WEATHER / CLIMATE
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Fall/WInter weather in the PNW talk. 1 2 3 4
by Chester B- 137 replies
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New season new thread. So only 3 weeks ago we were in the 80's and now barely reaching 60 the last few days or more. The return of semi-regular rain has been great, but aside from one event where I recorded an inch over 2.5 days I haven't been getting very much. Rain/drizzle seems to be coming through about once a week but I'm picking up 0.05" give or take. It appears that the rain is just that little bit further north, I know Portland proper has had much more rain than what I seem to be getting. I often see the dark clouds but they seem to skirt around me. I dug a hole for a new olive tree and after the top 1/4" the ground was dry. Most days are still sunny …
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USDA Hardiness Zone Map for Kurdistan?
by Muslim Gardener- 1 follower
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I was out driving by Mediterranean sea yesterday and I saw the beautiful palms and wondered what kind of zone I am in? I saw blue hesper palms and Washingtonia.
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South Florida turning more tropical?
by chinandega81- 1 follower
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Hello, As many people know, South Florida has been much warmer than usual over the past few years (summers, winters). Lately there have been many record high lows and high daytime highs. I have seen graphs showing a general warming trend in Miami over the past 100 years or so...it averages out to 2 or 3 degrees warmer than what it used to be in the early 1900s. My question is, do you think this is just because of cyclic patterns of warm and cool periods coinciding with urbanization? Or is this a long term trend? I have read about frosts being somewhat frequent at Fairchild in the 70s and now they are very rare if any even occurr in a w…
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Microclimate Conundrum
by General Sylvester D. Palm- 7 replies
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So in the past few months/weeks I've observed something quite interesting around my yard. As some of you know, I am very interested in trying to figure out what microclimates are around my house. I've come across a conundrum of my south and north facing wall, and what to plant there. Recently I've noticed, at night, the north facing wall has consistently been around 2 degrees warming that the south, east, and west facing walls. I also want to address the most important thing about this post, the frost. I've observed that the north facing wall gets absolutely ZERO frost at night. I went out there after one of these cold snaps here in the southeast and noticed that there wa…
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Why am i considered 10a? 1 2
by tvold- 42 replies
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So I live in Golden Gate, which is basically a subsidiary of Naples and its a few miles east of downtown. On maps it is listed as a 10a hardiness zone, yet the coldest it gets here in winter is the lower 40s with a Cold Front. Winters here are windy however, which brings with it wind chill. Does this count towards the plant hardiness zone, or not? If not, I've NEVER seen it in the 30s here (besides like 2010) without factoring in wind chill.
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Texas Palmaggedon 2.0?
by Xenon- 3 followers
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The trend keeps going down down down Houston and Corpus not above 40F for DAYS ON END? Urban Houston hasn't seen freeze this winter yet...happy anniversary?!
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Freezing morning temps for SF/Monterey Bay areas Wk of 2/20/22
by WestCoastGal- 1 follower
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Heads up! Winter’s still here. Just checking my Dark Sky app for this week here in SFBay/Monterey Bay area and surprised with day temps in 60s to see some morning temps forecast in the 20s for this week. Possible Snow and Hail in some areas on Tuesday. Winds look pretty calm. Here’s the NOAA/NWS Weather Bulletin posted on Dark Sky about it: Here’s text for easier reading: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ513&warncounty=CAC085&firewxzone=CAZ513&local_place1=3 Miles SE San Jose International Airport CA&product1=Special+Weather+Statement&lat=37.3394&lon=-121.894#.YhH8-iQ74lQ
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Right, so this has pretty much come out of nowhere over the past 24-48 hours. Two major Atlantic storms are due to barrage into us this week with the first less severe one making landfall on Wednesday evening, affecting northern areas more. However the second more severe storm is due to hit central England with extremely violent wind speeds affecting the whole of the UK. That second storm is the one I am worried about down here in southern England. Potentially 100mph+ winds in the pipeline, looking at some of the models. This is the first, and less severe, storm Dudley that is due to hit Scotland and northern England on Wednesday. This will still bring w…
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Datalogger recommendations for microclimates.
by cocoforcoconuts- 1 reply
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Does anyone know of or recommend any small dataloggers that can record temperature, humidity, and pH as well? I have been unable to find one that can record all 3 thus far.
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By a tenth of a degree annual mean minimum (50.1 F), Key West is now zone 12(a) for 1991-2020. Key West is 100 miles from the Florida coast to the north and it's 100 more miles to Bainoa, the coldest town in Cuba where the all time record low of 33 F was recorded (colder than Key West record lows due to landmass and elevation) https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/cuba "In northwestern Cuba, winter is pleasantly warm, but it's less warm than in the rest of the island. As mentioned, the north-west is the area that, in winter, is more exposed to short and sudden outbreaks of cool air from the United States, which can bring some days a bit cool and windy, …
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I know there have been similar topics discussed on Palmtalk in the past. My recent visit to the Miami area, however, has compelled me to want to explore it further. It is usually stated and written that South Florida's climate is subtropical. I would argue that extreme South Florida (and at the very least the coastal Miami/Ft. Lauderdale areas) has a fully tropical climate. Note, the FL Keys tend to be considered truly tropical already, so I won't include the Keys in this discussion. I contend that, based on my first-hand observations of the area's vegetation and weather, as well as climate data available, extreme SE Florida meets all different definitions of a…
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The furthest eastern point in the state of Florida is located at Palm Beach Shores, Florida (26.7/80.0356) while Palm Beach, Florida (26.7/80.0364) is nearby. Presently, the Gulfstream/Florida Current is approximately 5-10 miles of from PB and likely closer to 5 miles based upon Miami- So. Fl. NWS Marine Zone forecast. The postulate is that land closer to the Gulfstream/Florida Current experiences substantially higher winter minimum temperatures. A relatively new WeatherStation has been located in PB near the old Blossom property. It is KFLPALMB357 (hereinafter “PB Station”) and is located on the intracoastal side rather than the ocean side. A winter climate comparis…
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Man Made Urban Heat Island
by Collectorpalms- 1 follower
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Tonight’s GFS forecast is a good illustration of the impact of urbanization. Take a look at forecast for DFW and Austin tonight. DFW airport is expecting 25F, rural areas in the low teens to single digits. Downtown Austin 25F as well, rural area low/mid teens. Whenever I get asked if climate change is real, I say ask yourself if you have ever laid on asphalt in the sun. Yes, it’s real for anyone in a very urbanized area like Dallas, Houston, Phoenix for example.
