Cold temps!!!!

Okanagan desert-palms · Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:06 am

Although the temps at the Kelowna airport are reading at 11:45 pm -8 c 16 f my temps are -4c 22f what a diference only 10 miles from my house. I hope this is our cold snap before el nino begins?My large palms are doing very in my carport.The entrance from my house is open just a little to let some warmth + 8c 46f. Anybody from the forum live in a microclimate away from the official temps in your city.
John

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:10 am

Yeah, I have a reading of -4.7c at midnight. I just moved my last palms to my garage today.

Regards,
Jay

macario · Post by **macario** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:54 am

Hello Well I definatley live in a micro climate warmer than the surrounding areas I have my digital hi lo thermometer and it is usually 5 to 10 warmer in my area then the surrounding area. Yeasterday they say it got to 72 f but my high for yesterday was 79.6 F

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:21 am

John, Those temps are downright cold (for this time of yr)..

Hopefully El Nino kicks in to the benefit of us all.

We had our lick of cold wind last wkend (boy did it blow), but no snow (close to Lake Ontario and in a semi microclimate). The temps where I am are slightly more moderate because of the lake effect.

There has been a difference in the past of a few degrees from the official and my own recorded temps. Since wind is a big factor, creating that wind block really helps.

So far...my palms and hardies are ok-still outside...raised beds and creating your own microclimate I'm convinced is the way to go...

Palmettoman z6-Ajax

nucci60 · Post by **nucci60** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:14 am

Hi guys, where is kelowna? Are you in "tropical" Vancouver where the trachys grow twenty feet high? What zone is Kelowna? Wow, I guess thats enough Questions.

Okanagan desert-palms · Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:07 pm

Nucci we are a 4 hour drive 1 hour flight from Vancouver. We don`t have 20 ft palms YET. I for one will be changing that. We are much drier and hotter in the summer than Vancouver but colder in the winter.Kelowna is a solid 6b to 7a.I`ll stop now before I sound like I work for the tourism board LOL. Here are some sites if you are interested about Kelowna.
www.tourismkelowna.com
www.hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCities/Kelowna.htm
You may also want to look at some photos I posted a while back under the subject "Off topic sorta" in photo gallery.

nucci60 · Post by **nucci60** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:55 pm

sounds better than here (Amesbury, Massachusetts). we are a straight 6A. I'll take a solid seven anyday. If I weren't so close to the coast, I would be a sad 5.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:11 pm

Cold here last night, low of 10.4F

banana joe · Post by **banana joe** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:25 pm

Jay, late this afternoon I went out int my garden a took some pics. I just e-mailed them to you. A few areas of our island got nailed with frost this morning. I drove past a rather sad looking banana clump on my drive into work this morning. Everything looks great up here on the north tip of the island. Never got cold enough to cause any damage to tender exotics. Cheers, Joe

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:29 pm

Good to hear nothin got damaged Joe.

I'll post the pics on the forum sometime tomorrow.

Regards,
Jay

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:04 pm

I posted the pics in the photo gallery area.

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:58 am

The temperature readings for Nanaimo originate in Cassidy at the airport. Those readings are most often cooler anytime of year than elsewhere in the surrounding area. I'm about 25 miles north of the airport in Lantzville and I find my temps warmer than the airport 99% of the time. I live on the upper side of town at about 235' elevation and we are sometimes cooler in winter than the lower elevation near the beach. Summers are noticeably warmer and it's no more than a mile away.

Cheers, Barrie.

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:35 am

I am in the middle of Edmonton and have the same temps as most Edmontonians which are up to 5 C higher than Edmonton's official temperature which is recorded south of the city at the airport.

Allen

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:44 pm

I consistantly two degrees warmer than the Vancouver Airport which is situated right at the end of the Fraser river that is the channel for all of the cold air that comes from the north east.
Vancouver is a solid zone 8 and is home to some 20' plus trachies. Hopefully soon to some large waggies, takils and chamaerops humilis

nucci60 · Post by **nucci60** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:49 am

Here I am being ignorant again of my knowledge of Canada. I thought Victoria and Vancouver were in the same vicinity.

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:44 am

Are close together however Victoria is on an Ixland and farther away from the mountains so it stays drier. As far as temps go they are very similar if you refer to parts of Vancouver that are close to the water.
Parts of Vancouver that are away from the water can get colder

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