Frost reports for 2010

[Richard]

-0.5 here this morning,had to get up and turn sprinklers on the garden at 3.00,in the end maybe not heavy enough to do any damage to frost tender plants.

[jamie]

not quite a frost but heck i wasnt expecting 0.9!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dam near froze this morning and had to dip my hands in warm water.

[tich]

Not too far from a frost in Chch - down to 2C overnight at Jeff's station.

[Richard]

Talking with a bloke this who lives in Sefton,he had ice on his window screen

[Michael]

We should have a competition given a week timeline when we guess in our areas the 1st frost,I reckon 3rd week in May for auckland.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

We should have a competition given a week timeline when we guess in our areas the 1st frost,I reckon 3rd week in May for auckland.

Good idea.
What's the prize?
A frost cloth.

I say, next week for here.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[spike_01]

Travelled over the Desert Rd yesterday.. There was a slight dusting of new snow on Ruapehu..

[Richard]

We should have a competition given a week timeline when we guess in our areas the 1st frost,I reckon 3rd week in May for auckland.

Dam too late for me

[Michael]

We should have a competition given a week timeline when we guess in our areas the 1st frost,I reckon 3rd week in May for auckland.

Good idea.
What's the prize?
A frost cloth.

I say, next week for here.

JohnGaul
NZThS

A trip to auckland in a weather situation like this on a on school bus

[Lukemyster]

Hmmm, Maybe tomorro morning for Christchurch. Was 8C at 8pm and has been dropping 0.4 every 10mins and now is 6C. No cloud cover, and could be a real cool night ahead.

[jamie]

well here it is. in the negatives this morning. YUK!

[Richard]

March can see light frosts where i live. but this morning's -3 is just crazy

[Nev]

Think Akld Aero got down to 7.5C this morn - first time it's got to single digits since Nov 13 and its lowest temp since end of Oct.

Down to 8.0C here.

[Richard]

Just had another look and the low was just short of -4 at about 7.00am

[Tornado Tim]

Frost for Matangi 0.3°C!

[jamie]

hell this has to be some kind of record for here. -1.7 here this morning!!!!! what a joke! its only bloody march. bugger all dew though so the ice on my car windscreen was only very thin unlike the mid winters frosts.

[jrj]

air temp or grass min temp?

[Tornado Tim]

Air temp for me...... I think thats the same for Jamie too.
Those soil stations are expensive but are good for frost recordings!

[Richard]

air temp or grass min temp?

Mine was air temp

[jamie]

mine was air. dont have a gras temp. that is next on the list of things to get though.

[Andy]

That is some good frost readings for mid March, nothing as cold as -4 here yet Richard. Only been some light frosts around 0 degress so far. Autumn is here.

[jrj]

so that makes it even more impressive!

[snowstormwatcher]

First frost for the year here this morning down to -1 would have easily gotten colder if there was no high cloud around.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

...down to 0.5C overnight in the screen but bounced back up to 7C at 7:30am
no frost evidence

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Richard]

That is some good frost readings for mid March, nothing as cold as -4 here yet Richard. Only been some light frosts around 0 degress so far. Autumn is here.

yer Andy,not good,in the 10 years living here that was by the heaviest March frost,my garden survived thanks to four sprinklers.