first sub 40's of the year

[pogobob]

Minus 8F this morning in Tahoe

[joe_OC]

35 degrees @ 7:10am

[palmz]

35' @ 7:00 am in carlsbad this morning .

[George Sparkman]

44' @ 7:00 am in Fallbrook. 35' @ midnight .

[MattyB]

42F for a low in Spring Valley this morning. I saw frost on all the rooftops driving through El Cajon this morning at about 8:30am.

[BS Man about Palms]

Yep... a lot of frost this year... so far not on my plants... knock on my wood head...

[John Case]

Low of 29 again in Brentwood...no frost in my yard but some around the area.

[Stevetoad]

i saw 30.5 once again with frost. this is shaping up to be my worst year yet. last year i only had ice on my windshield a couple times. this year it seems i've had to hose off my windshield off almost every morning! so far i have way less damage than last year though. but i think my plants are starting to get used to the cold.

[Jastin]

35.6 for the low this winter for me, no frost on ground but a few day of roof top frost. No damage but it has been a frosty, crappy season so far. I hope it doesn't get worse. I thought it was gonna be a El Niño year ( warmer )???

37.6 this morning at 3:32am

[Hammer]

4:45am is 39f in the yard. Car said 37f at the hilltop out in the open and 34f in the 5 freeway valley at the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo train station.

[George Sparkman]

43° @ 7AM in Fallbrook, no wind

[joe_OC]

34.6 @ 7am

[Stevetoad]

29.5f this morning at 6:15am. very dry. no frost at all. my unprotected papaya is still looking perfect! i dont know how. bananas are thrashed. archontophoenix maxima shows damamge now on the older leaves. unprotected roystonia princeps has very very minor damage while my protected borinquena and regia show a bit more damage. (quaman i think your right) eveything else still looks good.

[palmz]

32' @ 7:00 am this morning on the north side of my house it felt colder .

[MattyB]

43 f today. The colder it gets the faster the air rushes down the hill, keeping the temps up.

[BS Man about Palms]

I need to get me a hill....

[Jastin]

39.6 in the open. I have slopes on all sides Bill. Wait....aren't you over the hill Bill?

[Stevetoad]

I live in a hole. All the cold air rushes down the hills and settle on top of my house.

[BS Man about Palms]

Jastin, Not yet dammit!

Just standing here on a gopher/mole hill... gonna make it a mountain!

Steve... you are a fellow citizen of Lowlando with PaulGila?

[Stevetoad]

I think I get colder than Paul bill. Paul has that total canopy going on that keeps his palms warm and safe. All mine are totally exposed. One day ill have a canopy one day. As of now its 38f at 9:32pm. No good

[Stevetoad]

28f at 7am. No frost

**update. Went out side. Plenty of frost **

[George Sparkman]

34 f @ 7 am in Fallbrook, no wind

[joe_OC]

33.6 @ 7:17am

[palmz]

32' @ 7 :00 am burrrrrrr once again

[John Case]

35 this moring. Looks like some leak tip damage may be developing on the more exposed Burretiokentias....probably from the sub-30s earlier this week. We shall see how the next 4 weeks goes....

[Moose]

I think I get colder than Paul bill. Paul has that total canopy going on that keeps his palms warm and safe. All mine are totally exposed. One day ill have a canopy one day. As of now its 38f at 9:32pm. No good

Bill has a weed canopy - sort of ...

Definitely not over the hill

[MattyB]

Wow. George and I have been about the same temps until now when his wind died down. It was downright breezy all night for us, thus 43 f for a low this morning.

[pogobob]

So far so good here at my new place. Been in the low to high 40s every morning. Not seeing any cold damage to my transplant stressed and heatwave fried palms. Been here for 6mo now.

[BS Man about Palms]

HAving stopped by Palm Mountain several times after the Jan 2007 freeze and seeing little if any damage Bob, doesn't surprise me you are unscathed

Also, noticed my banana tree in a 15 gal pot seems ok... so most stuff is fine... i think having seedlings delivered from Hawaii just prior to this cold is not a good thing though... too dry inside, and too cold outside ...

[Jastin]

37.7 this morning. I don't care how cold it gets, as long as my palms look good. It's 48 right now

[Jastin]

So far so good here at my new place. Been in the low to high 40s every morning. Not seeing any cold damage to my transplant stressed and heatwave fried palms. Been here for 6mo now.

When are we going to see some pics of the new place?

[George Sparkman]

44° @ 7AM in Fallbrook, light rain & no wind

[MattyB]

46 this morn. Pluots, plums, pears, getting some good chill hours. Hopefully well get some good crops next year.

[Hammer]

43 for the low here.

[Stevetoad]

42 for me.

[Rafael]

37, the absolute minimum here, this winter, but it will be worse, i know...

[George Sparkman]

38° @ 7AM in Fallbrook

With the daytime highs becoming less and less later this week I can see trouble ahead.

[Jastin]

46 yesterday morning. Forecasted for 38 this morning but I was 42. I hope it goes that way later in the week. Forecast says 34 on Friday.

Matt, Interesting what you say about the breeze making it warmer, pushing the cold down the hill. I have hills on all sides in my favor but not really any wind in the morning. So your saying even if you get an onshore breeze ( from west to east, blowin up your hill ) you will still be warmer?

[nkbish]

Heat wave last night. Low of 41.

[Stevetoad]

Heat wave last night. Low of 41.

i hear ya! i hit 42f... thought i was in hawaii for a moment