What is your current yard temperature?

[GottmitAlex]

1 minute ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Beautiful, Sunny Sunday and cracking the 80F mark for the first time in 2020.. At least according to the W. Underground station located roughly 2 miles away in downtown Chandler..

 

Same here!

Currently 82F in the garden

 

[AZPalms]

Always seems to be slightly on the conservative side. My outdoor thermometer in shade hit 78 today. Please stay!

[PalmatierMeg]

59.4F and dropping with strong wind. Forecast low tonight: 44F. Forecast low Tues night: 36F. Local news, if I can believe them, says those lows apply to inland areas, not coastal. Guess I'll find out.

I plan to bring in a few ultra sensitive potted seedlings but let the rest tough it out.

[PalmatierMeg]

53.4F at the moment. Low this morning: 46.4F (forecast 44F), which is current lowest for the season, probably to be eclipsed by tomorrow's low (forecasted to be 36F). 

[Hombre de Palmas]

37.8°F this morning and it felt like it.

[PalmatierMeg]

Low 38.7F this morning. "POOF" goes zone 11. Good morning, reality.

[NOT A TA]

46-47 reported lows last night. I did do a little prep by covering a dozen sprouting coconuts with leaf mulch & cloth so the ground heat would keep them warm. Put three 4' coco seedlings I'm experimenting with in garage and the rest of potted cocos got put in a protected area. Dry cold wind really makes coconuts look lousy by spring. Everything else was left as is including seedlings and germinating stuff.

[GottmitAlex]

21C and quite sunny.

Jan/22/2020

Ah! I typed 2019.

 

Edited January 22, 2020 by GottmitAlex

[sandgroper]

18c here at 5.45am heading for a very pleasant 28c. Weather will be warming up to the mid to high thirties over the coming week though. I prefer the high twenties.

Edited January 22, 2020 by sandgroper

[PalmatierMeg]

59F at the moment.

[Palmaceae]

Pleasant day here in St. Pete, hit a high of 71.8

[GottmitAlex]

14C and 80%RH

 

[GottmitAlex]

A nice toasty 80F in the garden.

11:43am jan/24/2020

We'll probably hit 82-83F this afternoon.

Edited January 24, 2020 by GottmitAlex

[RyManUtah]

63F. Spring is coming early this year 

Bulbs usually come up end of February 

 

[NorCalKing]

[GottmitAlex]

12c. Jan/24/2020 @ 10:35pm PST

aaaand very foggy.

[GottmitAlex]

12:30pm

1/28/2020

82F/28C

[tropicbreeze]

I like this time of year. Temp at 6AM was 29C with a sprinkling of rain. Could do with a lot more rain though.

 

[Silas_Sancona]

Cool start to the week, sunny and in the low 70s to end the week, and month.. First coulpe days of the new month start out warm.. Could scrape 80F by Sunday.. warmth won't last.. BIG changes for the week ahead.. Temps dive off a cliff and could be flirting with freezing.. maybe bottoming out at 30F by Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.. Highs stay in the 50s/ maybe back to 60F on  Wednesday..  Kind of saw this coming when the PNA bottomed out at -2 sig recently. 

Overall pattern across CA / Southwest for the next 8-15 days looks similar to the start of January, though if current thought holds, storms forecast to pass through look like dry " inside sliders " rather than producing much ( if any ) precip.  Pattern may shift warmer across the region around / after mid- month though the extended CFS ( Pivitol Weather ) keeps the return of any big heat tempered a bit, for now anyway.  Guess if winter is going to try and take one last swipe,  get it out of the way now.. Overall, finish line is in sight.

[UK_Palms]

54F at 1am here. The mild theme continues. 

I'm still waiting for winter to properly arrive... although I'm not sure it will now.

[Hombre de Palmas]

9 hours ago, UK_Palms said:

54F at 1am here. The mild theme continues. 

I'm still waiting for winter to properly arrive... although I'm not sure it will now.

Must be all the hot air generated from Brexit.

[Hombre de Palmas]

13 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Cool start to the week, sunny and in the low 70s to end the week, and month.. First coulpe days of the new month start out warm.. Could scrape 80F by Sunday.. warmth won't last.. BIG changes for the week ahead.. Temps dive off a cliff and could be flirting with freezing.. maybe bottoming out at 30F by Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.. Highs stay in the 50s/ maybe back to 60F on  Wednesday..  Kind of saw this coming when the PNA bottomed out at -2 sig recently. 

