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I know, just about the most repulsive stretch of weather I can remember. Still, we don't have fruit trees flowering here, none that I've seen at least.

You know me..I love snow, but it's been warm. No way around it. My plants are always getting a boost this time of year from the proximity to the house. So 80 with sun reflecting off the house will have much bigger benefits than 50F.

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Yeah 17 for here...don't think it quite makes it that low...but from a few days ago when the GFS had like 25 and NAM had 19...NAM will probably win.

This is the best delivery, especially for lower elevations. I was a little skeptical until yesterday, but the core of the cold comes in right during diurnal min. It's not warming up aloft like what can sometimes happen during the overnight. I wouldn't be shocked if Logan hit 24 or so. If they were to impress me, it's this wind direction that does it.

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From today's boston.com

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/03/mass-farmers-see-unusually-early-growing-season-worry-about-cold-temperatures-tonight/yAvZvjcTmVBOR3kSaCz0dM/index.html?p1=Well_Local_Links

John Stephenson, general manager of the Bolton Spring Farm, said he would be much happier to see a normal growing season.

“Even when [the buds] normally come out, in April, we still have the potential of them getting frosted,” he said. Now that the fruit is ahead of schedule, there is even more of a risk. “We don’t need last week’s weather whatsoever.”

Stephenson, now in his 70s, has been working at the farm since he was young and he said that even with the majority of the fruit in the bud stage, there is a risk of damage.

“I’ve never heard of it in all the time I’ve been here,” he said about the early growing season. “There’s nothing I can do.”

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I saw a story in the news about some blooms in Maine, but it must vary.

Here you have me believing there are palm trees in NNE. I guess just because you have a red tag I think you must have some inside information when in reality you're just getting your factoids from shows like "The View". Hey Scott, there are fruit trees already bearing fruit in Quebec, I read it in the World Weekly News.

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Must be in Southern Maine, I have not seen any around here

Well for 5 days last week you guys were warmer than here. I can't see a big difference between interior Maine and southern Maine. LOL just going by what I saw. Of course Pete thinks his growing season starts in June and ends in August.

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Well for 5 days last week you guys were warmer than here. I can't see a big difference between interior Maine and southern Maine. LOL just going by what I saw. Of course Pete thinks his growing season starts in June and ends in August.

According to the chesterfield Co-Op's numbers our latest frost was 7/2 with our earliest frost being 8/22/. About a 7 week period where we haven't seen below freezing temps occur.

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Well for 5 days last week you guys were warmer than here. I can't see a big difference between interior Maine and southern Maine. LOL just going by what I saw. Of course Pete thinks his growing season starts in June and ends in August.

Yes, I only hit 80 for the final 2 days, But the southern end saw i think 5 or 6 days in the 80's so i would agree with what you saw for those areas

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According to the chesterfield Co-Op's numbers our latest frost was 7/2 with our earliest frost being 8/22/. About a 7 week period where we haven't seen below freezing temps occur.

I'm hurt by those awful things you said earlier. Here I was just being objective. Last year we had a light frost back in June.

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Yes, I only hit 80 for the final 2 days, But the southern end saw i think 5 or 6 days in the 80's so i would agree with what you saw for those areas

I don't know where it was, it was one of those things where I looked up briefly because I was cooking.

Either way, the fact that even happened in late March in Maine is beyond absurd.

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I'm hurt by those awful things you said earlier. Here I was just being objective. Last year we had a light frost back in June.

I'm hurt by the fact that you're going to attend a silly baseball game instead of going to the GTG. Wow, 10.7" for the whole Winter, man o' man. No wonder you're so bitter. 10.7", that's MA bad.lol WOW!!hahahaha

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