--- title: March 17, 2023 Bloom Update 🌸 description: March 17, 2023, California almond bloom update. Bloom wraps up, floods rage on in parts of the San Joaquin valley. 2023 final bee flight, chill, & more. image: https://blog.bountiful.ag/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%207.25.46%20PM.png --- [Skip to content](https://blog.bountiful.ag/march-17-2023-bloom-update#main-content) [![Bountiful Logo-1](https://blog.bountiful.ag/hs-fs/hubfs/Bountiful%20Logo-1.png?width=250&height=85&name=Bountiful%20Logo-1.png)](https://bountiful.ag/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Login to Bountiful](https://app.bountiful.ag/login) [Login to Bountiful](https://app.bountiful.ag/login) [All posts](https://blog.bountiful.ag/all) March 18, 2023 # March 17, 2023 Bloom Update 🌸 ![Picture of Megan Nunes](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/a7ed9b72e26c73cb7c02547eeb9a172e) By  [Megan Nunes](https://blog.bountiful.ag/author/megan-nunes)  ·  1 minute read [Bountiful Bloom](https://bountifulalmonds.com/) is officially closed for submissions. You can now access [Bountiful Bloom](https://bountifulalmonds.com/) and explore the data without any requirement to input a bloom submission to see how almond bloom development moves + bee flight hours, and chill portions change across the North, Central, and South by day. [![https://bountifulalmonds.com/](https://blog.bountiful.ag/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%207.25.46%20PM.png?width=2880&height=1580&name=Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%207.25.46%20PM.png)](https://bountifulalmonds.com/)   [![Bountiful Bloom Button](https://blog.bountiful.ag/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-17%20at%204.14.46%20PM.png?width=491&height=71&name=Screen%20Shot%202023-02-17%20at%204.14.46%20PM.png)](https://bountifulalmonds.com/)   It feels like [California can't stop being hit by](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-13/another-atmospheric-river-storm-california-floods-rain)[atmospheric](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-13/another-atmospheric-river-storm-california-floods-rain)[river after atmospheric river](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-13/another-atmospheric-river-storm-california-floods-rain).  More rain came to California this week. So much rain, there are now reports of parts of the valley that are flooding, [including almond orchard flooding](https://www.aol.com/news/flooding-remains-dire-concern-central-183753701.html). All reports of flooding have been in the South region near Tulare Lake Basin.  Below you'll find a screenshot from the [Bountiful Platform, weather data](https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather) showing precipitation over the last week 👇. [![https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather](https://blog.bountiful.ag/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%209.04.00%20PM.png?width=1144&height=774&name=Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%209.04.00%20PM.png)](https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather) [Temperatures this week](https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather) pre-storms and post we're mild this week, with several counties in the South and Central hitting highs of 70 degrees Farenheight+. The timing of this is of course good and bad. Good in the sense that elevated temperatures are helpful for getting some last-minute bee flight hours in for the few orchards with varieties in peak bloom. Bad in the sense of elevated temperatures after rain = petri dish for bacteria aka the perfect recipe for disease.  West Coast Nut has a rather timely article on the subject of the disease risks of rain and temperature, with some nice mitigation techniques and recommendations as well, [you can find the article here](https://www.wcngg.com/2023/03/14/we-all-want-rain-but-not-during-bloom/).  👇 You'll find the California min and max temperatures over the last, you can view the temperature for your area of interest on the [Bountiful Platform](https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather) [![https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather](https://blog.bountiful.ag/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%209.03.30%20PM.png?width=1174&height=804&name=Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%209.03.30%20PM.png)](https://app.bountiful.ag/agriculture/weather) With bloom coming to a close we did sneak in some last-minute bee flight hours to close out the pollination period for almonds. The 2023 🐝 cumulative bee flight hours we're 70-122 hours less this year when compared to 2022\* bee flight hours, and cumulative chill portions for 2023 ❄️  continue to be up over 2022\*, by 17-25 chill portions. *\*Please note Bountiful only measures bee flight during bloom. The 2022 bee flight hours below are as of March 9, 2022.* [![Bee Flight + Chill from Bountiful Bloom](https://blog.bountiful.ag/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%209.03.17%20PM.png?width=594&height=640&name=Screenshot%202023-03-17%20at%209.03.17%20PM.png)](https://bountifulalmonds.com/)  You can see how bee flight hours and chill changed throughout the North Central and South by day at [BountifulAlmonds.com](http://bountifulalmonds.com). 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