mike, here is where we seperate the men from the boys. freezing in Mass. too. We are the pioneers, stay strong! LOL

Yeah mike it got real cold here! It got down to -4.9 in my yard at 3:13 am!!! THATS COLD! Heck my garage got down to 29 degrees for approx 8-12 minutes then gradually stayed right at 32 degrees! I hope it didn't damage my roeby? I am scared to look...and of course i would rather not look right now because i will have to open my door and shoot cold air in there which would just shoot the temps down again. I kept a fan running on the palms just to keep from frost etc. Right now the garage is up to 43 degrees...i am hoping it will shoot to 50 before the sun goes down. That should give me a good cushion. How are yours doing in the green house? GO BEARS !!!!

Well nucci60 your right and thats why I love pushin the limits.

Brian its 48.7 in the green house. It was 25F last night through the night. Luckly its real sunny when its cold , that helps keep my temps up. Nothing was damaged yet to date except my cycas revoluta. The fronds started to discolor. I got to zero last night but no lower. Maybe it coulda been lower but my sensor is in the yard so it dosent get any wind. Maybe thats making the reading different?

What happened to our Global Warming thing? I think it's been suspened this year! ):D LOL

Chicago beats us in the deep-freeze department. That -4.9F is -20.5C. On either scale, that's freak'n cold.

In "our" area, the lowest we've hit was 4.1F (-15.5C).
I say "our" area because we are what's called, "below the mountain" (not much of a mountain, but it's up there). On the mount, it would have hit probably 3 to 5 degrees colder than here.

SPRING.... WHERE ARE YOU!!! ???? ):)

Clear
-31°C
Clear

FEELS LIKE -41°C
WIND W 11 km/h
GUSTS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 61%
DEWPOINT -36°C
PRESSURE 103.68 kPa
VISIBILITY 24 km
CEILING unlimited
Updated : Sunday February 4 2007, 19:00 CST - Winnipeg Airport

Was suppose to be -12 last night here, think we only say -7. Tonight is forecast for -11 and then we see a warm up tomorrow where the low is only -6 and then no more negatives in the 10-day forecast....how good the double digits (positive) will feel again for the day time highs!!! Today only got up to 3F.

Didn't get below 38 in the garage though as I kept the heater on most of the night for the roebys.

1 more day of this crap and then some more "spring like" temps--hey, it's all relative right? 13F for a high right about now sounds like spring to me!!

Good luck everyone!

Well, so much for my post about the lowest temp this year.

Woke up this morning to -16.4C (2F). Just too cold for my blood.

It is 3 degrees here this morning, and going be colder tomorrow night. Global Warming, all I can say my gas bill will not reflect it. LOL

Southern Long Island, NY...low of 8F last night

My unheated (but well insulated) garage dropped to 37F, so I'm not too concerned about the plants indoors. Before the insulation, the garage was only about 15-20 degrees warmer than outside. New doors and siding make a big difference! The rest of the house is consuming less heat than last year as well - a good investment.

Interesting observation: I have a Norfolk island Pine that was discarded out in my yard, and it's still green! I thought they wouldn't survive severe cold - I guess I'll see come springtime.

A message to Xerophyte,
I am quite sure that Norfolk Island Pine died a while back. If it does in fact survive this winter, have it propagated because it is genetically superior! I don't think they normally survive once it gets toward the lower 20's or so.

I just checked the plant, and rubbed its leaves, there is a bit of sap present and a distinct pine-like smell, which means either it is close to death (probably) or maybe it is a survivor (doubtful), but hey, ya never know.

Still holding up a zone 6a here this season....but just 25 miles west of me in Rochelle, IL, the temp dropped to -26F yesterday! Here in Geneva we only hit -6 (official airport reading). Funny how 25 miles can make a 20 degree difference.

So far the lowest here was -3 a week ago, Today its 20F outside, and in the cold frame its a balmy 65F, because of the bright sun it gets all day. I would like some warm weather soon.

Well we need to get through another 3 weeks or so...once march comes in it starts to warm up, not saying march is warm but its no where near jan or febs weather. I usually look at the south side irish parade as my way of saying that the real cold is over and that its time for the start of spring..this year its march 12. (not to far away!) I don;t know just my way of putting some help in my eyes of thinking the winter is over.