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--- horticulture:weather [2023/04/07 13:50] – [Climate Info and Frost Dates] erm
+++ horticulture:weather [2023/05/13 02:35] (current) – microrancher
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 ======Weather======
-====Current Weather====
+===== Current Weather =====
-{{ http://www.wttr.in/29205_1.png?recache|Current Weather}}
+{{http://www.wttr.in/29205_1.png?recache|Current Weather}}
-==== Climate Info and Frost Dates ====
+===== Drought Conditions =====
+===South Carolina===
+https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?SC
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+===== Climate Info =====
 === Zone/Region Info ===
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 |[[https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/|https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/]]||||
 |[[https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/planning-a-garden/|https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/planning-a-garden/]]||||
+ ==== Frost Dates ====
 === Average Frost Dates ===
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+====Frost Date Charts====
 https://garden.org/apps/frost-dates/Columbia%2C+South+Carolina/
+===How to read these charts for the spring===
 As the growing season approaches, the days get longer, the weather begins to warm up, and the nights start being less cold. You're still getting frost, but the chance of nightly frosts gets less and less with each passing day.
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 If conditions change and a surprise frost does threaten, there's always things you can do to protect plants from frost.
-===Spring===
+==Spring==
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 ^Last 32°|
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+How to read these charts for the fall
+As your growing season comes to an end, the nightly temperatures for Columbia, South Carolina start to go down, and therefore every day that goes by increases the chance that you'll get frost. Your risk of frost really begins around October 26, and by November 23 you're almost certain to have received at least one frost event.
+The charts on this page show the probabilities of receiving a certain temperature on a certain day. Some examples that might help:
+You have a small 20% chance of getting 32° by November 1.
+There is a 50% chance of being hit by a 32° frost starting around November 12
+You have a 80% chance of seeing 32° by November 23
+Said another way, you have a 1 in 5 chance at making it to that day without a 32° night.
+In the Fall
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+First 20°
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+First 24°
+Nov 28
+Dec 7
+Dec 13
+Dec 18
+Dec 23
+Dec 28
+Jan 3
+Jan 9
+Jan 20
+First 28°
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+First 32°
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+First 36°
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+Oct 29
+Nov 1
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+Nov 20
+===Columbia metro===
+https://garden.org/apps/frost-dates/Columbia+Metro%2C+SC/