morning frost
Icy coating at sunrise
Morning frost is the thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces overnight and remains visible in early daylight hours.
It appears on grass, windshields, and rooftops when temperatures drop below freezing: I had to scrape the morning frost off my car before work.
The phrase emphasizes the ephemeral quality—morning frost vanishes as the sun warms.
- dewOvernight surface condensation
- iceWater's solid form
- thin icePrecarious situation
- coldLow temperature state
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
dawn · first light · crystals · grass · winter · chill · sunrise · rime · sparkle · mist · breath · crunch · white · delicate · early · early riser · crisp · frozen
- Frosthoarfrost, rime, frozen dew, ice crystals, defrost
- weather scenesrainy street, stormy sky, thunder clouds, lightning storm, blizzard
- dawn weathersunrise, dawn, daybreak, first light, dawn light
- Australian Weatherheatwave, bushfire, cyclone, dust storm, drought
- cold weathercold, freeze, frigid, bitter cold, cold snap
temperature/thermal state
morning frostsummer heat
Warm season's high temperatures
scorching sun · scorching heat · thaw · spring thaw · humid air
morning, frost, morn, mornings, frosts, frosty, frostier, frostiest, frostily