What is your current yard temperature?

[ruskinPalms]

Welp. I’m the blue dot of frigidness in this picture.  At least I can drive to see tall, fruiting coconuts within 15 to 20 minutes lol! This is west Florida. 

[sandgroper]

36c at the moment with high humidity but that's much better than the forecast 42c, it won't reach that. A cool change tomorrow, possible shower and 28c.

[greysrigging]

Ordinary at work today.... topped out at 45.1c ( 113.2f ) and dusty.... the wind dries out the eyeballs above 110f

[sandgroper]

3 hours ago, greysrigging said:

Ordinary at work today.... topped out at 45.1c ( 113.2f ) and dusty.... the wind dries out the eyeballs above 110f

Yep, that's nasty.

[palmsOrl]

I'll take 50s, 60s and 70s over that any day, for sure.

[Silas_Sancona]

20 hours ago, greysrigging said:

Ordinary at work today.... topped out at 45.1c ( 113.2f ) and dusty.... the wind dries out the eyeballs above 110f

You understand my pain my friend, "Brutal" is too nice of a way of describing the 11-teens.. let alone when there's a breeze blowing dust around. Now get out of the sun.

[GottmitAlex]

9:57 PM PST, Dec 6, 2019

17C

 

[bubba]

75F at 8:58 AM/December 8, 2019...

[UK_Palms]

Both the highs and lows have hovered within the 45-55F range over the past 72 hours, thanks to the Atlantic weather system. Very mild for the time of year, compared to the below average temps and frost that we were experiencing at the start of the week, due to the clear skies and dry continental air mass conditions. 

The lowest I have seen is 28F, but the Washingtonia Filibusta's appear to have taken damage, probably due to the wet-cold. We had a lot of rainfall at the end of November, followed by 3 consecutive nights of 28-29F lows. Combined with the wet conditions, the cold appears to have had an adverse effect on the Washies, although nothing too severe. The larger Robusta looks absolutely fine, it's just the smaller Filibusta hybrids that have taken a bit of damage. The smaller Filifera has also remained free of damage. So its strange that the hybrids were the ones that took damage.  Clearly the younger plants are more susceptible, in general. 

Still no damage on the Queens either. The Phoenix Dactylifera is showing a bit of wet-cold damage, but nothing major. The Canariensis, Sylvestris, Theophrasti and Porphyrocarpa are still actively growing here. The Chambeyronia came inside for the cold spell to protect it, but is back outside again now as it is mild again here.

I still have 4 pepper plants on the patio that have not kicked the bucket yet, and all are laden with chillies. All the pepper plants are from the Andes region of Chile, I think. They must be adapted to the cooler temps and can endure light frosts, although I doubt they will survive much longer outdoors here at 51N.

 

[Las Palmas Norte]

50°F / 10°C this afternoon. Sun cloud mix. Dec.08-2019.

Cheers.

[mdsonofthesouth]

44f at 0630.

[Chester B]

49F at 2:55 PM.  45F-55F for the last while and the for the forseeable future.  Typical winter pattern with intermittent showers and sun just about every day.

[Chester B]

On 12/8/2019 at 10:15 AM, UK_Palms said:

Both the highs and lows have hovered within the 45-55F range over the past 72 hours, thanks to the Atlantic weather system. Very mild for the time of year, compared to the below average temps and frost that we were experiencing at the start of the week, due to the clear skies and dry continental air mass conditions. 

The lowest I have seen is 28F, but the Washingtonia Filibusta's appear to have taken damage, probably due to the wet-cold. We had a lot of rainfall at the end of November, followed by 3 consecutive nights of 28-29F lows. Combined with the wet conditions, the cold appears to have had an adverse effect on the Washies, although nothing too severe. The larger Robusta looks absolutely fine, it's just the smaller Filibusta hybrids that have taken a bit of damage. The smaller Filifera has also remained free of damage. So its strange that the hybrids were the ones that took damage.  Clearly the younger plants are more susceptible, in general. 

Still no damage on the Queens either. The Phoenix Dactylifera is showing a bit of wet-cold damage, but nothing major. The Canariensis, Sylvestris, Theophrasti and Porphyrocarpa are still actively growing here. The Chambeyronia came inside for the cold spell to protect it, but is back outside again now as it is mild again here.

I still have 4 pepper plants on the patio that have not kicked the bucket yet, and all are laden with chillies. All the pepper plants are from the Andes region of Chile, I think. They must be adapted to the cooler temps and can endure light frosts, although I doubt they will survive much longer outdoors here at 51N.

 

Watch out for the spear on your washies, this type of weather like to grow fungus.

