April showers bring May glowers from N.Y. growers
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 06:00
in Earth & Climate
The first of May in upstate New York usually finds fields plowed, corn planted and apple trees sprouting leaves. But this year's record April rainfall -- 7.31 inches in Ithaca, more than double the 3.29-inch 30-year average, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center -- has resulted in wet soils impassible for farm equipment.
