WEATHER / CLIMATE
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While folks in SE Florida are swimming in rain, the west central area hasn't seen much rain since the calendar changed to 2023. I don't see much relief in the short term.
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Specify location, date, time and temperature. I.E: Eastern Tijuana, Mexico , November 19th, 9:39pm pst, 17c.
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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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Southern Hemisphere growing season 23/24 1 2 3 4
by Tyrone- 149 replies
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Well, it’s time for a new thread. Calendar spring is here now and it also appears that the real spring is too. Yesterday on Sep 1 we had a 24C day then some small rumblings and a thunderstorm which dropped about 5mm of rain. We are now at the point in time where the weather is gradually on the improve and the weeds are growing like mental. Hopefully a great growing season awaits and the palms flourish.
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So, I live in Missouri and I’m ready to get out. I can’t stand the cold, and I HATE the snow. I’ve wanted to move away for a long time, and I’m pretty dead set on doing it soon. I originally wanted to move to northern Florida, but I started to lean more towards SE Texas because of the cost of living. I’m a paramedic, and most jobs in Houston start around $60k. The majority of jobs in Florida start around $45k, and the price for homes/rent is generally higher than Texas. This could change, or I could go into nursing and make more money.. but the principle is the same. Florida = Less money and higher rent, Texas =more money and lower rent. With this current freeze, I’m…
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florida Florida Freeze and Weather Station Data 1 2
by kinzyjr- 1 follower
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NOAA makes weather records from the Florida stations available to download for free. Out of the 1,700+ stations, 358 contain at least some temperature data. If one were to download all of these records, import them into a database, and use some crafty SQL queries to generate sheets for each of the impact freezes it would provide a really good side-by-side resource to compare the microclimates in each region of Florida. That is exactly what has been done with the 0000_202011040720_F_SQL_v2.xlsx spreadsheet attached to this post. Each tab in the spreadsheet contains records for one of our unfortunate cold events. The records come sorted first by the TAG column, whi…
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Hello everyone! Its been a long time since my last posts here and given that we now have more than 7 years of meteorological data from the area of Lindos in SE Rhodes in Greece, we can see some very interesting things according to the National Observatory of Athens fan aspirated meteorological station in Lindos. It appears that it is by far the warmest area annually in geographical Europe beating even the warmest areas of the Canaries islands (which are not located in Europe anyways). Below Lindos data the past 7 years that the station is operating. By achieving an amazing 21.89C mean annual temperature it beats even Tenerife South AP station in the Canari…
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Evrotas Valley summer average highs (beats Cordoba)
by southathens- 1 reply
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Following up from a previous topic where we hypothesized than areas further inland and North of Sparta would have higher summer average maxes Well it appears that the National Observatory of Athens has been running a secondary Hydrometeorological station in the depths of the Evrotas Valley around 10 km North of Sparta the past 4 years. Below some pics of the Evrotas station and its position relative to Sparta WMO met station. And below is how Evrotas NOA station looks the past 4 years. Notice the particularly pronounced summer average highs. Especially that July 40.5C average max. Again we are talking about only 4 years of…
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I figured with a cool down already happening and forecast to continue into the rest of October this is more relevant than October would suggest. My forecast high next Tuesday is 72 and that's not far off from "winter". El nino is making an appearance too, so the peninsula already has a severe weather threat with the current system. Models are forecasting the whole eastern US as cooler than average again for the month. My hope is that the pattern does not set up to be cold and cloudy all winter but I'll take clouds if it means no freezes this season. What does everyone do to prepare for an El nino winter, if anything?
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Hello PalmTalk members, As all of us in the Central/Eastern US are aware, our dreams of trouble-free palm growing and increasing of climate zones designations, have been more an more confounded by freak and very severe cold weather plummeting all the way to the Gulf Coast, often annihilating cold sensitive palms in these regions. I happened to have the below video (posted by PBS Terra) recommended to me in my YouTube feed and thought that this was valuable to share as it makes a lot of sense in what the reality has been in spite of recent zone jumps being published by the USDA. Hope you find this as interesting as I did.
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USDA climate zone map updated
by Foggy Paul- 1 follower
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Do people know about this? Apparently the map was updated in November to reflect the last 30 years of climate data, and quite a few areas have been upgraded. Link for those who can access Washington Post articles: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/climate-change-backyards-plants-birds-migration/?itid=hp_opinions_p002_f001 And a link to the new map: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template You can search for your zip code and see whether it has changed. Sadly (or not), our zone remains 10a, cooler than most of San Francisco which is 10b.
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Texas 2024 1 2
by Meangreen94z- 64 replies
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This upcoming January 14-16th event is looking more and more like the December 2022 event. Although along the coast they are predicting rain, we are forecasted to be dry through then. I’m seeing 17-19°F predicted in Central Texas Monday night, currently, but based on the last few years will assume it will drop further. Dallas may see 12°F or lower.
