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Pattern April Thread

whatalife said:
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Hey man I'm just saying it's nice to have weather that fits into the climo window for certain times of year. The talk of heat and humidity existing for an unrealistic number of months is tired, for a good part of the region dews don't consistently start getting into the 65-70 range until late may into early June at the earliest and shuts off around the end of August into the first week of September. Yeah it sucks that it's hell hot for most of us in the summer but wishcasting damaging late season freezes isn't going to change summer just like hoping for 90s in October isn't going to change the fact it'll still get cold in DJF. I just don't see the need to hope for 58/30 in the growing season when 66/38 pretty much feels the same without the adverse effects. It's just weird to me that in one thread some people chastise others for rooting for extreme weather but in another thread that goes out the window based on how they feel and their local impacts with no real consideration for how it does in fact impact others
 
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Myfrotho704_ said:
gonna be in the mid/upper 80s on Monday, enjoy !!!
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Fine with me, especially since it won't stay that way. Variable weather in the Spring through the Fall is fine and to be expected. In the winter, I prefer solid wall to wall cold, although I know that is unrealistic. I don't get all the wiener measuring over hot v cold that's been going on for the better part of a year now.
 
Rain Cold said:
Fine with me, especially since it won't stay that way. Variable weather in the Spring through the Fall is fine and to be expected. In the winter, I prefer solid wall to wall cold, although I know that is unrealistic. I don't get all the wiener measuring over hot v cold that's been going on for the better part of a year now.
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I don’t get the super duper late frosts that just happened recently for the 3rd year in a row
 
Myfrotho704_ said:
I don’t get the super duper late frosts that just happened recently for the 3rd year in a row
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Or the non-cold and snowy winters. I haven't researched frost patterns, but it seems like through April there should be a risk of near freezing temps in this part of the world. Maybe it was more prevalent way back in the day or something.
 
Rain Cold said:
Or the non-cold and snowy winters. I haven't researched frost patterns, but it seems like through April there should be a risk of near freezing temps in this part of the world. Maybe it was more prevalent way back in the day or something.
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Our average low yesterday was near 50, it was 30 here should I expect to be -20 for lows every April? It's no different than when people expect lows near 10 and highs in the 20s in January or highs in the low 90s in April sure it happens but it's an exception. The fact it's happened basically 4 years in a row is frustrating
 
SD said:
Our average low yesterday was near 50, it was 30 here should I expect to be -20 for lows every April? It's no different than when people expect lows near 10 and highs in the 20s in January ot highs in the low 90s in April sure it happens but it's an exception. The fact it's happened basically 4 years in a row is frustrating
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What I'm wondering though, is were mid-April frosts common in the 1800s, mid-1900s, etc. (meaning one or two per year)? Or has it only now become a thing? Like how the 80s were snowy and the 90s sucked, regardless of what the averages were.
 
Rain Cold said:
What I'm wondering though, is were mid-April frosts common in the 1800s, mid-1900s, etc. (meaning one or two per year)? Or has it only now become a thing? Like how the 80s were snowy and the 90s sucked, regardless of what the averages were.
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Honestly not sure without the data. My guess by the native plants we have the answer is no and it's more of a cyclical thing driven by climate cycle where we may have a string of upcoming years with the last freeze well back in March. I mean we are hitting the point where even our record lows are at or above freezing for the most part so mornings like yesterday are really getting into the rare few % past 4/10-15
 
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FWIW, the average date for the last Frost (not Freeze, mind you) in Raleigh is April 3.

So yes, the threat of frost this late in the season (while not unprecedented) is definitely not normal. At this point, the chance of a frost is only 10-20%.
 
Rain Cold said:
Or the non-cold and snowy winters. I haven't researched frost patterns, but it seems like through April there should be a risk of near freezing temps in this part of the world. Maybe it was more prevalent way back in the day or something.
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The risk is there but not the prevalence we have had for 4 years now .
 
NickyBGuarantee said:
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Nice hopefully we can escape the long periods of 100+ degree days .. we used to get them a lot back when I was younger but feel like recently we only really worry about a few days getting to like 100-105 around here
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Very nice !! Chances of AN !! I’ll take that anyday !
 
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