Frosts 2012

[Richard]

Down to -3 so far on mercury gauge,the Tessa censor saying + 2.5,cars looking really sparkly so i cant see the censor been right

[Orion]

-3.3 degrees here at present...

[snowstormwatcher]

-6.2 degrees here currently which is the coldest May temperature Ive recorded in the 5 years Ive lived here.

[Nev]

I see Dunedin Aero also on about -6C this morn, its lowest temp so far this year. Dunedin Aero's all-time lowest-equal temp since records began in 1963 is -8.8C recorded on May 28th, 1988 and July 8th, 2007.

[Richard]

Just on -8 here

[Andy]

Just on -8 here

Thats a good 1

-6 here at 5:50am this morning but some low cloud saved us from dipping any lower.

[Skywatcher]

Low cloud didn't clear until after midnight here so the minimum was only -2.2°C.

[Dale]

Not sure what we got down to overnight but I would bet my house it was pretty close to zero.. bit of a light frost out there & the place is really struggling to warm up.

[Orion]

I see Dunedin Aero also on about -6C this morn, its lowest temp so far this year. Dunedin Aero's all-time lowest-equal temp since records began in 1963 is -8.8C recorded on May 28th, 1988 and July 8th, 2007.

I was living in Ashburton in May '88 and recall a terrific frost then - something like -6 deg. air temp. (about 20deg Fahrenheit) - after snow that fell there around the 22nd.

Right now it's still only -0.6 deg here. But rising

[bmo]

Got down to -2.1 here

[Richard]

That -8 this morning buggered the Granny smiths apples still on the tree,all soft now

[03Stormchaser]

That -8 this morning buggered the Granny smiths apples still on the tree,all soft now

Thats a cold start to the day!!

[Richard]

It was a ripper of a frost,normally Granny smiths can handle a frost but not ones like that though,hope its not a sign of the winter to come,we will always get at least one -9 every winter and the heaviest ive seen was -12 in 2001,then the 10 day long run of frosts killed all the Wattle trees in the district,even wiped out large areas of Manuka that grew in the shade.

[snowstormwatcher]

Ended up with -6.6 here this morning. Could even be colder tonight provided it stays clear as its cooling down much faster than last night. 1 degree now.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

Could be a very cold one tonight with the temperature at the airport on minus 0.5 already. However 2.3 degrees in my area of town. Depends whether we get coastal cloud developing overnight or not. Amazingly its 10 degrees in the eastern suburbs while in the negatives at the airport! Bit of a sea breeze obviously

[Richard]

yes should be as cold again tonight,just had a look and its -3.5 now

[Richard]

Got to -6 before the cloud cover came over,now on zero

[snowstormwatcher]

Clouded over here also. Was -2 at 9pm before the cloud, Now its just below freezing.

[RWood]

Worth noting that in May 1984 there was an extended forsty spell in clear SW conditions - followed by the mildest winter on record!

[Richard]

Well i hope this winter follows that same pattern Rupert,does that record still stand??

[Richard]

A -6 this morning

[snowstormwatcher]

A bit of fog here overnight so just -4 here this morning.

[Orion]

Frost on car and grass;
+0.8 degrees at present.
Clear skies overnight here.

[Andy]

-4 and some fog here.

[RWood]

Well i hope this winter follows that same pattern Rupert,does that record still stand??

Yes, it does, even though there have been plenty of mild winters since then.