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Warmer average temperatures mean drier areas of the West will be undergoing desertification, that is why Lake Mead, Lake Powell, and the Great Salt Lake levels keep dropping. Feedback loop mechanisms are in place due to warmer temperatures/increased evaporation of soil moisture rates, and it isn't remotely similar to the Dust Bowl era.
The 1930s was miserable on both warm and dry accounts. I'm not talking a global "average" I'd even entertain a U.S average but I'm talking for Western half of U.S. It was nuts. Just look back at the history and stats and you'll see it. Don't take my word.
Here's Lincoln, Nebraska I wonder how farms coped with this insanity! For sure there had to be crop losses.
Here's a look at heat waves across the U.S.. 1930s was nuts. Now you put me in the mood to see how farms and crops were affected then. All we have are newspapers to really look back on
Cool shot here. I wonder if these wind breaks helped protect from the hot winds too.
Shelterbelts were various heights of trees and shrubs that were planted in the late 1930s to help control wind erosion. They served as windbreaks to help protect crops. The one we see here, photographed in 1944 by Joseph Stoeckeler, was constructed in 1937.
Normally, the state of Nebraska averages around 20 inches of rainfall a year.
In 1930, Nebraska got 22 inches of rain, and the state's corn crop averaged 25 bushels per acre.
In 1934, Nebraska saw the driest year on record with only 14.5 inches of rainfall. The state's corn crop dropped even more to only 6.2 bushels per acre.
In other words, between 1930 and 1934 rainfall dropped 27.5 percent, and as a result corn crop yields dropped over 75 percent.
1930s drought and heat was intense.
Doing my own homework looking at Lincoln Nebraska for May, June, July, & August: Avg Rainfall is 15.96 inches
Connecticut Disaster Declaration for Crop Damage Caused by Sub-Freezing Temps in May
"Recent freezing weather conditions have caused an incredible amount of damage to many crops, such as strawberries, blueberries, grapes, peaches, cherries, pears, apples, Christmas trees, and other nursery crops,”
The governor's office said he submitted the request for all of Connecticut after below freezing temps and frost damaged crops in the early morning hours of May 18.
In his letter, Lamont said some farms in the state recorded temperatures in the mid to low 20s that lasted up to five hours"
Some of our younger fruit trees got root rot from a combination of poor-draining soil and tons of rain. Our various interventions seemed to work, thankfully.
Fortunately we didn't get a freeze then, it only dropped to about 1.5C. Our last freeze was April 27.
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For sure there had to be crop losses.
