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First frost for 2013,ice on the car and is noticeable in amoung the long grass,temp gauge says +1.5 and ground +2deg.
Could be yet another summer where there is a small amount of frost each of the months,in the 11 years living here there's only been one summer where there were no frosts (2000-2011)

Not that cold here but chilly enough!

Down to 1.1Cin the screen here overnight, so there could of been slight frosting on the ground at one stage
Tomatoes look OK though

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Down to 1.1Cin the screen here overnight, so there could of been slight frosting on the ground at one stage
Tomatoes look OK though

Takes more than that to effect the frost tender plants in the garden John,thank goodness.

Ice on the car this morning with an air temp of +1.5

Top of the car frozen this morning and the temp showing +1deg,thats a frost every month this summer which is normal for here

Ice on the car roof and 1.5deg

1.6 degrees here this morning and 0.8 yesterday. Not long to go now

Slightly colder this morning with +1deg and frost on the grass

In Methven: ice on car windscreen this morning.

Oh dear ,heavy enough for the windscreen to have ice.

Low of +4deg here this morning

A tomato killer this morning,-2deg airtemp and -2.5 ground temp

Richard wrote:A tomato killer this morning,-2deg airtemp and -2.5 ground temp

Blimey that's a decent frost, even in mid winter over here. I personally wouldn't be looking forward to a -8°C or -9°C low mid winter in your case.

Tornado Tim wrote:

Richard wrote:A tomato killer this morning,-2deg airtemp and -2.5 ground temp

Blimey that's a decent frost, even in mid winter over here. I personally wouldn't be looking forward to a -8°C or -9°C low mid winter in your case.

Certainly don't want to see another -14deg like last winter though

Oh dear! -2.7 degrees air frost this morning this means the end of the tomatoes and other summer vegetables. On the downward slide into winter now, I must take a soil temp reading after lunch.

Edit: At 8:20am on sun rise air temp at 1.25m -3.3, at 5cm above ground -5.4 and soil temp at 100mm below ground over grass is +10.3.

Smack on zero in morning

-0.7 here

0.8C here

Ice! Not down to zero yet but ice around.

Wow,thats cold for you lot this early,pea soup here so no frost, 5 deg

Richard wrote:Wow,thats cold for you lot this early,pea soup here so no frost, 5 deg

Suprisingly not that unusual. Happens around this time of year most years.

Grass white this morning;
frozen dew on car;
a brontosaurus [or possibly a deer] roaring in the distance: Autumn!
+0.2 degrees.

-3.2 here at the mo

Andy wrote:-3.2 here at the mo

A good example why this computer temp forecasting is hopeless,Alexandra was only going down to +2deg,a 5deg difference is a lot.

Just on -3deg here this morning and -3.5deg ground temp

Richard wrote:

Andy wrote:-3.2 here at the mo

A good example why this computer temp forecasting is hopeless, Alexandra was only going down to +2deg,a 5deg difference is a lot.

Just on -3deg here this morning and -3.5deg ground temp

Yes I agree !
At 7:30am on sunrise -3.6 air temp and -5.2 at 5cm above the ground.