Frost Alerts for East Coast?

[mfantus]

hi

Can anyone tell me how to find out when a frost warning is taking place so I know to bring my tropicals in from the outside? Any reliable sources/email alerts?

I live in Washington DC and the sun has been lovely with mild day temperatures and the tropicals seem to be very happy but that wont be the case if a frost occurs and I'm not ready to move them.

Cheers,

Michael

[clrosner]

I have already brought in all my tropical trees. When the temperatures get down around 50, I decide to bring the tropical trees indoors. Why take a chance?

[jpaulhamus]

Yeah I've brought mine in already as well. When it starts getting down below 50 degrees at night I bring them in just to be safe.

[centaura]

The best bet is to watch your local weather forcast, or log on to your local news channel's website and look at their weather report. Most will give you multiple-day predictions, so you can look ahead and see what the lows are predicted to be. Or, you can go to www.weather.com for a look ahead. Your goal is to bring your tropicals in when nights consistently stay below 50; if you're getting close to having frosts, then it's typically past when the trees should have been brought in. I don't know of any service that would email you frost warnings, though there are lots of apps that will send weather info to a smartphone.

-Cat