{"id":5322,"date":"2015-11-27T13:50:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T18:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=5322"},"modified":"2015-11-27T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T18:50:38","slug":"local-variations-in-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/11\/local-variations-in-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"Local variations in frost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is probably no surprise to farmers that frost varies widely across their farms, depending on soil type, soil moisture, and elevation. \u00a0Rome Ethredge discusses this in a <em>Seminole Crop E News<\/em> blog <a href=\"https:\/\/seminolecropnews.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/27\/frost-nov-23-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> from earlier today, including some of my thoughts\u00a0on local variations.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in seeing the extent of the last cold \u00a0period, you can use the Midwestern Regional Climate Center&#8217;s map capability to plot the lowest minimum temperatures for a custom period. \u00a0 Below I&#8217;ve plotted maps of minimum temperature interpolated from individual station data to show the extent of the cold air on November 23 and 24. \u00a0The air in northern Georgia was actually colder on the morning of the 23rd, but the extent of the cold air reached farther south on the 24th in southeast Georgia, perhaps aided by drier soils there as the cold air pushed south following the cold front.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-23-2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5323\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-23-2015-208x300.png\" alt=\"min temps 11-23-2015\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-23-2015-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-23-2015-96x138.png 96w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-23-2015.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-24-2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5324\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-24-2015-208x300.png\" alt=\"min temps 11-24-2015\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-24-2015-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-24-2015-96x138.png 96w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/11\/min-temps-11-24-2015.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is probably no surprise to farmers that frost varies widely across their farms, depending on soil type, soil moisture, and elevation. \u00a0Rome Ethredge discusses this in a Seminole Crop E News blog post from earlier today, including some of my thoughts\u00a0on local variations. 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