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Re: Frosts 2022

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Yeah, another frosty morning with a red sunrise and clouding over later on . Minus 1.3C .
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-1.3C on Sunday morning here, if nothing further happens this year the -1.8C in June will the mildest annual extreme min have recorded since started station in 2016. Have sensitive plants undamaged that have never got through a winter unscathed before.

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Not exactly a scientifically accurate measurement, but this is what my car thermometer read at the intersection of SH46 and SH47 (Tongariro) on Sunday morning just before sunrise. Frost in the treetops!
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+0.1°C here at the moment and the lawn looks white with a light frost.
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A bit of frosting on the ground overnight and this morning before it clouded over. Down to zero.
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+0.2 here, no frost seen on the grass pre-sunrise, but swirling ice patterns on the car roof
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Down to -0.8°C @ 07:00 this morning here. :wave:
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And :wave: to you too Lawrence. First and last frost for a few days -1.6deg
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Slight frosting here this morning prior to sunrise but going off quickly as the sun rose. Down to zero.
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Frosting on truck window this morning. Down to 0.7C.
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-1.3°C at the moment, very clear, sun's up.
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Frost here this morning, down to minus 2.9C.
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Quite a cold frost this morning on -4.3deg.
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Got down to minus 2.5C this morning with frosty conditions going off with middle range cloud layer moving in from the SW.
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Chch Aero apparently got down to -4.7C this morning, which would make it its 2nd lowest Sep temp since records began in 1953. Only Sep 2020 was colder with -4.8C.
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With the cold air traveling up NZ we got down to 3.7° C and 1.1°C Dew Point overnight. Didn't notice a frost so to speak, but boy oh boy my work van had a significant layer of Ice on all the glass this morning.
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Light frosting this morning, down to minus 0.7C around 5am this morning.
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Quite a moderate frost here this morning with very low dew point and higher humidity .Down to a bone chilling -2.9°C.
Very white everywhere. :wave:
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Down to -5.5C here in West Melton, 2nd coldest temp of the year :eek:
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A -4.3deg frost here
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Good frost this morning, down to minus 2.5C.
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+1.0°C according to my thermometer, but lawn white with a light frost. Blue dome day.
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Down to -2.3deg here
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11th frost so far this month down to -2.6 this morning, and a total of 3mm so far for Sept. Looking like a cool settled month in inland Otago.
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Light ground frost here this morning, down to 1.4C air temperature overnight.
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