[Silas_Sancona]

Rain and hail cooled 62F out atm. Was close to 70 about 2 hours ago.

Another wild weather day..  Mist and developing fog late last night, with scattered storms lurking just south of here over the Desert.. as the lights went our for about an hour, no clue why.. Dense fog all across the valley this morning, Then sunny with more storms here and there. 

Big, strong storms formed just east of where i am in Chandler, and over the N.W. side of Phoenix only to merge over Tempe and Mesa later and head due south down the 101 through Chandler.. With the exception of a Tornado, any Snow, or serious winds.. we had just about everything today. While most of the lightning stayed up in the clouds, would have been quite a light show had this come through after sunset. Another big hail storm today also, this time centered over the Scottsdale area.  Footage should be all over the local news / NWS Twitter/ Facebook pages. Same wall cloud that had produced a well defined Funnel further north, swung overhead just before 4pm.  

Settling own as the sun comes back out.  Upper 60s/ low 70s forecast the rest of the week..

A few pics of some impressive, out of season, Monsoon season- like storms.

[UK_Palms]

1 hour ago, Chester B said:

Watch out for the spear on your washies, this type of weather like to grow fungus.

I suffered a spear pull on 1 of the 15 Filibusta hybrids last spring. Fungus/rotted, as you mention, then it spear pulled around March. I actually ended up culling another 3 weaker Filibusta specimens as well, which had taken winter damage, or were slow, 'stragglers' so to speak. And I gave one away to a friend. So now I'm down to 10 Filibusta hybrids. Second winter outdoors, 22 months from seed. The same goes for the two Filifera's.

There's a chance this winter could be worse than last year, in which case I could lose a couple. I may move them into a greenhouse this winter during extended wet spells, or temperatures below -3C. The same with the Syagrus Romanzoffiana and Litoris Queens. I don't really want to risk losing 2 year old palms that I have nurtured since seed. I have tested them down to -5C here last winter though, unprotected. But I'm not going to get complacent this winter.

[Chester B]

5 minutes ago, UK_Palms said:

I suffered a spear pull on 1 of the 15 Filibusta hybrids last spring. Fungus/rotted, as you mention, then it spear pulled around March. I actually ended up culling another 3 weaker Filibusta specimens as well, which had taken winter damage, or were slow, 'stragglers' so to speak. And I gave one away to a friend. So now I'm down to 10 Filibusta hybrids. Second winter outdoors, 22 months from seed. The same goes for the two Filifera's.

There's a chance this winter could be worse than last year, in which case I could lose a couple. I may move them into a greenhouse this winter during extended wet spells, or temperatures below -3C. The same with the Syagrus Romanzoffiana and Litoris Queens. I don't really want to risk losing 2 year old palms that I have nurtured since seed. I have tested them down to -5C here last winter though, unprotected. But I'm not going to get complacent this winter.

I think we have similar winter weather, and I had to bring in my Washy to the garage by the end of February.  So it put up with about 3-4 months of damp before the fungus started.  Ultimate lows are not an issue here but its the constant wet that is, it seems like nothing dries out even with a few days of no rain.

[bubba]

Already 80F here at 9 AM...

[Silas_Sancona]

47-52F around Chandler and the rest of the East Valley currently on a drippy, dewy  yet clear and sunny December morning. Mid / upper 60s by the afternoon.

[sandgroper]

Not looking very pleasant here for the rest of the week, it's 6am here and already warm.

[GottmitAlex]

Wow! You got an early summer.

 

[SEVA]

We had a high of 74F and a low of 60F today.  Currently 56F at 11:05pm EST.  Cold front moving through tonight with an expected low around 36F and a high tomorrow of only 47F.

[SEVA]

37 minutes ago, SEVA said:

We had a high of 74F and a low of 60F today.  Currently 56F at 11:05pm EST.  Cold front moving through tonight with an expected low around 36F and a high tomorrow of only 47F.

*low of 60F was last night/ this morning. Also, apparently there is a slight chance that the rain we're supposed to receive tonight could briefly transition to snow tomorrow morning.  I guess we'll see.

Edited December 11, 2019 by SEVA

[sandgroper]

Amended forecast, it's getting worse!

[UK_Palms]

Winter has well and truly hit. We only maxed out at 46F today with some heavy rain at times. Now I am down to 28F under the crystal clear night skies and all that rain has frozen onto everything, so it's very icy out. But it should rise above freezing by 4-5am, due to cloud cover and southerly winds.

I have still protected a number of palms for the first time tonight. The Chambeyronia, Livistonia, Kings and Wax Palms are all indoors. But I have left the Queens and Washies out to bear it.

