Showing posts with label hard freeze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hard freeze. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Howling winds and cold

We've had a lovely roll of pre-spring-like conditions, normal for us this time of the year.But a huge cold front, bringing arctic air down into the Carolinas, has changed that.  It's now really cold -- into the teens (F°) tonight, with a high in the 30° F zone.  That's cold for February.I'm glad I didn't think that last weekend's weather meant it was time to plant peas.  It definitely...

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Brrr, it's been cold, and snowy!

January has been a month of extremes in the Carolinas (and beyond).  We've had the (normally usual for February) days in the upper 60's that remind me why it's so great to live in the Southeastern U.S., but more significantly, we've also experienced deep freeze temperatures in the teens and below. It hasn't been so COLD in decades. We visited last weekend with a naturalist/artist couple...