What was your winter low for 09-10?

[Xenon]

My winter low was 17°F.. coldest in last 20 years.

-Jonathan

[MattyB]

I was 38F at the top of my hill where our house is. This has been the same low for three years in a row.

At the bottom of the property we did not go below freezing this year, but the two previous years we did.

[John in Andalucia]

41F was the lowest in our regional microclimate in southern Spain. The diversity of palms grown by members is as diverse as our total weather, so I'm not sure how I would interpret the poll results.

[happ]

I recorded 39F\ 3.8C on December 8, 2009 [the only night below 40F this past winter].

[Kailua_Krish]

Mine was 20... so which box should I check?

-Krishna

[Ryland]

It hit a daily record low here in SLO on my birthday . It's always cold on December 8th. Low was 30F. Meanwhile, my palm garden (which is in Oregon at my mom's house) saw 12F. Like Jonathan, the coldest in 20 years. Lost several intrepid zone-pushers up there.

[amazondk]

I have not seen a night below 72 F for a long time. But, here I don´t expect to very often.

dk

[John Case]

We hit 25F for a couple of days in December and have not been below freezing since then. However, lots of cold and windy days, some rainstorms, did not allow for marginal palms to recover, as a rule. While the lows weren't bad, the overall temps stayed well below normal.

[osideterry]

My low has been 35F the past 2 years. It seems like a miracle after 5 years with below freezing temps before that.

[epicure3]

38 or 39. I can't remember. But, only on one night.

[PalmatierMeg]

Record low of 28.5F on Monday, Jan. 11. The carnage continued all winter.

[palmsOrl]

25 F here in Maitland, a northern suberb of Orlando.

-Michael

[velutina]

29F

[Xenon]

29F

Woah! You must have had a mild winter for Vegas!

-Jonathan

[samirbouag]

at home 20°f (-7°C) on aix en provence on south france!! but no less 32°f (0°c) on the coast!it was the colder winter since many years!!

[Walter John]

09 or 10 ? which one ? mind you we haven't had our 10 winter yet.

[Xenon]

09 or 10 ? which one ? mind you we haven't had our 10 winter yet.

Oh, sorry I left out the Australians...for the Northern Hemisphere winter is from December(09)-Febuary(10).

Sorry,

Jonathan

Edited April 15, 2010 by Xenon

[Tassie_Troy1971]

My 2009 winter low was 0c or 32f about average ,few very light frosts .

[Tyrone]

My 09 winter low was 1.5C. (35F) for one night.

best regards

Tyrone

[cobra2326]

In spring hill, we recorded 16.7F, with 10 days in the 20s. Last year the low was 22F, with 3 days in the 20s. The two years before that were 27.0F and 27.8F, with only 1 day in the 20s. Talk about a bad trend. Tampa bay also had it's coldest Jan-Feb-Mar on record.

[freakypalmguy]

31F was my low for one day in Dec, but like Matty, I'm on hill, so I would guess the lower portion of my property was apx 5 degrees cooler.

[Mark_NoVA]

I was lazy this winter and didn't record the temps myself.

To get a general idea, I often look at National Airport (warm microclimate, in Virginia across a wide spot of the tidal Potomac from DC) and Dulles airport (in VA around 25 miles West of DC) and split the difference. There's typically about a 5-degree difference. This winter there was a 10 degree difference! An abnormally warm winter low of 16F at National, and 6F at Dulles. I'm guessing roughly a low of 8-10F here. This is 7a, so that's a fairly mild absolute low.

With all the snow and low -average- temps (different from the absolute low) a lot of late-winter plants bloomed/grew weeks late this year. Then we had several days of 88-91F, and a lot of early-Spring plants are coming out early this year! Quite the plant explosion the last couple of weeks.

[Palmy]

I believe we got down to 9F in Eugene OR. Not sure back home in the Bay Area... I would guess upper 20's. We did have that freak snow incident.

Looking from family room. That is a queen palm trunk there... Its still alive.

[bubba]

Just checked out the official low recorded at Fairchild according to their materials was 36F. on Jan.10,2010. It was not the low temperature that did damage here in South Florida but the long-term nature of the cold. Especially from Jan.2-10.

[spockvr6]

My data for 2010 is here. There is one bogus bit of data though related to dewpoint. It shows the min dewpoint of -3.1F on 1/3/2010, but this is a weatherunderground data glitch (actual low dewpoint on that day was 21.3F). The temps/humidity are logged at ~6 ft above ground. I am sure that temps at the ground were ~5F colder on some nights where he air was still.

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KFLTARPO3&day=17&year=2010&month=4&graphspan=year

[markpeters77]

Here in coastal NE Scotland we got to 20F, colder than the last five years but not by a massive amount. As for many, it was the duration of the cold that was unusual but at least we had a fairly dry winter. Many people grow Phoenix canariensis as bedding accent plants here - they're so cheap and readily available in smaller sizes, and many are still alive. We only get to about 77F briefly during summer but it's been nice to see some of the Phoenix still alive. As for me, I've managed to nurse a Joey altifrons through winter with no protection whatsoever......

[floridasun]

Amazing low of 26.....i think.... but down the road it must have been in the 30-40 range because there are green mango trees. I think frost hurts things the most, Things closer to main roads look better too, im happy things are coming back.

Edited April 17, 2010 by floridasun

[JASON M]

I'm sorry but I can't believe any of you because you are all freaking out about 20F... I don't remember it getting below 0F here this year but all that is warmer than my place... try walking a mile in my shoes

[velutina]

29F

Woah! You must have had a mild winter for Vegas!

-Jonathan

Mild, yes! Las Vegas usually has very mild winters, but can get very cold on occasion. In 6 out of the last 7 winters, it has not dropped below 28. I have banana plants next to the house that didn't get damaged.

03/04 - 31,31,31,30,30,29

04/05 - 31,30,30

05/06 - 30,30

06/07 - 31,31,31,30,30,29,28,26,26,25,23

07/08 - 31,31,31,30,30,29,29,28

08/09 - 31,31,30,29,29,28

09/10 - 30,29,30

Edited April 17, 2010 by velutina

[Erik]

Low was -16oC here on Terdal Farm, Oklahoma, USA. Not a record, but colder than usual.

I was lucky to be in Belize that day; unfortunately, they had near-record cold in January as well.

Can you believe +10oc! Brrr....

[buccaneers37]

My location in south Brandon had 10 days in a row below 30 & 1 day @ 18.

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

At my house in MoooooDestooo It was 25f for a lowest temp this winter... but nothing below frezzing after december.

Jeff

[Xenon]

-edit-

Edited April 20, 2010 by Xenon

[RyManUtah]

mine was 9. my palms did not like it very much.

[RyManUtah]

I'm sorry but I can't believe any of you because you are all freaking out about 20F... I don't remember it getting below 0F here this year but all that is warmer than my place... try walking a mile in my shoes

i have =] haha i grew up in Park City, UT... our winter lows were often around -15F and sometimes up to 12 feet of snow =]

this is why i moved to southern utah haha