WEATHER / CLIMATE
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Well it looks like we may get some bad first tonight. This morning went down to 0.1C, and the coldest looks to be yet to come. It will be a clear, still few nights, under a high pressure zone. Most of my palms are under canopy and will take it OK, but I have some that aren't that protected that may get damaged, such as two trunking Hyophorbe indica, and some Abyssinian bananas. Ive got a large industrial fan that I may hook up in the area and let it blow across the area. Has anyone done this before for their palms? I'm kind of desperate to try anything so I'm going to give it a go tomorrow morning and see what it does.
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New Hardiness Zone Map?
by Pee Dee Palms- 2 followers
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So as many of you know, the current hardiness zone map is extremely outdated. I was wondering if anyone knows about a hardiness zone map that goes into detail that is much more modern? Also, my most important question, does anyone know when the next USDA hardiness zone map will come out?
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Furnace Creek/ Death Valley Ca. was reporting a temperature of 116 F at 3 PM PST with a dew point of 24 F, humidity of 4% for a “Real Feel” temperature of 106 F. The high temperature was expected at 4 PM PST at 119 F but the “Real Feel” temperature likely would not exceed 106 F by much. Frostproof, Fl. was the highest “Real Feel” temperature of 117.3 F in Florida based upon a dewpoint of 79.3°F, humidity of 58% and an actual temperature of 97°F. Waldo, Ark. registered a “Real Feel” temperature of 136.8°F based upon a dewpoint of 85°F, a humidity of 58% and an actual temperature of 105°F. Once again, Rio Grande City, Texas registered a “Real Feel” temperature of …
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I see it is a very hot day out west today June 10, 2022. I found one station referred to as Tamarisk lake/ Desert Center, which recorded a high temperature of 117.8 F. Anyone out there got anything hotter? Death Valley?
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2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season 1 2 3
by JLM- 1 follower
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Welp, its that time of year again. The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season will begin on June 1st. Although one thing is different this year, routine Tropical Weather Outlooks will begin on May 15th at the same time the Eastern Pacific season starts. I will list the names, what the current CSU predictions are, and what i expect out of this season. 2021 Season Names: Ana Bill Claudette Danny Elsa Fred Grace Henri Ida Julian Kate Larry Mindy Nicholas Odette Peter Rose Sam Teresa Victor Wanda Colorado State Predictions Named Storms: 17 Hurricanes: 8 Major Hurricanes: 4 What i expect: Named Storms: 16-18 Hurricanes…
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Accuracy of NWS Data
by ahosey01- 2 replies
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This will be a long post, but I'm hoping someone can help me resolve my cognitive dissonance. Once upon a time, @kinzyjr pointed me to an interesting tool through NOAA where I could select a station and have the historical data delivered to my e-mail. This was when I had thought I was moving. Turns out I never moved, which is good because I have 100+ palms, cacti, trees and other interesting plants in the ground that I didn't want to leave behind. Anyways, through some perusing on that site, I discovered there is a weather station less than a half mile from my house, at nearly the exact same elevation, that has over 100 years of weather records. "Interesting …
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Neighborhood microclimates
by Pee Dee Palms- 9 replies
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So, I went on a website today that gives the current ground temperature of the entire United States. I was looking around my hometown and noticed some interesting things. I looked at two neighborhoods that had strikingly different temperatures. One is slightly closer to the ocean but I think this has little to do with what I am seeing. If you look at these pictures, you can see that there is a bit of a warm bubble around the first neighborhood (Woodbury). Then, if you look at the second neighborhood (Carolina Forest), you'll see that there appears to be no additional heat floating around the air. For some reason, Woodbury is much more warmer than any of the other neighbor…
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New Toy Sunlight and Temp Logger
by D. Morrowii- 0 replies
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I was looking for a way to get accurate light measurements for fun and for just nerding out on palms . I found these pretty cool data loggers from Onset/HOBO They have some expensive serious stuff but they have these little pendant loggers that you can just bluetooth to your phone as well. The little device can log once a minute for 37 days or so. It exports to .csv .xcel or .png. I got a light and temp pendant MX2202. $80 isn’t cheap but not too terrible either. This data is for a B. condopanna living under a banana plant. I’m logging data for a C. nucele this week to see how much light its taking. Bentinkia Condopanna Light 5 14 to 5 18 2022.pdf 21407918 Bent 2022-…
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McAllen, Texas forecasted to hit 107°F(41.7°C) on April 5th
by Meangreen94z- 1 follower
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Austin area where I’m at will supposedly see a more mild 97°F. Then it cools back down.
