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Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 05:53
by Richard
Ice on the roof of the car this morning
,gauge on the post showing 1C
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 07:57
by snowstormwatcher
Yep a slight coating ice on the roof of my car this morning as well. Got down to 2.5 degrees
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 08:52
by Tim S
frost, already! hadn't had a sub 10C min here for a good 3-4 months, cool this morning though at around 12C, almost too cold for shorts.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 10:26
by Richard
Tim S wrote:frost, already! hadn't had a sub 10C min here for a good 3-4 months, cool this morning though at around 12C, almost too cold for shorts.
yep just one of the joys of living inland
when we first mover here the first five years there was a frost every month of the year,be it only a very light one Dec-Jan & Fed,the last five years though Jan and Feb has been frost free,don't know if thats a sign of any thing or not.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 10:30
by Tornado Tim
I am very surprised about that! Frost in Mid summer!!!!
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 10:34
by Orion
In January maybe two years ago we had a frost... What is your altitude there, Richard?
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 10:36
by Richard
Orion wrote:In January maybe two years ago we had a frost... What is your altitude there, Richard?
175m,its because there's ranges right round us here.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 03/03/2011 07:39
by snowstormwatcher
Ice on the roof and windscreen of my car this morning got down to 0.9 degrees. Sadly my pumpkins have been hit by the frost
Looks like most of the corn is has escaped being hit though.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 03/03/2011 09:08
by Richard
snowstormwatcher wrote:Ice on the roof and windscreen of my car this morning got down to 0.9 degrees. Sadly my pumpkins have been hit by the frost
Looks like most of the corn is has escaped being hit though.
Must have been close to frost here too,have to watch out Monday morning though
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 03/03/2011 12:27
by Tim S
cold one here this morning (for us!) around 8C I think, going to be cold here from Sunday night on too, local weather forecaster has 4-7C for us for Monday and Tuesday morning, will be a bit of a shock!
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Mon 28/03/2011 07:12
by Richard
Frost on the car roof
0.5C
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Sat 02/04/2011 07:36
by Richard
Ice again on the cars roof
and just above 0C
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Sun 10/04/2011 09:05
by snowstormwatcher
Frost here this morning. Overnight low of -1 at 7am this morning.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Sun 10/04/2011 21:48
by Richard
Thought there might have been one here two but the fog came in during the night,NW wind came up during this afternoon so it should be a mild night tonight,i hope.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Tue 19/04/2011 07:35
by snowstormwatcher
Frost here this morning down to -2 overnight. 0 degrees now with thick high cloud cover.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Wed 27/04/2011 08:27
by snowstormwatcher
A light frost here this morning. Overnight low of -1 degrees. Should be a lovely fine day though.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Wed 27/04/2011 20:46
by snowstormwatcher
Looking like a good frost here tonight. Just dropped below 0 degrees with frost forming on the grass.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Wed 27/04/2011 21:38
by Andy
snowstormwatcher wrote:Looking like a good frost here tonight. Just dropped below 0 degrees with frost forming on the grass.
Yes dropping to 0 here too.. -3 this morning
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 28/04/2011 06:53
by Richard
Cloud here this morning thankfully, otherwise we would be get a frost also.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 28/04/2011 06:57
by melja
Good one here this morning with a -2.2 air temp.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 28/04/2011 07:15
by Nev
A few MetService and NIWA min-temps (°C) from this morn...
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-5.9 Ranfurly
-5.6 Pukaki Aero
-5.4 Lauder
-5.0 Middlemarch
-4.9 Tara Hills (near Omarama)
-4.5 Queenstown Aero
-4.5 Lumsden
-4.4 Alexandra Cws
-4.3 Clyde
-4.0 Cromwell
-3.7 Dunedin Aero
-3.2 Wanaka Aero
-3.2 Lake Tekapo
-3.1 Windsor
-3.3 Manapouri Aero
-2.9 Invercargill Aero
-2.8 Christchurch Aero
-2.8 Timaru Aero
-2.6 Murchison
-1.9 Ashburton Aero
-1.6 Oamaru Aero
Edit: Updated figures posted earlier.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 28/04/2011 07:32
by snowstormwatcher
A good frost here this morning. Currently -4.1 degrees with blue dome skies.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 28/04/2011 07:32
by melja
Think i saw M/S with -2.5 at chch when i got up.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 28/04/2011 07:34
by Orion
-2.2 deg. here now, pink-and-golden sunlight on the white frost, looks very wintry. Going to be a beautiful day.
Re: Frost reports 2011
Posted: Thu 28/04/2011 07:39
by Andy
Got down to -4.5 @ 6:20am now -1.8 and thick fog.