What to expect weather wise ?

Gardeneer · December 27, 2016

Weather is one of the influential factors in gardening. It can be gardener's foe or a friend, to some extent.
Here is a long term temperature forecast for the first 3 months of 2017

I am in Southeastern NC, very close to SC state line. Maybe there is a chance to start my season early and beat the heat of hot summer !!!

jan-mar 2017.jpg

Where are you on the map ?

Worth1 · December 27, 2016

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Labradors2 · December 27, 2016

Not on the map

Ricky Shaw · December 27, 2016

Build that weather wall.

My Foot Smells · December 27, 2016

i've come to expect the unexpected.

Rajun Gardener · December 27, 2016

I'll have plants out early March this year and plenty of back ups in case we get a late frost. I'm hoping to get a great harvest early and take a break when the temps get too high and start fall plants in August.

Here's Feb-Apr temp forecast and it also looks like we're gonna have a dry spring too for most of the Sowth

Feb-April precipitation forecast

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product.../churchill.php

AlittleSalt · December 27, 2016

If you were to draw a line between Fort Worth and Waco Texas. Fort worth is around 45 miles north and Waco is about 65 miles south of us. = Below normal rainfall and above normal temperatures.

Gardeneer · December 27, 2016

This long term forecast is just for winter months ( Jan, Feb , Mar ) not for spring and summer. But the chances are that spring weather might follow the suit. But the summer weather is far fetched .
To us in the south it can be an opportunity to get started with the early season fruits setting before the scorching heat arrives.

BigVanVader · December 28, 2016

Gardeneer I am very close to you as I am only a few miles from the NC border. Lyman SC to be exact. Last year I started everything 2 weeks earlier than normal and I have to say that it worked out great. It was 61 degrees here last night and it seems that our winter is really only a week or two of scattered days that it gets really cold. If you have frost blankets and/or buckets to put over the plants I would try to get a early start as spring is usually good tomato weather temps wise but after that it quickly goes downhill. Just make sure to have backups and stagger your seed starting.

Cole_Robbie · December 29, 2016

Last year for me it was 60 and sunny in January, 80 and sunny in April, and then 45 and rainy in May. The warm winter was a big head fake.

Ricky Shaw · December 29, 2016

Arctic blast blowing into Colorado early next week. Kill them Bugs!

December 27, 2016	#1
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,914	What to expect weather wise ? Weather is one of the influential factors in gardening. It can be gardener's foe or a friend, to some extent. Here is a long term temperature forecast for the first 3 months of 2017 I am in Southeastern NC, very close to SC state line. Maybe there is a chance to start my season early and beat the heat of hot summer !!! jan-mar 2017.jpg Where are you on the map ? __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

December 27, 2016	#8
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,914	This long term forecast is just for winter months ( Jan, Feb , Mar ) not for spring and summer. But the chances are that spring weather might follow the suit. But the summer weather is far fetched . To us in the south it can be an opportunity to get started with the early season fruits setting before the scorching heat arrives. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Map.JPG

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,889	Not on the map

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Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	Build that weather wall.

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My Foot Smells Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas Posts: 1,239	i've come to expect the unexpected.

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Rajun Gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tomato Cornhole Posts: 2,550	I'll have plants out early March this year and plenty of back ups in case we get a late frost. I'm hoping to get a great harvest early and take a break when the temps get too high and start fall plants in August. Here's Feb-Apr temp forecast and it also looks like we're gonna have a dry spring too for most of the Sowth Feb-April precipitation forecast http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product.../churchill.php

December 27, 2016	#7
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	If you were to draw a line between Fort Worth and Waco Texas. Fort worth is around 45 miles north and Waco is about 65 miles south of us. = Below normal rainfall and above normal temperatures.

December 28, 2016	#9
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Gardeneer I am very close to you as I am only a few miles from the NC border. Lyman SC to be exact. Last year I started everything 2 weeks earlier than normal and I have to say that it worked out great. It was 61 degrees here last night and it seems that our winter is really only a week or two of scattered days that it gets really cold. If you have frost blankets and/or buckets to put over the plants I would try to get a early start as spring is usually good tomato weather temps wise but after that it quickly goes downhill. Just make sure to have backups and stagger your seed starting.

December 29, 2016	#10
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Last year for me it was 60 and sunny in January, 80 and sunny in April, and then 45 and rainy in May. The warm winter was a big head fake.