I’ve found this model to more accurate for our area than any other.
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Warmer this afternoon across N Wisconsin. Seeing some low 30Fs across the northland. Maybe it’s all the pine forests soaking up the late January sun warming things up.
That western ridge will not die it seems.
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If you complain enough, someone from Southern California will tell you how hard their life is, having to live with with low clouds in the morning and high temperatures between 60 and 80 degrees F 8 months of the year. And they go to Trader Joe’s on February 1st and there’s no more persimmons. So hard.
I just spent the last 2 weeks working outside in zero degree temperatures every day.
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Yeah it must be rough working in sandals 362 days a year while we have to layer up to go to the mailbox.
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My gauge in the shade says 23 right now. It was 21 when I stirred this morning. If it actually got to 21, I don’t think anything I have will be alive. Maybe some radishes.
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My weather station got down to 23.2 F right as the sun started coming up. In the past we have not gotten as cold as surrounding areas when we have lows near or close to freezing. I guess the high winds negated any microclimate effect we have here because we got just as cold as the forecast this time. We are back above freezing now finally.
I think a lot of my stuff is going to be dead or die back. Probably will be a while until I know what actually survived. I just hope the potted stuff I shoved in the shed makes it so I have things to replant when the time comes, haha.
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You’re not wrong, but having your house burn down in the middle of the wet season because you haven’t received a single drop of rain for 9 months is pretty hard too.
Southern California got lucky this winter with a decent amount of rain early on. Otherwise this weather pattern is pretty similar to last year’s.
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Same. I know for sure my firebush hedge took some damage, plus all the stuff that was already damaged. My silkie died too, but I am not sure if that was the cold or chickens being mean chickens. Our pipes in the back are frozen (the pvc is exposed to the air in some spots. I just hope it didn’t burst. I have to leave for work before it is above freezing back there.
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All the more tropical things are looking pretty terrible already. Hopefully some of them come back if the damage wasn’t enough to kill them. Luckily most of the things I have planted that can’t handle this type of cold are fast growing things. Also pretty happy with my decision to not spend much on anything more tropical. Just about everything that I might lose was obtained very cheap or free. A lot of it started from seed or gifts/trades from a friend. A lot of people around here growing tropicals are probably out quite a bit more money. I feel like it had been so long since this area has seen it this cold lulled many into a false sense of security as far as how feasible growing some of these things here is.
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Hope your pipes are OK sharq!
Oh yeah, also our power went out for about an hour this morning when the temps were at their coldest. It’s an old house and our HVAC system struggles to keep it warm when it gets this cold. It’s finally back into the 60s in the house now. I’ve got the radiator on and made a fire after I got up.
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At 1030-11, the strawberry fields and oranges are still frozen. Definitely looks very cool. Frozen mango doesn’t look as cool. Beautiful sunny day to enjoy the ice, albeit a little dry.
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Do you think the continuous irrigation worked this time or was it too cold? I wonder if the crop this year will take a big hit?
We use sprinklers for frost protection in grapes, and they’re usually good down to about 23 degrees provided you turn them on before it gets below freezing and keep them running until air temps are above 32. It’s the energy release from water freezing that provides protection and not the ice itself.
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The plants will be fine it looks like. Strawberries are probably gonna lose a harvest or two though. The watering is really to keep the fruit, citrus and strawberries typically do fine in these snap colds.
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Ended up getting about a foot of snow last night. Lots of drifts that are much deeper.
Been below freezing for almost a week with just brief hours above 32 on some days. Twenty mile an hour winds yesterday with temperatures in the twenties during the day and 18 F at night. Will be about 14 F tonight.
It’s not the coldest we’ve had in recent years, but the duration of the freeze is pretty tough, I think it’s been about two decades since it’s been this cold for this long.
Lost power for a few hours yesterday. I was worried we’d have to get through the night without heat, which would’ve been awful for my pipes and for all the plants I have with Christmas lights under protection outside. The linemen were great though, got us back up much faster than I had been fearing.
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Took a vacation up the East Coast in September of last year. Through Myrtle Beach and Cape Hatteras seashore. Really weird to see snow on the sand now never thought that would happen.
Just overcast and rainy. Ugh! But I do not miss snow!
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27F and sunshine today. This type of weather is fine in winter.
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