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Razor wrote: Sat 12/09/2020 07:48
Bradley wrote: Sat 12/09/2020 07:15 -5.8C in West Melton. I see Christchurch Airport just broke it’s all time coldest September minimum as well!!
And yet no frost at all here in Halswell
Breeze along the port hills was there?
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White frost here this morning, down to minus 3C.
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Slight frosting overnight, down to minus 1, but up to plus 1 by sunrise.
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Razor wrote: Sat 12/09/2020 07:48
Bradley wrote: Sat 12/09/2020 07:15 -5.8C in West Melton. I see Christchurch Airport just broke it’s all time coldest September minimum as well!!
And yet no frost at all here in Halswell
Rather sporadic i guess, I live in Halswell Oaklands and had a decent amount of frost on my car
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Some light frosting early this morning, down to minus 0.2C
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Good Frost here this morning with a low of -2.8
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Did manage to get as low as +.5 deg, colder tonight though.
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-1.0 deg. C here just now.
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Down to minus 2.7C overnight. Fig tree leaves got burnt.
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Seeing that it's -4.8C at the airport right now, Lyttelton 1.2C which is low for here.
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-1.0°C at present here again.
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Reached as low as -4
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Chris W wrote: Wed 30/09/2020 06:03 Seeing that it's -4.8C at the airport right now, Lyttelton 1.2C which is low for here.
Beats Chch Aero's previous Sep Tmin record of -4.4C set in 2012 since records began there in 1953.
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Nev wrote: Wed 30/09/2020 07:48
Chris W wrote: Wed 30/09/2020 06:03 Seeing that it's -4.8C at the airport right now, Lyttelton 1.2C which is low for here.
Beats Chch Aero's previous Sep Tmin record of -4.4C set in 2012 since records began there in 1953.
That’s twice it has beaten it’s all time record after the record fell earlier in the month as well, would be interesting to know if that has ever happened in a month before!
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Down to minus 4C here overnight but warmed up a bit prior to sunrise to minus 2C.
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A lighter but significant frost this morning, down to minus 0.5C.
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Down to zero overnight some slight frosting on the ground.
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Frost here this morning, down to zero degrees.
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Slight frosting this morning, down to minus 0.4C.
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Frosty this morning, down to minus 0.4C.
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Down as low as -2.6deg this morning
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Another frosty morning, down to minus 3.1C.
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You have had some sharp frosts for Mid-October which equates to mid-April for the UK. The figure of -5°C at Timaru is impressive for a near coastal site.

John + Richard, how many days with an air frost have you had so far in 2020?
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Simon Culling wrote: Fri 16/10/2020 22:51

John + Richard, how many days with an air frost have you had so far in 2020?
44 mornings where its zero air temp or below.
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Richard wrote: Sat 17/10/2020 06:17
Simon Culling wrote: Fri 16/10/2020 22:51
John + Richard, how many days with an air frost have you had so far in 2020?
44 mornings where its zero air temp or below.
Hmm… NIWA has recorded 54 screen-frost days for Medbury this year (previous 4 year average is about 59 days).
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