relatively calm period of over 100+ years of excellent weather, but that is done. The solar minimum will herald much of the chaotic weather prophesied by the CO2 Climate Cult, but for different reasons. As the sun’s surface goes quiet, and our magnetic field fades & flips, the jet streams are becoming unteathered from their normal patterns. This means more wild swings in temps, and winters are going to get more severe on average. Consider this early and nasty start to winter to be a harbinger of things to come. People will soon realize that a colder climate is far worse than a warmer one, and will be begging for the mythical Globull Warming. Folks had better learn how to build greenhouses, keep some animals, invest in their own energy, grow food, and adapt to a colder, more severe climate for the foreseeable future.
Check this guy out Mags! He’s more of a doom and gloomer than you are!
Why are you on this thread?
I’m allowed. I haven’t even propositioned the truck driver lately.
I apologize for my friend. She is a injun okie from muskogee.
No problem, MG. Danny Downer, lol, that’s good. Thanks.
I would welcome you but that would bring a certain Coyote prowling around to remind me what happens when Paula and I start collaborating. It gets a little messy.
We had record high temperatures in W TN 4 weeks ago and are looking at a hard freeze tonight. We missed all those nice 70 & 80 degree highs we normally see in Sep, Oct & early Nov. As Martel says, we are in a solar minimus and will see much cooler temperatures for the rest of this cycle.
I guess the Globull warming folks will have to break out a new hockey stick graph to prove that all the CO2 has cooled the earth and we will all die from the cold weather in 12 years, unless we send them lots and lots of money to redistribute (after they siphon off their fair share, of course).
The liars who espouse globull warming will soon have no place to hide. I hope someone is logging the names of these assholes. People will want to know where to direct their anger when the truth becomes obvious.
Nah, they’ll just tell you to vote harder because DC will save us all.
What was that Valley Forge comment about?
See, all you fools that don’t believe in Global Warming! See! Just how wrong you are….wait what, it Colder than normal. Well shit. Um ok. Well, it’s climate change. There fixed it.
And there are plenty of Coyotes to keep us warm.
Nice coat.
LOL!!!
Joe Namath looked good in one but he could he get a tight spiral pass off wearing one?
Because he shaved his legs. Made him more aerodynamic.
He also wore pantyhose.
73* in Maryland.
Yes but I don’t want moar Comrade. 🙂
I don’t ever want anything whatsoever to do with Comrade Useful Idiots…other than as “moving target practice”…
He’s full of shite. Froze my arse off plenty of times deer hunting in northern Wisconsin ?♂️
81* at 8:15,could you spare some of that cold?
I read these comments, you guys talking about how it is in Montana, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, etc.
I’m stuck in the Bay Area. Wanted out in ’89 but my wife won’t budge.
Can’t tell you how much I envy you moreover how much I miss “REAL” America.
You can always have some campfires out there for entertainment.