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For example, the average first frost date in Worcester is Oct. 14. This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Old Farmer's Almanac winter 2024 predictions for Massachusetts.
The first frost is looming on Cape Cod's calendar, so we try to pin down the date with info from the Farmers' Almanac and other experts.
For the first time since 2012, a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in November 2023. The map is a tool used by gardeners and growers around the U.S ...
Kiruna is the major exception here, which being located on a hill above frost traps, is in zone 5. Zone 4 lies between the Arctic Circle and about 64–66°N, with cities such as Oulu, Rovaniemi and Jokkmokk, zone 5 (south to 61–62°N) contains cities such as Tampere, Umeå, and Östersund.
On average, the first frost occurs October 22, and the last on May 6. [ citation needed ] The Rogue Valley is in USDA plant hardiness zones 7–9. [ 2 ] Sub-zero temperatures are extremely rare in the valley; the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport has not recorded such extreme cold weather since December 21, 1990, when the temperature ...
Frost on the grass of a public park in November Map of average first killing frost in Ohio from "Geography of Ohio," 1923 Many plants can be damaged or killed by freezing temperatures or frost. This varies with the type of plant, the tissue exposed, and how low temperatures get; a "light frost" of −2 to 0 °C (28 to 32 °F) damages fewer ...
Those gardening in horticultural zones higher than 9 can ignore this advice, as the southernmost parts of the continental U.S., as well as Puerto Rico and Hawaii, are considered frost-free (there ...
That was the latest date of ice on the Great Lakes ever. [102] The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during the winter season was 31.3 °F (−0.4 °C), one degree below the 20th-century average, and the number of daily record-low temperatures outnumbered the number of record-high temperatures nationally in early 2014. [100]