Overall pattern across CA / Southwest for the next 8-15 days looks similar to the start of January, though if current thought holds, storms forecast to pass through look like dry " inside sliders " rather than producing much ( if any ) precip.  Pattern may shift warmer across the region around / after mid- month though the extended CFS ( Pivitol Weather ) keeps the return of any big heat tempered a bit, for now anyway.  Guess if winter is going to try and take one last swipe,  get it out of the way now.. Overall, finish line is in sight.

I agree, we are 2/3s of the way through the risk months for cold outbreaks; the days are getting longer, and the sun angle is higher. There are no guarantees but the window for damaging cold is beginning to close.

[Silas_Sancona]

4 hours ago, Hombre de Palmas said:

I agree, we are 2/3s of the way through the risk months for cold outbreaks; the days are getting longer, and the sun angle is higher. There are no guarantees but the window for damaging cold is beginning to close.

It is for sure..

By the 23rd, the sun's angle will be roughly 10deg higher, with each day gaining close to 2 min of daylight..  which, at least in my yard, cuts the length of time any frost that might form on a rogue cold morning at that time from sticking around. Highs by that time average 70-72F  which usually translates to a pretty quick warm up on such mornings, even if the high only reach 67 or 69 on a cooler day...  On the other hand, as said.. while mostly "out of the woods" there have been surprises in late Feb/ earliest March.. My first research trip to the area occurred right after one of the nastier of frost/freezes here..  Can't remember exact numbers, but thinking some parts of town that normally avoid much cold approached the lower 20s.. By the time i was in town, it was warm again but you could see damage on some of the more sensitive things around the area. All the stuff i was documenting survived fine though..   

For now, hoping the wind stays up on one or both mornings between Tuesday and Thursday just enough to keep lows from dropping below 30F. Some talk last night higher elevation parts of the valley might see a flake or two of snow mix in with any showers that linger Monday night. Doubt it but kind of raises an eyebrow when mentioned.  Pretty decent recovery forecast by next weekend ( mid 70s - low/mid 40s )  though.  GFS isn't set on whether or not there are a couple more cooler systems in the pipeline between next weekend and mid month.  00Z run of the CFS is leaning back toward a warmer mid month and beyond..  In no rush to welcome back the 90s lol but a nice long stretch of mid 70s- 83 or so/ lows no lower than 46-50 will be the prefect way to glide into spring.
 
 

Edited February 1, 2020 by Silas_Sancona
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[GottmitAlex]

Feb 1, 2020

11:58am pst

31C/88F

[GottmitAlex]

Temps are fluctuating a tad bit.

We hit 32C today

 

[Silas_Sancona]

82F at 2:28 on 02/02/2020..

[sandgroper]

Currently 39c, tomorrow is expected to be 40c. I'm not enjoying it. 

[Silas_Sancona]

After yesterday's sunny and 82F " taste of spring",  cloudy, breezy and 60F at about 1: 00PM today as a dry and cold  cold front sweeps through.. Temps should start dropping back through.. and remain in the 50s for highs through Wednesday.. No rain expected which, in a way is a good thing considering the next two nights are forecast to drop into the low 30s.. setting up what may end up being the coldest night or nights of the year across the area.. 

Low tonight is forecast to bottom out somewhere between 34-32F.. slightly higher if winds stay up most of the night.. Tomorrow could be colder, especially if there is no wind overnight.. While the suggested lows from the local NWS and Wx Underground aren't too concerning, Accuweather has Chandler dropping to a potential low of 27-28F wed. morning.. When i see a 4-7 deg difference between low temp. forecasts this time of year, that is enough to start moving / covering more than i usually would, especially since it has been just warm enough that a few things are trying to wake up, particularly the Plumeria.. which are all now covered.  Doubt Accuweather's forecast will be accurate on one or both nights but, you never know.. Not something i'd like to see the irony in if it came to pass.

