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Jim, the pressure is 980mb here right now, must be the calm before the storm it's pretty pleasant out.

Bill

Paul,
I have two. One works without so much as a hiccup. The other pukes out.

Fabulous one = BIOS weather station, comes with wind sensor, max/min readouts/wind chill etc. about $60-70

Crappy one = La Crosse Technology (TINology, more appropriately)

Barb

There must be some reliable cheap ones out there. I'll head to HD tomorrow and see what I can find, if there not reliable I'll save the receipt and return them.

Bill

Bill
I think this storm bombed out at 972mb

I think we had a high of 14f yesterday, and today I have a new low -5.8F/-21C 😉

That's pretty chilly Aaron! John in Colorado's trachy might possibly be in jeopardy with -17f. Now that is some cold air! He's planning on opening them Friday. I hope there ok, he did have some c7 lights in there hopefully they made enough heat.

What did you have for a low last night Jim, your weather banner says 3f right now?

Bill

It wasn't nearly so cold here, but for the area it was chilly. We've been well below freezing for >30 hours. Last night was about 9 oF (-12 oC)--colder than all of last winter.
The alcohol thermometers in enclosures with my Butia only read down to -5 oC so all I know for sure is, "A fair bit colder than -5 oC." The hot water bottle by the small Butia was frozen this morning, but the 5-gallon jug of hot water next to the large Butia (which has the heat tape) was not frozen, so I trust it did not get too cold. (The thermometer in that enclosure was right at the edge where I could reach it without opening the thing up.)
My Trachy is not in an enclosure at all, just a trunk wrap. Hope it does OK.

Good info guys,heres some more-

Low last night (my house) -2(F) official low 0(F)
G-house(cactus etc)unheated and covered with 1/2' TO 1" SNOW/ICE 12(F) this was as cold as it got in there last year.
G-house umbrellas covered with 3" of snow 15 and 17(F) unheated
Styrofoam containers unheated 7(F) this may be a problem since they are on the same heat circuit as the small um-g-houses which are more efficient as snow covers them completely.
Snow cover kept me from needing to heat last night as temps stayed marginally acceptable to leave heat off in all but the styrofoam containers.
Washy and Butia stayed around 50(F)
Wish I could have sprayed this stuff with freeze-pruf before this event,it will probably arrive today 😆

apparently edmonton was -54 C today with the windchill 😯

Wow poor Edmonton! That windchill is -65 F 😯

We hit -20C -4F at 6 a.m. today.
Palm hut was -2C 28F.

Last December's low was -24C, but we had lots of snow.
Only 1 inch of snow on the ground so far.

Barb

I'm happy I moved from Edmonton some thirty years ago. 😀

Wow poor Edmonton! That windchill is -65 F 😯

We hit -20C -4F at 6 a.m. today.
Palm hut was -2C 28F.

Last December's low was -24C, but we had lots of snow.
Only 1 inch of snow on the ground so far.

Barb

Barb- The lack of snow is the real threat to the half-hardy plants... We have NONE here in downtown T.O. at the moment, but plenty in Syd. I'd perfer more in Syd. (the bamboo NEEDS it with lows predicted to hit, perhaps, as low of -20C this week), but 1/2 foot is better than none!

New lows to date:
Toronto (City): -8.8C (USDA 6a)
Toronto (Centre): -8.1C (USDA 6a/b border)
Kingston: -9.6C (Taken on Grenidier Island, one of the warmest microclimates in the city, USDA 5b)
Kingston, City: -10.5C (USDA z. 5a)

The lack of snow concerns me too, especially since Nainital and big y.rostrata x are unheated.
Don't even want to look at those!

We got 3 inches of snow overnight, too little too late, I'm sure.

Last winter's heavy snowfall but deep cold at -24C hurt even my y.filamentosa, which I believe is normally be bullet-proof to Zone 3.
Very strange considering there was snow, lots of dieback.
Took all summer to come back to this stage:

Barb

I saw some that were burned worse than I'd ever seen them last winter.
The combination of some frigid temps and no snow/insulation and strong sun really got to them