Frost Coming!

[crackerdave]

April Fool's night.31 degrees in West central Georgia.Hope the peach trees have dropped their blossoms before this happens!

 

[Milkman]

YIKES!!
It’s too early for the “blackberry winter”. I guess this can be Easter winter.

 

[fishfryer]

All I've got in danger would be pears,about three years ago lost every one to cold snap.

 

[jmfauver]

Think we will get to about 33 that morning, will be interesting got the fish messed up already

 

[Shadow11]

Had a light frost this morning. Truck had a good frosting, grass had a little bit. Still nearly a month away from planting the garden here in north habersham. Expecting sub freezing Friday morning here. The jap maples just busted open with leaves 2 days ago. They'll probably get fried!

 

[Redbow]

We are suppose to have frost Friday morning here in our area, down to around 33 degrees. Then in the thirties Saturday morning as well. Somehow it seems around Easter time a cold front often comes thru but not every year.

 

[Doug B.]

We had a light frost this morning. Cold weather ain't over yet!!!

 

[fireman32]

Yep, took me twice to learn not to plant before Easter.

 

[Broken feather]

April 7 is the last frost date for my area. That date is from historical records and is the most common date for the last frost but the last frost could be earlier or later than the last frost date.
Usually fruit trees are OK post bloom unless the temperature gets to 30F for two hours or longer.
A good chart for critical temps for various fruit trees:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/files/TreeFruitCriticalTemperatures.pdf

 

[Redbow]

Now they have changed the frost advisory for us to a freeze warning for a couple of nights. After many warm days here the cold weather is going to pinch for a bit.

 

[fishfryer]

Easter cold snap as told by most all the old people I knew. Doesn't hardly ever miss,I say hardly ever to be on the safe side,I can't remember when it didn't.

 

[Milkman]

But the date for Easter varies up to 4 weeks from year to year.

 

[fishfryer]

But the date for Easter varies up to 4 weeks from year to year.

One of those mysteries,It's above my paygrade to say why.

 

[livinoutdoors]

The last cold snap always happens about 7 days after i take a risk on some warm season plants and put them in the garden.

 

[fishfryer]

The last cold snap always happens about 7 days after i take a risk on some warm season plants and put them in the garden.

You might consider writing that up in "flowery" words and submitting it to the scientific community. Who knows you might get a government grant to do more research.

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

The last cold snap always happens about 7 days after i take a risk on some warm season plants and put them in the garden.

Every year!

 

[Milkman]

One of those mysteries,It's above my paygrade to say why.

I have known the reason for the varying date for Easter for many years. It still doesn’t make sense even knowing the “logic”.
Easter is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Now who came up with that???

 

[fishfryer]

I have known the reason for the varying date for Easter for many years. It still doesn’t make sense even knowing the “logic”.
Easter is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Now who came up with that???

?? can’t say,but the Good Lord knows the right date

 

[trad bow]

Probably an astronomer? Older civilizations went by the stars and the moon and celebrated each equinoxes and solstice each year. Two of each. Even our forefathers lived by the signs. We have lost most of that knowledge and depend on almanacs to give that information to us.

 

[Milkman]

If the observation date was set in modern times it would probably be something like the first Sunday in April or similar.