Regardless, will be interesting to see how the next 2 or 3 nights pan out.. Dew points are forecast to crash below 10 deg starting this afternoon thru Tuesday night, which by itself, might be enough to keep the possibility of frost away or minimal should lows bottom out at/ just below 32F.. If winds stay above 10mph, or we see enough high clouds pass over at the right time, that may also help keep temps a bit higher also..  Just hoping we don't crack the " lower- than- 30F " mark this time around.. Not welcome when so close to putting this winter in the bag.. 

[Jubaea_James760]

After a fairly nice/ warm January it looks like February is starting off nasty like last year. 23F low its expect tonight. Am actually in Utah near SLC. Have been driving thru snow, rain & slush all day. I covered everything I could Saturday night, good thing. Not taking any chances 

Stay warm my friends 

[sandgroper]

Almost 5pm and 40c still, not pleasant.

[Silas_Sancona]

Currently 47F  heading for a balmy 55F or so this afternoon, after bottoming out in the 29- 33F range around Chandler when i checked W. Underground around 6:30am this morning.. No frost in the yard/ ice on a bucket i collect runoff in tucked in a colder section of the patio.

Other morning lows reported from the local NWS around Phoenix include:  Phoenix ( at Sky Harbor ) 38F,  Scottsdale: 33F,  Glendale: 32F,  Yuma: 45F,  Imperial: 42F.  Looks like lingering cloud cover overnight helped keep Tucson mostly above the 32-34F range. May drop to 26F there tonight ( per current NWS forecast ) Checked San Diego NWS but not seeing any data regarding how cold it was there this morning.  A tweet on their twitter page did mention some pretty chilly wind chill readings across the area though.. 

While this latest cold episode doesn't look any worse than what occurred around mid- Feb. last year, if we're going to try and beat our coldest low of the winter,  tonight is it..  Trough and pool of coldest air moves east after tomorrow, much nicer weekend ahead before perhaps some showers next week.  While it will likely change.. or modify a bit here, saw a tweet from Meteorologist Dan Leonard stating that the basic, but firmly entrenched ++AO +NAO -PNA Nor. Hemisphere pattern may keep the west coolish and unsettled / east, basically in early spring mode potentially for the next 3 weeks ( maybe longer ).. Again though, doesn't take much to switch everything around and is still a possibility that might occur after mid month.

[Silas_Sancona]

Currently 42F at close to 9: 30AM after bottoming out right at 30F around sunrise. As you'll see below, pretty chilly across most of the valley / region with Tucson sitting well into the 20s around 6AM. Only detectable frost was out in the most open part of the yard. no ice on the bucket of rain water under the patio. Oddly, no frost on nearby rooftops. Only apparent damage looks to be some damage to a few leaves on a Ficus petiolaris. Other stuff i left uncovered out in the open looks fine.

One last 32-35F night ahead but no frost/freeze warnings posted.. That's it for the frosty stuff locally beyond tomorrow, at least for now..

Below are several snapshots i captured between 6: 00 and 6: 45AM across the region.. Starting with readings at the time across the valley. Included are readings captured across So. Cal, South Bay Area, specifically, San Jose. Fresno/Sacramento areas, ..St. George, and Albuquerque.. Choose your area.. Notice some pronounced micro-climate variability in action across Southern CA. 

First group:  Chandler / East valley. Phoenix area / Tucson.

[Silas_Sancona]

Second Group: San Diego area..


Inland Southern Cal valleys..


Group #3, Wider Southern Cal region, inc. Palm Springs.

[Silas_Sancona]

San Jose/ South Bay..


Fresno and Sacramento areas..


St. George and Albuquerque..

[AZPalms]

14 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Currently 42F at close to 9: 30AM after bottoming out right at 30F around sunrise. As you'll see below, pretty chilly across most of the valley / region with Tucson sitting well into the 20s around 6AM. Only detectable frost was out in the most open part of the yard. no ice on the bucket of rain water under the patio. Oddly, no frost on nearby rooftops. Only apparent damage looks to be some damage to a few leaves on a Ficus petiolaris. Other stuff i left uncovered out in the open looks fine.

One last 32-35F night ahead but no frost/freeze warnings posted.. That's it for the frosty stuff locally beyond tomorrow, at least for now..

