The National Weather Service doesn’t track weather history in Hood River, which makes it difficult to complain about the weather with any precision. Thankfully we have our own weather station now, so we can know and track what’s happening here at Wishful Thinking Farms.
You can see our data on Ambient Weather here:
https://ambientweather.net/dashboard/3d7f71362e5d7ff289cd334ef2178105
and on Weather Underground here: https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/or/hood-river/KORHOODR97
What is obvious is that it has been cold and wet, and our plans to plant earlier have been delayed as a result. We’ve still managed a bit of a jump start since about 2/3 of our tubers are already sprouted in the greenhouse, but we won’t be planting them in the garden for at least another week; likely two.
Dahlias like soil that’s 60℉ or warmer, and not too wet. We’ve been slowly warming and finally hit 60 earlier this week, only to slide back to 55 this morning following days of cold weather and lots of rain. The forecast calls for continued cool temps this week.
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