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  • From: dwoodard@becon.org
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Wind Chill
  • Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:58:54 -0500 (EST)

Granted winds don't make much difference to the low temperature
reached by tree parts, but:

There is sometimes a problem with trees drying out in cold winter
winds, as with sour cherry fruit buds. Frozen trunks and branches
don't supply water well. Windbreaks are thought helpful to prairie orchards.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Jim Fruth wrote:

John,
Wind chill is a factor involving cold+wind on Human Skin.(PERIOD)

Jim Fruth

John wrote:
How much of a factor should wind chill be in estimating a micro-
climate zone? How did the USDA climatologists factor in wind chill
in creating hardiness zones?




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