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Old 06-23-2012, 01:17 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: Does being waterfront help with how cold it gets for frost protection?

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Originally Posted by TommyMacLuckie View Post
Cold is cold.
Every once in a while you just get these events where there is no hope. Occasionally (every 20-25 years) we'll get an advectional freeze where the wind blows out of the NNE and the lake doesn't help us. This year we had some radiational freezes that took out a lot of production that was more than 1000' from the lake. Normally, there is a good temperature gradient between the lake and the land and that creates some wind, but if you have had cold weather settle in for a few days all bets are off.
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