Below are several snapshots i captured between 6: 00 and 6: 45AM across the region.. Starting with readings at the time across the valley. Included are readings captured across So. Cal, South Bay Area, specifically, San Jose. Fresno/Sacramento areas, ..St. George, and Albuquerque.. Choose your area.. Notice some pronounced micro-climate variability in action across Southern CA. 

First group:  Chandler / East valley. Phoenix area / Tucson.

Yesterday was the colder day for our neighborhood. Bottomed our at 31 for about an hour before sunrise. This morning, 36/37 is what it said as I walked out the door at 7am (the 37f weather station near the white tanks is my neighborhood) Tonight, I’m hopeful is the last of this crud before a (hopefully) mild and pleasant spring. No protection on a single thing this year. Part in due to work/dad life. Part in due to laziness. 

[Chris Chance]

Got down to 27.5 here in Moreno Valley.  Last night I knew it was going to be bad when the wind stopped. I was looking at weather stations in the area of Murrieta where I used to live and they were showing 22 to 24 range. 

[Silas_Sancona]

16 minutes ago, AZPalms said:

Yesterday was the colder day for our neighborhood. Bottomed our at 31 for about an hour before sunrise. This morning, 36/37 is what it said as I walked out the door at 7am (the 37f weather station near the white tanks is my neighborhood) Tonight, I’m hopeful is the last of this crud before a (hopefully) mild and pleasant spring. No protection on a single thing this year. Part in due to work/dad life. Part in due to laziness. 

From what i read from NWS around 5AM, seemed like that side of town saw a bit more wind last night which helped keep temps up compared to yesterday. While it looked bad last night, i was surprised there weren't more sub 30F readings around the east valley than i'd noticed..  A couple stations dropped to 29-28F for maybe half an hour right as the sun was coming up but most closest to the house stayed in the 30-33F range. Agree, lol.. hopefully this will be the coldest we see the rest of the winter..

15 minutes ago, Chris Chance said:

Got down to 27.5 here in Moreno Valley.  Last night I knew it was going to be bad when the wind stopped. I was looking at weather stations in the area of Murrieta where I used to live and they were showing 22 to 24 range. 

Noticed this also when i checked around 4:30AM.. Couple stations around Oceanside and near San Marcos briefly touched 28-29F then were back into the 30s when i took the screen shots. Was pretty easy to see where the coldest air was trying to drain toward the ocean.  Hopefully any damage you might experience is lessened by not seeing frost on top of hitting 27F.

[Chris Chance]

1 minute ago, Silas_Sancona said:

From what i read from NWS around 5AM, seemed like that side of town saw a bit more wind last night which helped keep temps up compared to yesterday. While it looked bad last night, i was surprised there weren't more sub 30F readings around the east valley than i'd noticed..  A couple stations dropped to 29-28F for maybe half an hour right as the sun was coming up but most closest to the house stayed in the 30-33F range. Agree, lol.. hopefully this will be the coldest we see the rest of the winter..

Noticed this also when i checked around 4:30AM.. Couple stations around Oceanside and near San Marcos briefly touched 28-29F then were back into the 30s when i took the screen shots. Was pretty easy to see where the coldest air was trying to drain toward the ocean.  Hopefully any damage you might experience is lessened by not seeing frost on top of hitting 27F.

My foxtail definitely is showing damage as expected. I keep planning on removing that one but it keeps growing back during the summer so I end up leaving it. Most palms look okay after but we'll see in a few days. Anything that had canopy look fine but plumeria exposed to open sky look bad.

[RyManUtah]

Currently 30F. Got down to 18F last night. Not terribly cold, but really late in the year for that temperature, and it has been below freezing for thirteen hours so far. 

[Silas_Sancona]

5 minutes ago, Chris Chance said:

My foxtail definitely is showing damage as expected. I keep planning on removing that one but it keeps growing back during the summer so I end up leaving it. Most palms look okay after but we'll see in a few days. Anything that had canopy look fine but plumeria exposed to open sky look bad.

As long as the stems on your Plumeria feel solid / aren't starting to flop over after a couple days, they should be fine.. if not, remove damaged stems down to clean wood, and apply powdered Sulfur... to keep cuts clean and healthy wood from rotting further.    Next frost/ freeze there, you can cover stems, branch tips w/ pool noodles.  Have  wrapped stems w/ scrap pieces of shade cloth also.