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Frosts 2019
Posted: Tue 26/02/2019 06:55
by Richard
Just like the old days when we would get a frost every month of the year, last 10 years they have pretty much become a thing of the past, so not common now to get a light non damaging frost like we have this morning. Waiting to hear back from a friend who lives where the Hurunui river leaves the Amuri plains,its the worse spot for frost in the area
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Tue 26/02/2019 07:07
by cbm
No frost here but a sudden drop in temp after 4am and no urban heat islanding, I'm on 6.4C exact same as rural MetService site. My lows have been 1-2C above that most of Jan and Feb.
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Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Wed 27/02/2019 09:36
by cbm
Urban heat Island back again with much lighter winds. Was worth a good 2.5 to 3C this morning. My min was 7.8
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Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Wed 27/02/2019 10:00
by jamie
I had 4.1 here, chilly
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Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Wed 27/02/2019 10:02
by Richard
jamie wrote: ↑Wed 27/02/2019 10:00
I had 4.1 here, chilly
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Getting down a bit,
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Fri 01/03/2019 06:35
by Richard
2 degrees and ice on the car for the first day of March
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Fri 01/03/2019 07:15
by NZstorm
Pukaki Airport on -1C and Masterton 2C.
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Fri 01/03/2019 11:40
by Simon Culling
As stated above, some low temperatures for the first day of autumn. MetService tweet gives a few figures:
https://twitter.com/MetService/status/1 ... 9049099264
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Thu 04/04/2019 08:14
by Richard
First sub zero air temperature for the year, -0.6deg
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sun 07/04/2019 10:58
by NZstorm
-4C at Pukaki airport this morning. Winter has arrived!
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sun 07/04/2019 11:24
by melja
Apparently -4.8C in omarama yesterday morning, bit cold for early April.
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Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sun 07/04/2019 11:44
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Down to zero this morning. The pumpkin leaves have been bitten. Thank goodness we covered up the passionfruit last night.
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sun 07/04/2019 11:54
by Richard
melja wrote: ↑Sun 07/04/2019 11:24
Apparently -4.8C in omarama yesterday morning, bit cold for early April.
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Thats a heavy frost for this early
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sun 07/04/2019 12:32
by Chris Raine
-2.5C Air frost for Saturday and -6.2C Ground frost-1.5C Air Frost for today and -5.5 C ground frost
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sun 07/04/2019 14:13
by Nev
melja wrote: ↑Sun 07/04/2019 11:24
Apparently -4.8C in omarama yesterday morning, bit cold for early April.
Coldest that Tara Hills site has ever been this early in April since records began in 1950.
Its only other 6 colder April T-mins have all occurred in the last week of April.
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Mon 08/04/2019 17:00
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Light frosting on the truck window this morning.
Down to 0.6C.
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Mon 08/04/2019 17:47
by cbm
Seeing grass mins below 0 now in rural areas, but no visible ice yet. It was so warm in March my silly watermelon plant put out a new runner and set a new fruit. Curious to see how big it gets before it gets turned to mush by the first real frost.
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Mon 08/04/2019 19:43
by jamie
It must have been close to ice on the ground this morn. 2.7C Was the low here. Then again with ground temp sitting at 17C it would take a ripper frost to counter the warm convection rising from the ground.
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Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sat 13/04/2019 08:18
by NZstorm
Down to -3C at Pukaki Airport and 1C at Taupo Airport.
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sat 13/04/2019 13:45
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Down to 0.6C this morning.
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Sat 13/04/2019 17:39
by cbm
Pretty chilly at dusk . Think will escape a frost, if it was in three weeks time would be different. Need to figure what to do with this now giant soon.
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Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Wed 17/04/2019 08:40
by Orion
Observed frost on lawn and roofs this morning.
Clear sunny day
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Wed 17/04/2019 11:51
by Richard
cbm wrote: ↑Sat 13/04/2019 17:39
Pretty chilly at dusk . Think will escape a frost, if it was in three weeks time would be different. Need to figure what to do with this now giant soon.
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If its in the ground and has formed a good size crown they can be cut down for the winter and covered with straw hay etc, they pop up again in spring.
Down to -0.3 this morning
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Wed 17/04/2019 18:11
by cbm
This one is in a large pot, so in theory movable, but in practice now way too heavy.
The stalks of in-ground specimums will survive some but not all winters unprotected here, just the leaves will go brown.
I have got this one including the newest leaf or two fully intact through 2 winters so far just by covering with frostcloth. Plan is to do that again but will need a large amount of cloth this time and to get right up on the top of a ladder to reach the top!
Re: Frosts 2019
Posted: Wed 17/04/2019 18:40
by Richard
cbm wrote: ↑Wed 17/04/2019 18:11
This one is in a large pot, so in theory movable, but in practice now way too heavy.
The stalks of in-ground specimums will survive some but not all winters unprotected here, just the leaves will go brown.
I have got this one including the newest leaf or two fully intact through 2 winters so far just by covering with frostcloth. Plan is to do that again but will need a large amount of cloth this time and to get right up on the top of a ladder to reach the top!
I do think its better to sacrifice that growth to be able to get it in the ground where it will be a lot safer against frost, above ground the root ball is prone to the cold.
