February Thaw Threatens Fruit Harvest

47 degrees (Fahrenheit) tomorrow. 63 on Tuesday; 69 on Wednesday, as well as 44 on Thursday.

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That's the electrical flow extended forecast for apple tree province inwards Massachusetts from the National Weather Service. After tonight, at that spot are no even out lows inwards the forecast below 40° F.

The work amongst Apr temperatures inwards Feb is that a refreeze is really likely.

If 60-degree weather condition wakes upward the fruit trees to the betoken where sap flows as well as buds develop, a frost could kill the summertime as well as autumn harvest earlier it fifty-fifty blossoms.

Here are a few to a greater extent than high temperatures for Wed from the forecast. Concord NH: 67°. Augusta, ME: 62°. Ithaca, NY: 67°.

Buds are less vulnerable than blossoms, as well as the less the buds shape the better. If things cool dorsum downward fast as well as far plenty to halt bud development, peradventure the trees volition hold out able to withstand the residuum of the winter.

The temperatures threaten both pome fruit, which includes apples as well as pears, as well as rock fruit such equally peaches as well as cherries.

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