Big maps for last frost date and total frost free days
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/freezefrost/frostfreemaps.html
Too bad they don't have zone numbers. Are Sunset growing zones similar to these?
can you give any citation for this info? So far in my area after an unusually cold and snowy winter, we are having a quick warm up and what looks like maybe an early spring coming. Farmer's Almanac for my area predicts Mar about average temps, 1.5" less than average precipitation (gixxerific wrote:I hate to say it but I have a feeling this spring is going to cooler that the ones we have had lately so be careful. I actually think this trend will be going on for years to come. The last 15 years we had a warming trend it is looking to be going the other way. La nina and the cold Atlantic waters among other factors are to blame.
Rainbow, I just heard these exact words this morning on a Seattle radio station. Sounds like below normal temps for the next three months.HE TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR MAM 2011 REFLECTS TYPICAL SPRING LA NINA CONDITIONS AND FAVORS BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALASKA, ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE CONUS FROM WASHINGTON AND OREGON EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. THE
CHANCES FOR ABOVE AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURES ARE ENHANCED FROM THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES. ...
INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WETTER THAN MEDIAN CONDITIONS IN THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST. ... AND INCREASED PROBABILITIES FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST. (I'm not in the South or the NW or the SW, so what does that mean for me?)
gixxerific wrote:
HE TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR MAM 2011 REFLECTS TYPICAL SPRING LA NINA CONDITIONS AND FAVORS BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALASKA, ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE CONUS FROM WASHINGTON AND OREGON EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. THE
CHANCES FOR ABOVE AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURES ARE ENHANCED FROM THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES. ...
INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WETTER THAN MEDIAN CONDITIONS IN THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST. ... AND INCREASED PROBABILITIES FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST. (I'm not in the South or the NW or the SW, so what does that mean for me?)
(Longer range) OUTLOOKS FOR MJJ 2011 THROUGH MAM
2012 PRIMARILY REFLECT DECADAL OR LONGER VARIABILITY IN THE LONG TERM CLIMATE STATE FAVORING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE WEST. IN THE LATER LEADS, THE LONGER-TERM TRENDS TILT THE ODDS SLIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES FOR NEW ENGLAND AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION.