December 2017 - January 2018 Arctic Outbreak (dew point, Phoenix, sweater, direction)

[muslim12]

Raleigh smashed a record low this morning and we officially busted 2 hardiness zones this season... many spots tied their all time record low... gville hit -4, only 3 time in over 120 years that they went under 0... this kind of cold is catastrophic for eastern nc... its fine when it gets that cold up north as nothing is affected but down here... i have my work cut out for me... next couple months im spending back and forth between here and down east ....

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

http://twitter.com/NWSNewYorkNY/stat...89061334315008

Where ya get that gizmo at? I need new toys.

[BMI]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

http://twitter.com/NWSNewYorkNY/stat...89061334315008

Cool....I hope NYC doesn’t loose it’s subtropical status, would hate to see al those
beautiful palm trees you have die off.

[Shalop]

^Ya, not to mention all of those massive crop failures Jk


Anyways, it's official. At least one of Long Island's stations hit 0 this morning, but the punchline is that it wasn't Westhampton:

National Weather Service : Observed Weather for past 3 Days : Shirley, Brookhaven Airport

Shoveling my driveway after getting home this morning. Having a great time, will never understand why people don't like this

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Shalop

Shoveling my driveway after getting home this morning. Having a great time, will never understand why people don't like this

Does anyone else in this area realize its been 3 days since last snowfall and yet everything out there is still powdery?? Weird for ths area! Lol

NYC only dropped to 5°F
. Not impressed. Wonder why. 2016 it dropped to -1. Winds kept up too long maybe.

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by BMI

Cool....I hope NYC doesn’t loose it’s subtropical status, would hate to see al those
beautiful palm trees you have die off.

They can handle it lol.

Trachycarpus:



Rhapidophyllum:

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

They can handle it lol.

Trachycarpus:

Rhapidophyllum:

How are they even standing tall still? lol


Have you seen the Rhodo's lately? Wonder how they are even holding on or come back to life. Will post in Photo thread soon

[nei]

Originally Posted by muslim12

Raleigh smashed a record low this morning and we officially busted 2 hardineas zoens this season... many spots tied their all time record low... gville hit -4, only 3 time in over 120 years that they went under 0... thia kind of cold is catastrophic for eastern nc... its fine when it gets that cold up north as nothing is affected but down here... i have my work cut out for me... next couple mo ths im spending back and forth between here and down east ....

yea, a -12°F isn't going to do any damage; it happens once every few years. If it goes on for a long time, it is rough on some marginal plants. My parent's rhododendron got damaged by a cold winter, though they're in hardiness zone 7a; near where Infamous92 lives. From the coldest day of the winter so far, here's Boston. Charles River frozen over.

https://twitter.com/NWSBoston/status/949988412873986049

Rhododendrens seem to be one of the more cold sensitive plants grown often in the Northeast, as Cambium just commented.

[nei]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Does anyone else in this area realize its been 3 days since last snowfall and yet everything out there is still powdery?? Weird for ths area! Lol

NYC only dropped to 5°F
. Not impressed. Wonder why. 2016 it dropped to -1. Winds kept up too long maybe.

Felt colder with the strong wind even though it didn't drop much. I had to convince my dad last week that snow can remain as powder and won't "freeze". He lives on Long Island…

[nei]

last morning of the cold outbreak. Lots of ice flowing out of the Hudson

https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/950023647502184448