Temperatures Went the Wrong Way!

This was more for my own curiosity to see what has happened to the soil temperatures in the state following 2 weeks of cold, snowy weather.  Our temperatures went down in almost all of the locations.  From the weather stations at the OARDC branches, these are the soil temperatures at 2.5 inches, from March 21 and April 11:

County                 Research Branch                  Temperature (F)

                                                                        March 21             April 11

Jackson                Jackson                              48.3                      46.7

Noble                   Eastern                               48.6                      47.8

Piketon                Piketon                                49.3                      47.1

Clark                     Western                             48.0                      45.9

Huron                   Muck Crops                        43.5                      41.9

Ashtabula            Ashtabula                           36.1                      33.6

Sandusky             North Central                     44.8                      41.4

Wood                   Northwest                          43.7                      43.8

Wayne                 Wooster                             41.2                      42.3