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20-Oct-2022 copyright Elizabreth Bickel

Hard Freeze 2022: October 20

Plant Killer

We had our first hard freeze of the Season overnight October 17th with a low of 21° (-6 Celsius). That shattered the previous record cold temperature for the date (28 degrees) by 7 degrees. The next night was the second killing freeze in a row; being even a few degrees colder. Some of the suburbs here were just 15° overnight.

The "normal" average date of our first hard freeze is November 5th.
So, this freeze happened about around 2 weeks early.

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I took as many of my deck plants indoors as I could: https://pbase.com/britestar/image/173081979 Unfortunately, I didn't have room for everything. This freeze killed most of my marigolds and my zinnias that were still flowering outside on the deck. How sad, but that's usually what happens with annuals in the Fall.

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ300
1/100s f/7.1 at 5.2mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time20-Oct-2022 03:08:02
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ModelDMC-FZ300
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Exposure Time1/100 sec
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ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.66
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joseantonio21-Nov-2022 06:12
so sad for the plants.V.