GREENSBORO, N.C. — This summer has been one for the books.
"It's a tough time when it gets this hot especially when we are talking 92 or 95 degrees that's extreme heat for this time of year," said Matt Rudd, a local Guilford County grower.
For fourth generation farmer at Rudd Farm, Matt Rudd, he says he's watching the temps for himself and his crops.
"You don't really think about it but we do have some crops that are very sensitive to it things like our tomatoes and pumpkins they can actually sunburn if it's really hot you can ruin the crop and if it's not too bad it'll be a little discolored spot
Rudd says the yellowing on the skin of a tomato is not the ripeness but rather shows where the vegetable is sunburned.
Thankfully he's got two ways to prevent this problem: keeping crops watered and a sunblock.
"We've done some treatments that are kind of like a sunscreen and we have applied that to some of the fields of tomatoes and pumpkins to try to prevent some of that sunburn but really the main thing we can do know is keep them watered and keep them hydrated," Rudd said.
Relief is here. As of Thursday, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows no areas in our state in the red or extreme and severe drought.
And while this day is hot one, Rudd says he's looking forward to cooler weather this fall.
"We've got our crops planted so I'm thinking this is not going to bother us too bad we are going to have lots of pumpkins, sunflowers, lots of fall crops," Rudd said.