Hi Norma,
We may have frost on Thanksgiving here in Airizona. I'm getting my plants ready today. From the news this morning, looks like most of the nation is in for yucky weather.

Josh,
Got a little snow yesterday I belive, in Northern Calif. How ya doin Josh, staying warm? :)

Who else? :)

JoJo

Jojo....

Hi

68 degrees today, then low 40's with winds gusts in excess of 45 miles per hour and wind chill temps in the 30's tomorrow..We have already had our hard frost, and now all the plants are safely inside..

I can't believe how cold it is already across the states, especially in the deep south west..

Norma.. Thank you for your thoughtfulness..

Mike

Hard freeze warning the next two nights here in the north San Fransisco bay area. Going to move some plants around today to a warmer micro-climate within my yard

Pushing it mid SF bay-lows of 34 predicted. I dont think that cold as its too wet and dank..it poured rain all night. I see around 38 or so at worst. Then nice weather for a change. Hard to beleive we were in the mid 80's in early November..from summer to winter in less than a month.

just moved all our tender succulents out of the greenhouse and into the house after we got warnings of tempts down to -18c, i was told earlier this year this was gonna be one of the hardest winter in a thousands years, of course i didnt belive it because i heard it from my mom who heard it from one of the old ones she takes care of at the nursing home.
but looking at -18 in november might make me change my mind :)

Wow! I cannot believe how weird this weather is!! It is 48 degrees here in western NY but the windchill makes it feel like it is in the 30's. We also have had hard freezes all ready and all my stuff is indoors.
Thanks Norma for letting us know about the weather people in you area are experiencing!
Andrew

Fimbulvinter, the Great Winter Comes! ;)
The forecast is calling for night-temps of 24ðF/-5ðC

Josh

Just checked,it was 83F on the 15...eight days later,this.

Thank goodness we're not getting anything even remotely close to what you guys are getting or about to get! But our bad weather doesn't usually happen till January and February, so I guess I'll enjoy it while it last. Good luck with your plants everyone! Hope you get everything protected or brought inside. Stay warm!

Can always tell when it will get cold in Florida- when it's unseasonally hot here... and vice versa. So it being cold here now makes sense it's hot in Florida. No frost last night, though, thankfully... had some cloud cover this Am which is probably what saved us. There will be colder days to come I'm sure. Only got down to about 40 at my house last night and no frost on windows of car (yesterday AM we had some frost, though, despite only getting down to 38F)

83 today, 43 tomorrow :( Light freeze for north Houston on Saturday morning. Lowest here supposed to be 43, then back to almost 70 by Sunday.

Pug, here's hoping we have a more normal winter this year.
Ya'll stay warm.
Tally HO!

26ðF this morning.

Josh

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It was 38 when I looked at 8am. So it might have been a degree colder at sunrise. But no frost on the roofs. Tomorrow should be coldest-and near a Hayward record for the day. Darn,to early for this kind of cold. At least the days are sunny.

Thanks for the warning Norma! I moved a few plants inside. We had a 33F low last night. It is normal this time of year to have lows around the freezing point, but it is coldest at dawn, and then it warms quickly. My plants are more threatened by too much rain, than too little warmth.

Josh, it gets much colder at your place. How long is the temperature below freezing? How much farther north in CA are you, anyway?

Everyone, the Wunderground.com network of backyard weather stations is a great way to monitor your micro-climate. It is absolutely amazing how varied are the conditions within 20 miles of me. The Bay Area is a land of micro-climates.

Brad, Menlo Park 94025

Hey, Brad!
I'm 35 miles northeast of Sacramento, up in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
I live at 1,600 feet elevation, too, which makes a big difference. Yesterday, at 6:30pm,
the temp was 33ðF - and this morning, we didn't break 30ðF until 8:00am, at least.

Wunderground has these great weatherstickers, also...

Josh

Houston will be in low 30 by Friday night. All of my DR are inside now, some already drop all the leaves. Many still had so much blooms and it is sad to see them in the garage with very little light. The winter seem so long.....

It's 32ðF here now.
The weathersticker receives data from Auburn, which is three hundred feet lower in elevation.

Josh

Nice picture Josh...BRRR! Too cold for me,lol...it was 82ð today and will be very warm for the next 10 days. Doesn't look like any of the cold weather is going to make it this far south this time around.

Beach plant, Definitely don't want a repeat of last winter here, that's for sure! Lost so many plants, it was awful!

We had a high of 81 yesterday at1:30. I was out in my garden picking salad for thanksgiving. We have had a steady 30 mile an hour wind from the south for several days blowing the tall bluegrass in the front field to the south. The wind came to an end in the morning and it was still and ominous. I heard it coming up the gorge to my north, moaning loud. The wind hit and the temperature dropped 20 degrees in 15 minutes. We ended up with a low of 33. Almost 50 degree drop in a day. It is now down to 27. They say low 20's or upper teens in the morning but then back up to 60 and 70 the next day. I have been moving plants all day and all yesterday. The Vegetables are covered up. But I think I will let my Brugs die. They didn't bloom for me this year. I am a passive aggressive gardener with to many plants to move.

We had more rain this afternoon, tonight will be the dangerous time. I am not able to carry plants even into the garage. So I covered with bubble wrap the best I could. Even the garage will be of help. Just keep the rain off of them, put under a bench or trees, bushes, that will be of help. I have over 100 flats of plants outside my greenhouse. So I can't move them. If there is damage you may notice it right away, the chill and not water will cause cactus to bloom this Spring. The Sansevieria are all showing flowers spikes and several are expected to open in the next few days. Norma