I don’t think windchill impacts LP, only actual temp. We have electric in-floor heat as well as an electric heat pump (which would be very inefficient at these temps, but better than nothing) so we won’t freeze to death…unless the electricity goes out
I doubt -25 will do it, but I’ve read about temps getting cold enough people report hearing the trees crack and split in the night.
For sensitive trees like peaches, -25F could very well kill them. I’ve read temps as low as -15 killing peach wood. I’ve also read where peaches survived -25 just fine. I’m talking about mature healthy trees here. Young peach trees are much more susceptible to cold.
I suspect it has some to do with the varieties and some to do with how dormant the trees are. Right now trees should be in maximum dormancy.
Ya, if we don’t see mid -30s I’ll be a bit surprised. -29 right now. I was outside for awhile today. It was brisk A person wouldn’t want to be out there unprepared, that’s for sure
Minnesotans call Bemidji “Brrrrrmidji” for a reason. It’s friggin’ cold up there. Just think, there’s another 90 minutes - 2 hours of MN north of there.
Oh ya, the woods will get to cracking when it’s -25 or lower. Even native trees like aspens, paper birches, and young burr oaks will have frost cracks after cold spells like this one.
I’ve got 13F in my garage… I put a sensor out there to keep an eye on my container tree temps. Milwaukee lakeshore is the warm spot with -2F… They still look to go down to near -20F.
Wax, the sensor in the garage is a good idea. I put a thermometer in there one winter out of curiosity, and the temp in there wasn’t much different than the outside temp, even with a fireplace on the other side of the wall. Some of the garage walls are even insulated.