Breaking dormancy

[Random User]

I'm not worried about things here even though the forecast for the next 10 days is for it to be hovering just below the freezing point, but places outside the central Prairies could be hard hit if the trees start to bud before the temperatures begin to head sub-zero again for any amount of time.

I remember a time in the '90's when it was so warm in Calgary that the trees began to leaf out, and then the cold fronts returned... the trees took a major hit that year... hope that doesn't happen again this season.

 

[wireme]

Outside the praries but I'm safe for a while yet in the heat wave... nice to get some relief from the temps it's been actually.

 

[Random User]

Just for the safety on the roadways, I'd prefer that it stayed either -10 or +10... when it hovers around that freezing point you're one driving misstep from injury, permanent impairment, or death.

Did you see this headline wireme?... that's one lucky feller right there...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/kenora-man-plunges-through-ice-1.3936908

 

[Vin]

That white stuff looks familiar but different. I can't quite spot the difference though.

 

[Random User]

That white stuff looks familiar but different. I can't quite spot the difference though.

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ya, ya, ya, ... not a mosquito in sight here fella!

 

[defra]

Strange. I am 20km from the dutch border and here things have been frozen solid for 2 weeks now.

today is the third Day below 0°c only had some night frosts so far here...

 

[leatherback]

today is the third Day below 0°c only had some night frosts so far here...

Still crunching through snow that fell a week ago here. Supposed to break tonight/tomorrow.

 

[wireme]

That white stuff looks familiar but different. I can't quite spot the difference though.

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The white stuff here is the same but weirder.

 

[defra]

Still crunching through snow that fell a week ago here. Supposed to break tonight/tomorrow.

sunny today 6 °c at daytime -3°c at night
btw if you didnt know yet im Dennis jelle

 

[Vin]

The white stuff here is the same but weirder.

Weirder and a little colderer.

 

[Wilson]

I am feeling like my zone 4 rating is only good for a couple weeks at a time! 3 winters in a row we get a cycle of snow, then rain, then F**king cold! I miss the powder days of the western provinces.

 

[jeremy_norbury]

Chilly here - these are ice crystals, not frozen needles.

01181864 by Jerry Norbury, on Flickr

 

[petegreg]

The trees here are hell dormant, it's colder than in Scandinavia. The winter is unusually and permanently cold. But that's weather, will see what next weeks will bring...

 

[Underdog]

Mild in Ohio for the next 10 days above freezing every night. So far all our snow, cold and single diget temps have been in fall. December

February is always the killer. Shortest month but always the longest for me.

 

[JoeR]

Luckily most of my trees aren't moving yet.

My chojubai is leafing out though, which means I need to go ahead and repot it now?

 

[Random User]

I went from the 49th parallel to Prince Albert and back today (only Canadians would envision this)... mid way (at Craik), I stopped for a stretch and it was +9 C... it should be closer to -9 C at the highest this time of year... oddly, almost no snow from Regina north... at the border, there is about 80 cms, there abouts, and a forecast for the next 10 days of near 0 C temps... very uncommon for January.