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The chilling requirement of a fruit is the minimum period of cold weather after which a fruit-bearing tree will blossom productively. It is often expressed in chill hours, which can be calculated in different ways, all of which essentially involve adding up the total amount of time in a winter spent at certain temperatures.
The Northern Plains' climate is semi-arid and is prone to drought, annually receiving between 16 and 32 inches (410 and 810 mm) of precipitation, and average annual snowfall ranging between 15 and 30 inches (380 and 760 mm), with the greatest snowfall amounts occurring in the Texas panhandle and areas near the border with New Mexico.
San Antonio, Texas, set a daily record low of 21 degrees (which broke the record of 26 degrees set in the brutal cold outbreak in 2021), as well as a record cold high of 37 degrees.
Like most temperate-latitude trees, cherry trees require a certain number of chilling hours each year to break dormancy and bloom and produce fruit. The number of chilling hours required depends on the variety. Because of this cold-weather requirement, no members of the genus Prunus can grow in tropical climates.
A water main beneath one of the city's main streets burst Monday, flooding and freezing an intersection, and crews worked for hours in minus 20-degree temperatures to make repairs, Kleen said.
On Sunday at 5:59 a.m. an updated wind chill advisory was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX. The advisory is for Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Denton, Collin, Hunt ...
Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas in September 2008 as a Category 2 storm. Ike brought moderate rain but high winds for an unusually long duration (upwards of nine hours). The roof of Reliant Stadium (home of the Houston Texans NFL team) was damaged and windows were blown out of several high-rise buildings in downtown Houston.
PHOTO: Memorial Drive, a main road in Houston, Texas, is seen covered in snow and empty during peak traffic hours as winter storm Enzo passes through the city, Jan. 21, 2025.