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  • From: Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] So close....
  • Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:13:23 -0500


Well, I just waded into the yard. The wind has re sculpted the drifts so that the thermometer is now a good foot above the snow line.
It went down to -34 in my yard. That puts it right about average for what we have been having over the last couple of decades. Oh well, could be worse. Except for the January thaw, the temperatures have stayed below freezing nearly all winter. That should be easier on the trees than last year when it kept hitting 40s to 50 in the first half of January followed by sudden below zero temperatures.

Steve


Steve wrote:
We came SO close to having the mildest winter in the 30 years that I have lived in the Adirondacks. I'm judging "mildest", in this case, only by the lowest temperature of the season. Most winters we bottom out anywhere between -30 and -40. Once in a while, we have had a winter where we never got below -25 or 26. Up until right now, the season low in my yard was -23. I was starting to think that would be it. Now, here we are just after midnight on February 29th and it's already 21 below zero. Since no clouds are forecast, I'm sure we'll be good and cold by 7 AM.
I'm not worried about the fruit trees themselves but I was hoping to see if a "mild" winter would increase the fruit set on some of the apricots and plums.

Steve




  • Re: [NAFEX] So close...., Steve, 03/01/2008

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