spring freeze
Cold snap returning
A spring freeze is a period of freezing temperatures occurring after winter has nominally ended and warmer weather has begun.
The danger lies in timing—plants have started growing, fruit trees have blossomed, and crops have been planted, making them vulnerable to cold damage they would have survived earlier in the year: The spring freeze destroyed half the peach crop.
- frostThin ice coating
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
- coldLow temperature state
- snapSudden sharp sound
- lateNot on time
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- crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting
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spring freezeheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
Indian summer · hot spell · heat dome · summer drought · dog days
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