A recap of the key milestones of the 2021 winegrowing season (getting ready to start) based on data from a weather station near our winery in Victor, California, east of Lodi.
Summary
We’ll see…
January through February
We had been quite behind on accumulated rainfall until one major storm slid down from Alaska and parked off the California coast:
After two days of strong winds with maximum gusts of 43 and 44 mph, the rain finally arrived with impressive amounts on Wednesday, January 27. The firehose from the stalled atmospheric river continued pretty much non-stop until Thursday night, delivering over 2 inches to Victor, and more to other areas to the south. It was mostly a steady, medium-intensity downpour, much appreciated.
Stockton Airport doubled it’s record rainfall for the 28th to 1.43 inches, breaking the old record of 0.71 inches set in 1981.
Even better, the Sierra snowpack added many feet to the season total. Mammoth Mountain recorded 8 feet!
Looking Ahead (at least trying to)…
Simply put, we’d like a quicker end to COVID, no fires, and a nice moderate growing season. We’ll see…
About Victor North Station
The Victor North weather station is located within Katushas’ Vineyard, planted in 1915 and owned by Bedrock Wine Co.
The station is a third of a mile from the source of most of our white wines, Mokelumne Glen Vineyards, and just over a mile north of our winery in the hamlet of Victor, California. Victor is about 3 miles due east of the City of Lodi.
Data is automatically uploaded daily via the Western Weather Group and sponsored by the Lodi Winegrape Commission.
For Wineries
We purposely make extra wine and bottle it as shiners. We offer the wine for sale most of the year. We also source and sell Lodi winegrapes.
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Thanks for reading!