Montana: Sustained, record-shattering cold

The four-day record-setting cold blast tied the all time low temperature of 18 degrees on Oct. 9, set in 1993. The 1987 record low of 21 degrees for Oct. 10 was shattered with a 16 degree reading. Sunday, Oct. 11, the 1959 record low of 22 degrees was broken when the thermometer dropped to 14 degrees. Monday, Oct. 12 the temperature continued to drop to break the 1969 record low of 22 degrees with a bone-chilling 13 degree reading.

Hard Freeze Ends 2009 Growing Season In Iowa - Wallaces Farmer

The 86% maturity is actually ahead of last year's maturity of 81% on the same date—October 11. Normally, the state's corn crop is 95% mature by the second week of October. But late planting in 2009 because of the wet spring, followed by cooler than normal summer temperatures, left this year's Iowa crop as much as two weeks behind schedule most of the summer and early fall.

Iowa: Weather sends chill down farmers’ spines

Moisture content of corn is 28 percent in the field and 24 percent harvested, according to the report. Fifteen percent is needed for long-term storage.

McGregor will pay a higher liquid propane bill. He said there's too much to do, and he knows high winds and heavy snow can ruin crops.

AR4 WGIII Lead Authors' Responses online - at last! « Climate Audit

Nearly four years after hundreds of Expert Reviewers first gave of their time to submit comments on WGIII drafts of the IPCC Assessment Report, they can see why their professional views were rejected. In the recent words of Dr Pachauri "So it's a very transparent process". Except that we are not allowed to see the Review Editors' reports unless we write to the Secretariat, who do not answer or even acknowledge their emails.