People, crops and livestock enjoying cooler July temperatures

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Central California is enjoying a uncommon interruption from the summertime vigor with temperatures successful the 80s.

Golfers took to the greens astatine Madera Municipal Golf Course connected Wednesday to soak successful the cooler weather.

"It's a batch much amusive to travel retired present and play erstwhile it's 80, 90 than erstwhile it's successful the hundreds. I'll instrumentality this upwind immoderate time of the week," golfer, Larry Casado said.

"If I could get my people arsenic debased arsenic the weather, I'd beryllium truly happy," golfer Martin Bison said.

While this benignant of upwind is antithetic for precocious July, it's not unheard of, similar successful July 2023.

"We did spot a precocious of 89, but it was earlier successful the month, truthful it does get much antithetic arsenic we get into precocious July," Action News AM Live Meteorologist Christine Gregory explained.

Compared to past year, these temperatures consciousness similar a relief.

"When you look astatine past July, we had 27 days successful triple digits. This year, we've lone had six," Gregory stated.

Ryan Jacobsen with the Fresno County Farm Bureau says that vigor whitethorn person played a origin successful cherry production.

"The bloom play looked okay, but it was based disconnected astir apt the bud harm done by those precocious vigor waves we had," Jacobsen explained.

This year's cooler conditions are beneficial for cherries and different crops.

"Most of our crops are somewhat faster than mean astatine this point, which I cognize surprises a batch of people," helium said. "They deliberation the hotter the better, but erstwhile you get implicit 102 degrees, judge it oregon not, the plants really commencement to unopen down."

And it's not conscionable crops benefiting -- livestock are feeling the quality too.

"In summation to misters and fans, those cows are precise comfy successful the temperatures we're seeing close now," Jacobsen stated.

Jacobsen and galore others crossed the Valley anticipation these below-average temperatures instrumentality astir a spot longer.

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