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Down to minus 3 this morning.
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Coldest frost so far this winter with -4.9 >_<
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-1.3deg. at my place at the moment: lawns white.

Sky clear and the stars were brilliant a couple of hours ago. :D
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-1.4 in levin
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Good frost here this morning with frost still hanging around in sheltered places away from the sun.
Down to minus 4.6C, coldest morning sofa this year.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Good frost here this morning with frost still hanging around in sheltered places away from the sun.
Down to minus 4.6C, coldest morning sofa this year.
Seems like you get heavier frosts there than at your last place John, not a lot different to here yet you are close to the sea.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Good frost here this morning with frost still hanging around in sheltered places away from the sun.
Down to minus 4.6C, coldest morning sofa this year.
Seems like you get heavier frosts there than at your last place John, not a lot different to here yet you are close to the sea.
The frosts here more heavier, might be because of the soil, compared to my West Melton recordings,but Raukapuka seems to have it's local micro-climate, compared to other parts of Geraldine, I dunno.
Interesting :-k
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wonder why? cant see soil type being the cause, close to the hills maybe?
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Less wind I wonder?
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coldest morning so far this winter -6.8
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Orion wrote:Less wind I wonder?
Probably that, also Richard's answer, maybe?
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Andy wrote:coldest morning so far this winter -6.8
Good frost Andy
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
Orion wrote:Less wind I wonder?
Probably that, also Richard's answer, maybe?
Get very little wind drift here on frosty nights
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I see Mt Cook village is currently on -9.6 deg, what will it get to by morning? Reminded me of the winter of 2013 here, the following night after we had a -15deg frost it was -7deg at 7.00, it was dropping one deg every hour, 10.00pm it was -10, it thought if this keeps up it might reach -18 by sunup, but the NW wind came through and went from -10deg to +7 in about 1/2 hour.
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Richard wrote:I see Mt Cook village is currently on -9.6 deg, what will it get to by morning? Reminded me of the winter of 2013 here, the following night after we had a -15deg frost it was -7deg at 7.00, it was dropping one deg every hour, 10.00pm it was -10, it thought if this keeps up it might reach -18 by sunup, but the NW wind came through and went from -10deg to +7 in about 1/2 hour.
:smile: -4 this morning
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Minus 4.1C here this morning with it zero @ 9:30am.
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Lowest it got to -3.6deg
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A tad 'milder' this morning with it getting down to minus 1.9C this morning.
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A good frost this morning with traces around to midday. Down to minus 2.8C.
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Just -0.2deg here along with fog.
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Good frost overnight here down to minus 3.9C before it clouded up from the north.
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-1.8deg C air temp here at the moment.
Sunlight appearing \:D/
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-4C here this morning with the remenants of 2 snowmen still frozen in the backyard
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Down to minus 3.5C this morning. Still bits of frost around and behind our new glass-house.
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Dipped to a low of -2.7deg, wont be a frost tonight, NW wind is close to coming through.
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