Daily Archives: May 2, 2016

Is our growing season getting longer?

Yes. There are several studies that demonstrate shifts in the timing and length of the growing season.

One way to measure the length of the growing season is to count the number of days between the last frost in spring and the first frost in fall. By this measure, Wisconsin’s growing season lengthened by about 12 days between 1950 and 2006. Continue reading

Category: Climate, Seasons

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