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I was expecting 27f. Three out of my four thermometers had a low of 31f so definitely a good surprise.

Local media cold again and NWS missed the mark as well 31F Central Houston (local media: 28F, NWS: 29F) 30F Uptown 29F Katy (local media: 26F, NWS: 26F)

Hit 19.8F which will round to 20F. Could have been much worse. Queens likely defoliated regardless though. I believe this is the big one of the season. The Panhandle will continue to be at risk for freezing temperatures, and this is definitely not the last freeze, but I think it's probably the worst one. Hoping for a speedy recovery for everything that's been damaged down south this morning.

@Looking Glass I too have emergency bedroom sleeping precautions! It got down to 57.6 degrees in there last night, even with a little 750W space heater. BRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! My yard bottomed out at 22.6F with moderate winds. There's some big oaks still at the neighbors on the W and NW sides, so that cuts down on wind speed a lot. However, that means the front yard and back yard measure basically identical. In still nights the backyard is always a few degrees colder. No hint of frost! It's currently up to 25-26F with the sun starting to hit a few plants. This was a few minutes ago. It's not quite in focus because I was shivering! Edit: The local airport station is only 0.4 degrees different than me:

It seems over the last decade more people have seen coconuts or crow shafts in datytona or Orlando or even cocoa beach! Is this the end of a whole topic on PalmTalk? Do you think any will survive?

👍 It's a balmy 36 degrees in my backyard in Fort Myers this morning. You won't catch me complaining!

Hit freezing just after 4 am, bottomed out at 28.9 like the last front but wayyy windier. Damage is already apparent in the back on some things where the wind is usually lessened. Front yard has already taken that temp and covers are ok except the front spindle bed. My makeshift windbreak may have been partially helpful but I won't know for a bit. Today I'll fix things before nightfall when the winds die and I expect a huge drop. Our event here has just started, the radiational freezes the next two nights will be our next test. I don't buy the 30 and 34 forecast, it will be as much as 6 degrees colder if previous events are to be factored in. I bought the forecast last year and was 26.6 instead of 34, and the damage was considerable where I had the covers off. Not falling for that again. They stay/go back on until Tuesday at lunch.

Daconil and insecticide to check all alternatives.

I know this post was almost a week ago, but looking at the maps, Naples looks like the place to be this morning

It hit 24 here in St. Augustine. Looks like it was in the 20s as far south as Palm Beach County. I’m praying that everything damaged recovers.

This bottomed out at 24°F. Station has trouble synchronizing

I bought a Paucidentatus seedling growing a new leaf. When the leaf had put on a couple of inches it started yellowing and remained this colour. I have fed the plant at the start of our growing season and it is starting to put on a new leaf but this again appears to be yellow. Any suggestions what this could be? Nutrient deficiency, I've heard this can happen with lack of iron uptake, maybe chelated Iron? Any observations / advice would be appreciated. Initial condition Matured leaf New season leaf yesterday

The three biggest losers in relative terms: 1.) Florida Keys 2.) Brevard county 3.) Palm Beach county The biggest winners (if you can call it that) in relative terms: 1.) The entire west coast within about ten miles from the gulf, from Citrus county southward 2.) North eastern Florida didn't get hit all that bad in relative terms, many locations on par or not much colder than with Orlando 3.) The panhandle, again, in relative terms.

25.4F low for my location. Worse than 2010. Hopefully everything pulls through.

Any Floridian pirates attend the event? Please share some photos

I'm cold. But nothing compared to what's going on further east. A friend in NJ is waking up to single digit temps, and apparently they've had so much snow they load it in dump trucks and take it to machines that melt it. We've just gotten frost and the cats water dishes freezing over and single digit wind chills, and I'm still in jorts and slides because.... It's just how I get down.

27.5 was my ultimate low here in northwest pasco. Didn't drop below freezing till right after 330am

About 7:00am EST

Nothing but fun around here. I bought an Uresana from @Josue Diaz a while back and he shipped me 2. I unpacked them and got sidetracked and apparently it's bad to leave palms sitting open air on the counter for any length of time. After putting them in a tray, baggies over their pots, and bottom watering one is recovering and pushing new green growth. The other one spear pulled but isn't mushy and didn't fizz with peroxide so I'll let it ride. I also got some Sabal Maratima from @Sabal King - I don't remember, 2023 or 2024? - anyway, I put them in 3g pots with cheap garden soil because it's what I had at the time, and they were growing great! Lots of blue color, lots of growth, and then just one day they shrivelled up. I unpotted them very carefully - the soil around the center had become hydrophobic. So like, I do the finger check and the soil is damp, but the center was like a brick. So I rinsed them off (gently) and they were also rootbound already - so I put them in 5g pots with coco coir and perlite with just a handful of Jobes palm food and bottom watering them too. Should I give them humidity covers too? They're indoors for the winter and it's still around 60%RH in there and this morning was the lowest temp I've seen in there - 68°, but it's also 19 outside. They did great in the sun with moderate watering and everything feels nice and firm, just the foliage all shriveled up.. Between these, the Uresana, and getting got on the alleged "Causarium" seeds I'm not doing well with the exotic Sabals. Bananas and philodendrons are exploding though fwiw. And my Mexicana from @5am is getting huge.

@JLeVert - What size do you usually plant in-ground?

Will you be at Gobbler's Knob on Monday?

I’ve got one sensor out in the open showing 24.6 here in Merritt Island the others are around 25-26. Brutal night here.