We have snow and wind
Fairbanks, AK has very strong thermal inversions. Around Christmas at 2200 ft it was 34F just outside the cityā¦the airport was -12F on the valley floor.
Sometimes if conditions are right (clear/calm/snow cover) that happens locally with the bluffs sitting about 500ft above meā¦i can be -20F and my brother (who use to live on top of the bluff) would be around 0F. Any wind can mix it out quickly so the temps become much more uniform.
Only a couple inches of cover here
Iād hope for cold to kill of the squirrels, but last time it got down to -20, they survived quite well
The ice skaters should like it
Does anybody know if temps down to 10 degrees f can damage Japanese beetle larva in ground? No snow on the ground.
We have single digit temperature this whole week, but no sub-zero day. Hope my in-ground figs can survive. I wrap them at fall and put lots of snow around them. Itās kind of high and hard to complete cover using snow.
They are probably just sitting in a warm den eating the spoils of their summer and fall raids.
I see them outside now, scampering about in the snow
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One was eating a walnut outside just now. I stress WAS
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3ft. of snow down and a balmy -11f! w/ -31f windshield factor! brutal!
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Thatās insane guysā¦ and here i am telling everyone how itās going to be cold next week or soā¦
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Cold is kind of relative, folks where you are from are not quite as prepared as those in the north. I was talking to a sales rep in Tampa a couple of weeks ago and she said she was āhaving to wear my ski coatā to stay warm , but they have a meyer lemon in the yard so I doubt it was really all that cold , lol
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19 degrees F tonight! 
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Here we had -14F last night. Even on the scale of 20 or so feet, I can āseeā cold air being advected out of my yard since it is in a bowl. I get these double-bottomed lows often because of wind picking up briefly and mixing out the cold that has settled in my bowl. Here is last night:
The rise this evening is because we went from clear to clouds.
Sitting at 14 right now, headed for about 8 overnight. Coldest night in a couple years, as it didnāt get below 10 last winter. Weāre not forecast to get above freezing the next 10 days. Coldest December I can remember here in the 4 years weāve been here.
I had to turn on the heat lamp in the cellar today to keep our canned goods from freezing during this cold spell. The lamp can keep it about 25-30Ā° warmer than the outside temps. So, I hope it doesnāt get much colder than 5Ā° over the next few weeks.
Itās real tempting to crank up the heat, but itās easier to layer on the clothes than pay a $200+ per month electric bill.
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New year will be brutal. The day temp is -1 F and the night temp is predicted to be -15F. Cold is our New Year present.
Tony
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Wow, Tony, thatās rough! Coldest New Year for yāall in a while I imagine?
Yep
This weather will be a test for peach bud hardiness. Weāre looking at a couple of nights around -20 this weekend!
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