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Figure 1: Minimum Daily Temperatures (November 8th - December 7th 2023) |
In our Hereford garden, the first air frost (temperature < 0 ℃) of this winter arrived at thirty minutes past midnight on the morning of the 25th November.
Figure 1 displays the minimum daily temperatures between the 8
th November and the 7
th December 2023. The first air frost appeared at the start of a chilly 10 days at the end of November and stretching into December. Those first few air frosts were enough to cut short the dahlia (
Photo 1) and fuchsia (
Photo 2) blooms.
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Photo 1: Frosted Dahlia (27/11/23) |
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Photo 2: Frosted Fuchsia (27/11/23) |
Although the Salvias did not appear to notice ...
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Photo 3: Frost Hardy Salvia (27/11/23) |
In the kitchen garden, fleece provided some protection for celeriac even though they are frost resistant ...
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Photo 4: Celeriac Frost Protection |
A harder frost was just around the corner with temperatures dropping to -5 ℃ on the 1
st December and even lower (-7 ℃) on the 2
nd. The bird bath froze over (
Photos 5 & 6) with some interesting
ice patterns.
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Photo 5: Frozen Bird Bath (7/12/23) |
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Photo 6: Ice Patterns in the Bird Bath |
The Swiss Chard plants suffered in the -7 ℃ frost but recovered a day or two later.
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Photo 7: Swiss Chard after -7 ℃ Frost (2/12/23) |
The garden took on a magical wintry look and we had lots of visitors to the bird feeders.
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Photo 8: Frosted Garden |
Cobwebs you never knew were there suddenly appear ...
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Photo 9: Frosted Weather Station |
... creating incredible structures in the air ...
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Photo 11: Ice Crystals on Rose Hips |
After the cold snap, temperatures have picked again as shown in
Figure 2. For the last seven days (5
th to 11
th December inclusive), mean daily temperatures have averaged +7.5 ℃ which is 3 ℃ above the
CET average for December. Not quite t-shirt weather but I've managed to do a lot of tidying up in the garden.
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Figure 2: Mean, Max and Min Daily Temperatures (12/11/23 to 11/12/23) |
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