One of my great pleasures in fall is watching the change that accompanies the seasonal return of frost and cooler nighttime temperatures. It is not uncommon on an autumn morning to see fog drifting along streams and laying over ponds. The same humid but cool conditions that produce fog will produce frost in low-lying areas. When the temperature [...]
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Frost and Fog
Posted in Garden, tagged fog, frost, Winterthur Garden on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gardening Tip #2: Spring Frosts
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged frost on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A week of sunny weather in April can give a gardener amnesia. Suddenly you find yourself planting as though it is May, forgetting that the nights can still get cold and turn your hard work into mush. Because today has been cool and cloudy I’ve already had two calls from gardeners asking for advice on frost. Keep [...]
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Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 3, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/04 04:40:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 34.4 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 25.4 deg. F Wind Speed: 2.3 mph Wind Direction: 274.4 deg. (W) Barometric Pressure: 30.33 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 2.7 mph at 9:37 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 69 % Wind Chill: 34.4 deg. […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 3, 2012
