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No frost here this morning but a lady i know said there's a frost at her place in Queenstown this morning.
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Ground frost here, air temp was +0.8 here at 6am
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Light frost on hard surfaces at Lake benmore this morning.
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According to Daniel on the weather tonight on the telly, it got down to zero in Lumsden this morning. :cool:
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Very light ground frost here this morning,+1.5deg
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I got down to -1.4C on the grass yesterday morning 6th at Thornbury
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wow thats a heavy frost for Jan :eek:
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A -0.6deg frost this morning
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White frost on everything this morning with 0.9C the low.
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Grass looked frosty at Westerfield at 7:15am today - very unscientific observation, sorry! #-o
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Yes, slight frosting here this morning finished our pumpkins off, mind you we had a good crop this year. :smile:
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Yes, slight frosting here this morning finished our pumpkins off, mind you we had a good crop this year. :smile:
Sounds like it was as hard as here
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Frost here as well.
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An informant from Taumarunui reports a rather chunky frost there as well
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Yes, slight frosting here this morning finished our pumpkins off, mind you we had a good crop this year. :smile:
Sounds like it was as hard as here
minus 0.4C here this morning.
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Down to +0.2 deg this morning, so bit of ice about
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Down to minus 0.6C overnight with some frosting on the decking this morning.
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Down to -2.4deg at 5.50am then warmed a deg.
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A light -0.4 deg frost this morning
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A tad of a frost, down to minus 0.6C overnight.
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Down to +0.2 at 5.50am, so a bit of white about
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First frost of winter here - recorded -0.2°C but very white. Lovely morning.
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Same here, first for us. Only -1 though
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-3.6 here
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A -0.6 deg frost here
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