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SoLando

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This plot (Ive reproduced it here) means that there is a 40% chance youll go 365 staright days without dropping below 36F and an 80% chance of going that same period without dropping below 36F.  We are further assuming that rationale can apply to a given winter.

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Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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Heres the same plot for Orlando WSO AP.

Note that this plot is for dates prior to 1974, while the McCoy plot is for dates after 1974.

orlando.gif

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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(SoLando @ Sep. 13 2006,14:53)

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Okay, thanks! Well..looks pretty good for ole O-Town then.

Like all of central FL....its not the average years we need to worry about!

Most of the time its clear sailing.  Its that other 20% of the time.....

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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(SoLando @ Sep. 13 2006,15:08)

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Things like 1989 are what I'm worried about. How often does a killer freeze like that happen in Central FL?

Heres a good article Ray Hernandez wrote in 2000 on this topic.

http://www.plantapalm.com/centralfl/Freeze...tralFlorida.asp

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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The Witt and Hernandez articles are excellent.  After reading them, and info from Leu Gardens, Kopsick, people who have had palm collections for many years, and nursery people such as Dr. Brown of Valkaria Tropical Garden (for bromeliads), the value of experience becomes evident.  

And those articles show the value of selecting tropical-looking plants carefully to enhance recoverability of your garden after a freeze.

And please patronize growers of tropical-looking plants asap after the freeze, when people are afraid to replant!

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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(SoLando @ Sep. 13 2006,16:51)

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Thanks that was some good readin'. :)

Yes....they give some good historical background to all the paranoia :D

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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