 

[UK_Palms]

It's amazing what a bit of cloud cover and southernly wind can do to the temperature.  I was panicking when we hit 28F at only 1am. But it is now 2am and we have risen up to 34F. An increase of 6F in the space of an hour, during the middle of the night. And it should be up to 40F by sunrise, courtesy of a low pressure Atlantic weather system moving in. 

[sandgroper]

Not too bad at the moment,  I don't think we'll hit 39c which suits me just fine.

[Hombre de Palmas]

Hit 86°F (30°C) yesterday, but what is noteworthy was the 3.3 inches (8.4cm) of rain that we received overnight. We will probably add to that today.

 

Not bad for the dry!

[Komang]

Hot hot and hot here in Perth

 

[UK_Palms]

Nothing compared to the Aussie summer heatwave, but we are currently sitting at 52F at 1am here. No frosts forecast for the next 2 weeks either, right into the new year. There's no reason for me to protect anything right now, not until January at least. Hopefully we stick with the mild theme. 

The Washingtonia and Phoenix are still going for it and putting out good growth. The CIDP, Theophrasti and Filifera specifically. Queens are doing so much better than expected. Even the Chambeyronia is growing still here at 51N, with a new leaf opening soon. Of course I will need to protect it at some point though. Still got some peppers clinging to life here as well. I'm going to harvest the pods this weekend. The sun is very low at this time of year at 51N. 

Strong temperate Mediterranean climate over the past 2 years though. Yearly rainfall standing at 17.4 inches. 

Edited December 14, 2019 by UK_Palms

[sandgroper]

5.45pm 35c.

[sandgroper]

42c where I am at work.

[SEVA]

High of 65F today. Could reach 70F tomorrow with rain and possible thunderstorms. Quite a difference in temperatures between northern and southern VA today.

[Silas_Sancona]

After a mild weekend, cool clear start to the week, barely topping the low 60s in the warmest spots around town. Anticipating a few nights this week in the mid-upper 30s/ low 40s, but no frost/ freezes anticipated in town. Maybe flirting with freezing out west and south towards Tucson. Real cold stays locked up north of the rim/ over the N. E. deserts of the state where some spots may see lows in the low teens to just below zero. Warmer, maybe 70-73F by the end of the week ahead of what looks like a potential soaker currently forecast to arrive by X-mas Eve / day.  Another smaller storm may follow near the start of the new year..  As long as there are no freezes, and some rain falls every 8-15 days over the next 8 weeks or so, should be a pretty good winter.

[RyManUtah]

Currently 37F and dropping. Should bottom out around 22F. Highs have only been in the upper 40s the last few days. 

[HtownPalms]

Sunday was a balmy 84F, yesterday when driving to work at 5:00 AM was 75F. We topped out at 80F before the latest cold front blew in. This morning was a crisp 41F and lows tonight are expected to be right around freezing. 

[mdsonofthesouth]

13 hours ago, SEVA said:

High of 65F today. Could reach 70F tomorrow with rain and possible thunderstorms. Quite a difference in temperatures between northern and southern VA today.

Yeah we are bellow January averages and rainy... should get back into the 50s in a few days but not looking good for the start of winter.

[Jubaea_James760]

Chilly next few mornings. Currently 37f with high today of 48f. 

[RedRabbit]

17 hours ago, SEVA said:

High of 65F today. Could reach 70F tomorrow with rain and possible thunderstorms. Quite a difference in temperatures between northern and southern VA today.

Wow, 39f in Salisbury and 62f in Norfolk. That’s a big difference for only being about 2hrs apart. 

[SEVA]

On 12/17/2019 at 8:13 AM, mdsonofthesouth said:

Yeah we are bellow January averages and rainy... should get back into the 50s in a few days but not looking good for the start of winter.

Unfortunately, the temperatures have dropped down here now.  Only supposed to reach a high of 48F today. With lows expected in the low 20s tonight and tomorrow night.  It shouldn't last long though.  It looks like we'll be in the 50s by the weekend and back in the 60s by Christmas Eve.

[UK_Palms]

52F at 1am here after maxing out at 61F on Wednesday.

It's mild due to a strong Atlantic air mass coming from the west/southwest, bringing low pressure and blocking the colder Arctic/Siberian air masses from continental Europe. But it's also extremely overcast and wet as a consequence, with heavy rain and flooding in places. But at least it's mild. I recorded 0.74 inches of rain on Wednesday, which has bumped the yearly total up to 18.1 inches.

My average low for December so far is 5.7C / 42F.