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An analysis of the historical occurrence of freezing temperatures in Brownsville, Texas
by Sabal_Louisiana- 9 replies
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I am intrigued that such a southerly location might experience temperatures below freezing so I set set out to see just how often they occur there and if any trends are taking place.. The station used for official climatological data is at Brownsville/South Padre Island Intl. Airport located at 25.9146, -97.4231, 20 ft. above m.s.l., a few miles east of city center. It is representative of the typical meteorological conditions of the local area. Primarily, let's focus on the period 2000-2024, with data for the period easily available in tabular form from the NWS Brownsville webpage. The average annual minimum temperature for this nearly 25 year perio…
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avoiding frost by planting canopy trees 1 2 3 4
by Josh-O- 2 followers
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Hi Everybody Does anyone have any good suggestions for planting cool looking fast growing trees that would provide canopy in a few years to avoid frost and radiational freezes. I'm trying to build a micro climate for my Vista property. ALL SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED below are some trees that I've done a bit of research on myself some tree species I have researched: Tipu trees (fast grower) Australian bottle tree (fast grower) Ice cream bean tree (fast grower) Chinese elm tree (fast grower) Rainbow eucalyptus tree (fast grower) schizolobium parahyba (fast grower) fast growing palms I've researched: Brahea clara roystonea bor…
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This thread is meant to house the screenshots and data archives we typically post to preserve real-time data. With the early season cold snap arriving tonight, now makes a good time to start recording data. If you're interested in comparing this cool snap to last years, the attached spreadsheet has the minimum recorded during last October's first notable chill. The dates last year were between October 15th and October 20th. 2022_OctoberColdFrontCompare.xlsx
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On this site, look under the "map" tab and zoom in on Florida. These are tropical trees and shrubs: Spanish stopper (Eugenia foetida) · iNaturalist Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco) · iNaturalist Blolly (Guapira discolor) · iNaturalist Satinleaf (Chrysophyllum oliviforme) · iNaturalist Pigeon Plum (Coccoloba diversifolia) · iNaturalist areca palm (Dypsis lutescens) · iNaturalist Black Ironwood (Krugiodendron ferreum) · iNaturalist Florida Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea) · iNaturalist White Indigoberry (Randia aculeata) · iNaturalist Simpson's Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) · iNaturalist sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera) …
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2023 USDA Zone Map for Florida 1 2
by RedRabbit- 3 followers
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Flooding in San Diego!
by DoomsDave- 3 replies
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Yike a Rooney! Some places got like 5" in a day on Monday. Hope you and your families and gardens are safe!
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West & SW FL Zone Map 1 2
by RedRabbit- 1 follower
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I made a quick zone map for West Central and Southwest Florida. This map is based on weather station data and my observations of what grows where. Green: 9b+ Orange: 10a- Brown: 10a+ Red: 10b- Purple: 10B+ Pink: 11a- *Areas unshaded simply aren't rated. **No guarantee of accuracy, don't plant anything based on this.
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Hello everyone! So as a resident of the Athens Riviera I am really puzzled about the true palm potential of south Athens! I mean even in here I have read so many misconceptions on the climate of south Athens (even from Greeks) and coupled with a widespread lack of motivated gardeners in the country that I can not really assess the true palm potential of the Athens Riviera. But I would like to start from what I think I am generally good at: climatology and meteorology. So the Athens Riviera (basically anything south of Nea Smyrni) has a semi-arid climate. Annual rainfall varies from around 330mm in Piraeus to just below 400mm in Nea Smyrni. The mean annual temperature…
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Areca palms turning yellow.
by Mr. Flagg- 3 replies
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Hi, first time poster here and palm tree novice. I live in Oceanside Ca about 8 miles east of the Ocean. I planted 7 Areca palms this last summer in August, they are about 4 tall. They were very green when I planted them now they are turning yellow and some of the leafs are turning brown and frizzled at the tips. I have irrigation that runs 3 times a week for 15 minutes at 3am. Could they be overwatered? I flowed the instructions the tree seller gave me as far a fertilizer goes. They are 3’ from a tall fence and they do get sun most of the day until late afternoon when it goes behind my house. Is this normal for these palms in winter in my location or am I killing t…
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General 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Discussion 1 2
by JJPalmer- 2 followers
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Jumping off the FL-specific thread, I figured I'd start a general discussion on the release of the latest map by the USDA: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ Kicking things off, a few interesting things I've found: Inclusion of a significant amount of 10a throughout SE Louisiana including a small section in DT New Orleans along with a *very* small amount of 10b Northernmost extent of 10a extends into SW Oregon (Brookings) Poor representation of cold sinks in microclimates throughout the Rockies: Jefferson, CO hit -24f a couple of weeks ago during a fairly typical October cold snap, but they're listed at 5a (-20f to -15f) and will routinely fall …
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Tropical rain in the subtropics weather pattern
by happypalms- 1 reply
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There was a cyclone near cairns far north Australia crossing land around Thursday with it travelling inland now bringing rain down south it’s an amazing event we do get the the very rare cyclonic weather patterns now called the east coast low weather pattern bringing rain from the north also when the north of Australia has a wet season annually we often get our rain from the top end of Australia the inland southerly winds combined with tropical north wind coming into great affect and that’s when the best wet weather in summer is at its best meaning great palm growing weather in summer with a combination of heat you have pretty well much the same growing conditions as cair…
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Hello everyone! I'm reaching out for your valuable help and ideas regarding the proper planting of Cocos Nucifera (coconut palm) in the northern region of Madeira Island. Your expertise and insights will be greatly appreciated. Please share any tips, recommendations, or experiences you may have. Thank you! Hardiness Zone is 11b, more accurate climate data for this location: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/São_Vicente,_Madeira#Climate
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Tennessee upcoming freeze
by Landasaw- 1 follower
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Looking at possible drop to zero or below next Tuesday Nashville area. This sucks.
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