WEATHER / CLIMATE

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   I need your helpp

   November 25, 2016 by minkik01

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   Would it be possible for me to germinate tropic palms in plant hardness zone 8b?

   

   Last reply by nitsua0895, November 26, 2016
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   Zone 9 California Sun

   September 24, 2020 by Trish S

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   Probably wishful thinking but I am wondering if there are any small palms that will grow well in zone 9 Northern California (Delta winds) Area in a full western exposure with no shade?

   

   Last reply by Jubaea_James760, September 29, 2020

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   length of nightly cool down and plants

   June 26, 2023 by flplantguy

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   Like the title says, Im wondering about the length of time a given location reaches its low (high) temp for the night (day) and the effect on plants in the garden. If the time is only minutes (like a light freeze) does it have any effect at all? If a plant likes cool nights and its warmer before a small drop at sunrise can you even count it? We average out numbers for plants in heating and cooling degree days for this purpose but its more for farming and less for plant microclimate. In Florida inland locations cool more than the coast and warmer nights are an issue on the water, but what about the adjacent lands that hit lower temps for short periods? How does that ef…

   

   Last reply by flplantguy, June 30, 2023

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   imagine if michigan was like this

   August 15, 2022 by A User on Palmtalk

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   Last reply by Aceraceae, August 16, 2022

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   What the hail?

   March 11, 2021 by Hillizard

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   Strong storm with lightning, thunder, rain and hail passed through interior NorCal this afternoon. Temperature dropped from low 60sF to mid 40sF in a few minutes. Doesn't look like it damaged most of my palms as the hailstones were small. Events like this happen almost every winter here, but once a season is enough!

   

   Last reply by Silas_Sancona, March 11, 2021

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   Probability of measurable precipitation 20 percent

   February 14, 2007 by Palmhut1

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   For the probability of measurable precipitation 20 percent forecasted by the NWS it’s been raining here in Vista like you can't believe. Anyone else kicking back listening to it thunder and rain.

   

   Last reply by Palmhut1, February 14, 2007
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   My average monthly Temps and Humidity

   July 14, 2021 by Paradise Found

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   I'm in a warm 8a, and I think these graphs are pretty close but some of the winter low's look more like the airport. Found this information at World Atlas. Post your own if you like. Showing Temps/humidity.

   

   Last reply by Paradise Found, July 14, 2021

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   Hu, Hu, Hurricane'o for the Northern Gulf Coast

   October 3, 2013 by _Keith

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   Well maybe, but time to give a head's up.

   

   Last reply by Xerarch, October 6, 2013
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    Hail In SO CA!

    November 2, 2019 by Butch

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    Just had a pretty good hail storm go thru La Mirada in SO CA... Pea sized hail... Very odd for us anytime, but especially this time of the year... Butch

    

    Last reply by Brett in Mission Viejo, November 2, 2019

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    So Cal rain to ease the pain

    December 16, 2016 by DoomsDave

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    Howdyall Roared home from work and found this bowl of new rainwater How about the rest of you?

    

    Last reply by DoomsDave, December 17, 2016

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    Coachella Valley / Deep Canyon Winter Lows

    August 24, 2020 by ahosey01

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    If you follow this link and click the historic data for “Boyd Center,” which is a research station up the hill south of Palm Desert, you will see that - far from the heat island - winter lows average 51 degrees Fahrenheit! https://deepcanyon.ucnrs.org/weather-data/ This is the location of the research station: This is situated in topography similar to La Quinta, although the valley in La Quinta is a little wider and lower and is not at the mouth of a canyon. However, it may help explain the presence and survival of the La Quinta coconut palm. I don’t think there’s another place in the U.S. with the same combination of average summer highs around 105,…

    

    Last reply by ahosey01, August 24, 2020

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    RAIN AND MORE RAIN

    June 30, 2010 by gsytch

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    More rain has fallen in the past 24 hrs than the prior 29 days combined! Yesterday was 1.1" and today it has been a deluge for the past hour with lots of thunder and over 2". When I couldn't buy a drop......then POW! That's Floriduh........

    

    Last reply by gsytch, June 30, 2010
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    NOAA - New Climate Normals are out

    May 4, 2021 by ColdBonsai

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    https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/ Enjoy. Doesn't look too different for my location. Although my avereage winter lows have increased a couple of degrees. Avereage winter temp has also increased to about 34 degrees. Isn't 36 considered the standard to grow trachycarpus reliably? Anyways, fun to look at.

    

    Last reply by Xerarch, May 5, 2021

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    Nor'easter in NE Florida -Daytona Beach area Sept 2020

    September 21, 2020 by Bill H2DB

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    Here's some videos that I made on Sunday morning . About 30 minutes before High Tide . The first one is on the mainland side of the ICW , about 480' east of my house . The rest are directly on the beach . There is a lot of flooding of streets , particularly along the west side of the Halifax River , aka ICW . It is a tidal estuary , open to the sea and the NE winds back the water up , so that the tides can't get back out , as normally . I have received about 6" of rain so far .

    

    Last reply by Bill H2DB, September 21, 2020

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    was this summer warm enough for my needle palm and sabal minor?