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Looks like next week is cold o rama for Florida.
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Central Texas Winter 2021-2022
by DreaminAboutPalms- 0 replies
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Here's some data from 11/15/21-3/15/22 in Austin Texas Days >80: 17 Days >70: 63 Days <50: 10 Days <40: 3 Nights >60: 21 Nights <40: 42 Nights <30: 12 Nights <25: 3 Overall Low 19-21 around town
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DewPoints this morning around US
by bubba- 0 replies
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DewPoint’s of note around the Continental United States ranged from 82°F in Miami Dade near Kendall with most of Florida in the mid to lower 70s. Lower Louisiana averaged approximately 67°F. The lower Texas coast at Laguna vista had the highest at 75°F but had dropped to 46°F by Rio Grande City. The Texas coast through Houston averaged lower 70s° Fahrenheit to San Antonio, which averaged lower 60°F to El Paso at 7°F. Moving westward, Tucson was 15°F, Phoenix was 28°F, Yuma was 41°F, La Quinta was 33°F, Santa Monica/LA was 49°F and San Diego was 51°F. Honolulu was 63°F and Key West was 77°F. Brief sweep globally, I saw 81°F at a Brazilian location in th…
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Best/Warmest Microclimate Along the SoCal Coast?
by Alex High- 3 replies
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Hello all, I have recently been reading a lot about people's attempts, failures, and also wonderful successes zone pushing with many tropical and less hardy palms in Southern California, and it got me wondering: what is the best/warmest microclimate along the Southern California coast? I have been monitoring the weather in several different cities along the coast for the past couple months during winter to see which stays the warmest, and from what I've found it seems the San Pedro area near Long Beach has highest lows, notably higher than inland Los Angeles and San Diego as well as many other coastal cities nearby. Since San Pedro is facing south, as the coast juts …
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Creating microclimates
by Than- 14 replies
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I was wondering if anyone knows of any resources on how to alter/create microclimates in a garden. Some kind of a summary of all the things one can do to create a certain microclimate. Especially, obviously, to increase winter temperatures. Anyone knows of any websites, articles...? I searched but didn't find much.
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Different microclimate questions
by Pee Dee Palms- 1 follower
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Alright, I know I've made a lot of posts about microclimates and what to plant there. But, since it is officially spring, I thought I'd do one more, and I don't think I have posted pictures of some of the microclimates I've talked about in the past, so here they are. So, in the picture of the Phoenix sylvestris, you can see more green grass underneath it as opposed to the surrounding area. No, that isn't green grass that was left over from the past summer, it actually emerged first. Could this be a little warmer microclimate or some other factor (obviously, I wouldn't plant anything there, I just want to know for fun)? Then, here is a few places I was thinking about plant…
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So I am not exaggerating when I say that this spring has been the coldest on record and the absolute worst that I have ever endured. It has been absolutely dreadful here, even by UK standards. The whole of the UK and most of Europe has been affected by unseasonably low temperatures for about 6-7 weeks now, since early April. The whole of 2021 has been pretty bad for here and the rest of Europe with below average temperatures and snow/freeze events in both January and February. Although March was okay and marginally above average, temperature-wise, both April and May have turned out to be the coldest spring months on record for the UK and most of Europe. I have spoke…
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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 Pee Dee Palms- 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…