late frost
Delayed seasonal cold
A late frost is a freeze occurring after the expected end of winter, when plants have begun growing.
Late frosts threaten crops and gardens because tender new growth is vulnerable to cold damage: The late frost killed all the apple blossoms.
Gardeners watch weather forecasts anxiously in spring, ready to cover plants if a late frost threatens.
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- damageHarm or impairment
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- spring plantingCrops sown after frost
- gardenCultivated plant area
crops · tender · tomato plants · plants · blackened · wilting · morning · cold snap · cold weather · ice crystals · seedlings · bloom · orchard · cover · row covers · ground cover · protection · warning
- Frosthoarfrost, rime, frozen dew, ice crystals
- Farming Weatherdrought, hail, rainfall, growing season, harvest time
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- cold weathercold, freeze, frigid, bitter cold, cold snap
- Spring Weatherrain, showers, thunderstorms, drizzle, sunshine
temperature extremes
late frostheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
hot spell · scorching heat · warm spell · summer heat · humid heat
late, later, latest, lately, lateness, frost, frosts, frosty, frostily