    December 2, 2022 by DTS

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    Last reply by Foxpalms, December 3, 2022

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    Flooding in Queensland On news

    February 1, 2013 by WestCoastGal

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    Heard on our evening news that there is extensive flooding going on in Queensland from Cyclone Oswald. I know the Brisbane area was mentioned and am not that familiar with eastern Australia to know about other areas mentioned. Is this basically the same areas that had horrible flooding only a year ago? My thoughts immediately turned toward Peachy who I haven't noticed on the forum in a while. How's everyone doing?

    

    Last reply by Dave-Vero, February 7, 2013
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    Winter in the subtropics of South America

    July 10, 2021 by Sabal_Louisiana

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    Of the the three major humid subtropical regions of the World: The southeastern United States East Asia (central and southern China, southern Japan, etc) The Pampas of South America (northern Argentina, far southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) The last one listed is the least affected by severe cold waves and is also favored biologically since it is contiguous with the Neotropics. Even so, I am mildly surprised that the subtropical latitudes of South America are not immune to moderately low temperatures, even brief freezes. For instance, at the end of June 2021, a cold snap brought temperatures down to 0.8C at Asuncion and -1 at the airpor…

    

    Last reply by Sabal_Louisiana, July 10, 2021

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    Man Made Urban Heat Island

    February 4, 2022 by Collectorpalms

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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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    Interactive weather map

    January 1, 2018 by Palm crazy

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    Here's a map that shows the current weather for each state... just click on state to see current temps. http://www.usairnet.com/weather/maps/current/washington/temperature/

    

    Last reply by PalmTreeDude, January 3, 2018
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    My New Weather Station!

    December 20, 2022 by Xerarch

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    So I bought me a weather station for my wife to give to me for Christmas. But with this coming cold snap I had to get it set up early so I can get the readings of what (I hope) will be the lowest temps of this winter. It’s the Ambient Weather WS-2000, I have it set up to be visible on the Ambient Weather website. Would like to have it show up in Wunderground as well but that can wait for a convenient time.

    

    Last reply by Xerarch, December 21, 2022

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    Invest 99 - Brevard County

    October 2, 2017 by IHB1979

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    We had an interesting Sunday, October 1st. Little Invest 99L was parked NE of the Melbourne, FL area out over the Atlantic. The tropical wave never developed but it did bring me 8-10" of rain in 24 hours. The issue was compounded because several weeks Irma dropped up to 15" of rain. The rain we had yesterday really had nowhere to go as the ground is still very saturated. I think the weather terminology is, "training", a complex of storms followed the same path from east to west the entire morning/day/night. I have a coconut germination station inside my son's sandbox, when the water had rose high enough to clear the sides of the sandbox, the coconuts all floated away…

    

    Last reply by IHB1979, October 3, 2017

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    China just saw its coldest temperature on record; Notable cold in East Asia

    January 25, 2023 by Sabal_Louisiana

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    The city of Mohe in the extreme north of China reached a record all-time low for the country (-63F) in modern times: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/01/23/china-record-low-temperature-mohe/ Elsewhere in the region: Beijing dropped to -16.7C (1.9F) extraordinary but not as cold as that of 2021 when it reached -3F, the coldest since 1966. Shanghai fell to -6.6C (20F), preceded by light snow. The all time record low stands at -10C (14F). This less than a year since it set an absolute heat record of 41C in July 2022. Tokyo has dipped to -3C (27F), with a light snow shower, but may get even colder over the next couple of days. Temperatures…

    

    Last reply by zone 14a, January 26, 2023

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    Honolulu cool October temps

    November 27, 2017 by CLINODAVE

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    I posted this in another weather thread some weeks back: "Regarding Hawaii's recent temps, I checked nearby Wunderground stations and other NWS stations close to HNL where I think the main NWS station is located, and none of them showed lows below the 70sF on 24 Oct, when the airport was in the 50s supposedly. To add to the weirdness, Kaneohe observations (windward Oahu) went from 72 at 1:57 a.m. to 55 at 2:57 a.m. and back up to 75 at 3:57. Seems like a short time for such wild swings. I emailed NWS Honolulu to get their take. Last time I noticed a local temp anomaly and contacted them, they told me I was correct and their equip had malfunctioned." I emaile…

    

    Last reply by CLINODAVE, November 27, 2017

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    sabal pametto Sabal palmetto new growth anomaly

    April 15, 2021 by robert Lauriault

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    I have a cabbage palm, eight feet of clear trunk, approximately twenty-five years old from a natural seeding, growing immediately adjacent to the front porch of my log cabin built on block pilings in 1985. This winter and spring the tree began producing new growth abnormally. Instead of growing fronds on the usual extended petioles, all the new fronds are clustered tightly together as one sees on newly transplanted cabbage palms in full sun (my tree is in 60 percent shade under deciduous bald cypress). The only events that I can imagine that could have had any impact on the tree are (1) my roofer made some minor repairs to my porch roof and cut off the fronds that were …

    

    Last reply by Jimbean, April 15, 2021

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    Goodbye Bermuda-Azores high...

    November 3, 2020 by CodyORB

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    Luckily nothing to worry about yet, though my Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) is about to go dormant by this point. Good idea to take it inside before it rains and gets a fungal attack... Otherwise here's to hoping we get another mild winter!

    

    Last reply by CodyORB, November 3, 2020

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