Oct 18, 2015 tt post

"NWS Northern Indiana office will no longer issue freeze warnings for the remaining of the season with last night's killing freeze ending the growing season."

From this morning's Cle NWS area forecast discussion:

day shift will decide on whether we will keep putting out more freeze headlines or stop beating this dead horse and call the season done for most or all of the cwa [county warning area].

The Toledo area experienced freezing and sub-freezing temps the past two mornings.

I tarped my produce garden on Friday evening. I set my alarm for 4:00 a.m. Shortly after 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, temps within the city and around the city ranged from 28 to 32 degrees, according to Wundermap and the airports. One West Toledo personal weather station reported 30 degrees while another reported 29. Toledo Suburban Airport reported 29 degrees.

I used a handheld digital thermometer to check the temp around our garden, and at 4:30 a.m., the temp ranged between 31 and 32 degrees. I removed the tarps and picked all remaining tomatoes and peppers. I assumed that it would get colder, but it didn't.

Temps began to rise slowly around 5:00 a.m., reaching the mid 30s by 7:00 a.m. on Saturday. Based upon TOL data, I'm guessing that temps were at or slightly below freezing in our backyard for 1 to 2 hours.

5:21 a.m., Sat, Oct 17, 2015 Wundermap screenshot. Temps were 1 to 2 degrees cooler an hour earlier.

Saturday morning's official low temp at TOL was 28.

TOL temps for Sat, Oct 17, 2015:

• 12:52 AM = 35.1
• 1:52 AM = 32.0
• 2:52 AM = 30.9
• 3:52 AM = 30.9
• 4:52 AM = 32.0
• 5:52 AM = 35.1
• 6:52 AM = 36.0

On late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, temps were colder than 24 hours earlier. The Toledo area most likely experienced a longer stretch of sub-freezing weather this morning.

This morning's low temp at TOL was also 28.

TOL temps for Sun, Oct 18, 2015:

• 12:52 AM 30.9
• 1:52 AM 30.0
• 2:52 AM 30.9
• 3:52 AM 28.0
• 4:52 AM 30.9
• 5:52 AM 30.0
• 6:52 AM 28.9
• 7:52 AM 28.9
• 8:52 AM 32.0
• 9:52 AM 39.0

Tonight's forecast: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.