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Florida Freeze - January 30th, 2022
by RedRabbit- 1 follower
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This thread is to document climate observations recorded on the morning of January 30th, 2022. I’ll be uploading weather stations screenshots I took this morning here and I’d encourage anyone else to join in.
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coldest winter in the northeast
by EJ NJ- 11 replies
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I'm sure you all know about the cold in Texas and the cold in the PNW but what about the winter here in the northeast it is one of the coldest winters I have every recorded! i mean we are going to get 8F on Saturday!
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Cold damage on my coconut palm?
by Plantking165- 34 replies
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So recently we have been hitting the low 50s and an occasional 45 to 48 at night and my coconut palm is showing severe yellowing with brown spots all over it. I'm not sure if it's a disease or the cool weather that is causing it ill show pics below of what it looked like in September vs now. The last pic it has yellow patches all over I have no idea why.
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Record breaking snowstorms in southeast Europe
by UK_Palms- 2 followers
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So far to date, this winter storm is undoubtedly the biggest event so far in Europe this season. Excluding the unseasonably warm spell for western and central Europe back in late December / early January, there hasn't been much else for us to talk about. However, this snowfall event is certainly significant and more than likely record breaking for Greece and Turkey. Northern Syria got hit pretty bad too, as did eastern Europe in general. I certainly don't recall many of these areas getting hit this bad before. It must be the worst snow storm to hit the Med region in several decades, surely? Starting with Greece, this was Athens on Monday afternoon, before things got …
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Future USDA Map 1 2 3
by TexasColdHardyPalms- 2 followers
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Unfortunately my computer crashed last year and it looks like I have lost a few things. I had a USDA map of 2012 and a (NOAA I think) simulation of what the map was predicted to look like in 2035 or 2040. I scoured the internet tonight trying to find it but I came up empty. Does anyone happen to have this map or a link to where it is found? Thanks
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Crazy microclimate in East Austin (not the good kind)
by DreaminAboutPalms- 3 replies
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This morning when I woke up at 5AM it was 41 degrees in North Austin where I live near the domain, I drive out to Manor 15 miles or so east off 290 to golf and it is 34 degrees at the manor weather station and 32 right outside the clubhouse. I begin talking with this other member who lives on the course in the shadowglen neighborhood off hole #11, and he has the app on his phone connected to a temperature gauge in his backyard. He began explaining to me how the area around his house is significantly colder than the temperature at the clubhouse, and he showed me this mornings temperature reading of 25.6 at 6:37AM, and showed me weather data for the whole month reveali…
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31 year anniversary of the 1989 freeze
by Jimbean- 2 followers
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Here's an early Christmas present to the forum.
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East TX is wild
by JohnAndSancho- 9 replies
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Nothing like temps in the mid 80s with a freeze warning alert for the weekend.
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Best Frost Cloth
by ahosey01- 3 replies
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Does anyone here have any good recommendations on frost cloth? I bought one to cover a small, tender cactus in the yard and it literally frosted both on top of and under the cloth during a radiative frost. Clearly a crappy product.
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Snow, snow, snow!!!
by Palmaceae- 8 replies
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I think there is nothing more beautiful than palms in snow! Was 77f Saturday with tornado watches and snow today. It has been so warm lately my bananas thought it was spring, they were sprouting up.
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The western palm areas of the United States experienced a traditional December 2021 while the eastern palm areas of the United States experienced what can only be described as wildly warm. While I have not verified where this December 2021 lines up historically, I can only assume that it must be approaching Los Angeles, California Had a high maximum temperature of 69°F, a mean temperature of 55.2°F and a minimum temperature of 40°F. San Diego, California had a high maximum temperature of 70°F, a mean temperature of 55.81F and a minimum temperature of 39°F. Palm Springs, California had a maximum temperature of 89°F, a mean temperature of 58.51F and a minimum temperat…
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Record breaking warmth for New Year's in Europe?
by UK_Palms- 1 follower
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I may have to crack out the shorts next week for work. My written rule is that anything over 16C / 61F is typically shorts and t-shirt weather in my line of work. Otherwise I will overheat if I am working in jeans and a hoodie inside the warehouse. Those forecasted nighttime temperatures are ridiculous as well for 51N during the last week of December. I would expect nighttime lows of 13-14C in July, let alone late December. Some model runs are putting the nighttime lows at 15C for Wednesday and Thursday following a high of 18C / 64F on Wednesday! 14C at 850hPa translates to about 17-18C at ground level. It will be interesting to see just how warm it get…
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