The thermometer read minus 4 degrees this morning, as the flowers were hammered for a second straight day. I’m not sure if they will survive at this rate. The whole backyard is a sea of ice, not even the trees are spared as leaves are frozen solid.
In the city, the temperature dropped to 1.8 degrees at 7.15am, although it felt like minus 1.9. The previous record was set in 1997, with readings of 0.3 and 0.8 degrees on August 4 and 5.
It has been a mild winter however, with June being 2 degrees above the long-term average, while July recorded an average of 14.7 degrees, 1.2 above the long-term average.
Master of Environment 