What Is The Weather Today? (No Mercury Jockeying!)

[someone123]

Some palm trees in the Halifax area (Sullivan's Pond and Shubie Park, both in Dartmouth):


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These may be meant to stay out for the winter. They are supposed to be hardy down to -23. Somebody replied that there are already some in Yarmouth but I haven't seen them (there are decent sized Monkey Puzzle trees in that area).

The agave plant in the Public Gardens is flowering too. It is a popular selfie destination:


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I think that one goes in the greenhouse in the winter along with most or all of the stuff in the succulent bed.

[Architype]

It's day 5 of our 9 day Heat Wave in Vancouver. It's 30°C, feels like 34°C here in Central Van, humidity only 41%, wind 6 km/hr, no rain in forecast, the forecast airport high is 28°, and it's 31/32° in Burnaby, and the eastern suburbs.

[pegcityboy]

2 nd cool day today only 24 c warming up starting tomorrow , stuck on 19 , 30c or over , mid to high 20s coming up, very warm in Van city !! Never thought of palm trees in Halifax , interesting

[Airboy]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

BTW, Airboy, you could be in for a good show. One of the women's teams broke the record, unofficially, in practice: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/m5-regatta-record-attempt-1.4760506

Alas had to cancel the trip today, appears some hardware in my wifes leg needs warranty work. Drs said not to fly. Maybe next year.

[Nicko999]

27C with a humidex of 35 and sunny late this afternoon. Cloudy until 3PM when a thunderstorm hit part of the island (not downtown). By 5PM, it was clear blue sky.

Low of 21C (humidex of 30) this morning.

The warmspot was Lytton, BC at 37.2C.

[north 42]

Nice and refreshing here today with a high of only 25C and a humidex of 30.

[north 42]

Looks like that first one was planted this year, according to that twitter source, not sure about the second one. It will be interesting to see if it survives the winter unprotected in Halifax area! I think it would have a much better chance of survival in yarmouth.

Originally Posted by someone123

Some palm trees in the Halifax area (Sullivan's Pond and Shubie Park, both in Dartmouth):


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These may be meant to stay out for the winter. They are supposed to be hardy down to -23. Somebody replied that there are already some in Yarmouth but I haven't seen them (there are decent sized Monkey Puzzle trees in that area).

The agave plant in the Public Gardens is flowering too. It is a popular selfie destination:


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I think that one goes in the greenhouse in the winter along with most or all of the stuff in the succulent bed.

[SignalHillHiker]

Still pretty close but cooler today and cloudy. There was warm drizzle earlier.

[Airboy]

Hot and smokey. That was yesterday and appears to be the outlook for today. Beautiful driving though, did a 4 hour drive NW of Edmonton through the Swan hills and scurting around Lesser Slave Lake to get to High Prairie. Spent 2.5 hours under the hospital there in the crawl space then another 2 hour drive across prairie to Grande Prairie and spending time on another project. Canola is still in bloom this far north. Heading down highway 40 today, this runs south along the eastern edge of the Rockys. Heading for Miette hot springs then back to Edmonton. Temps look to be in the high 20s or low 30s today. Will have more time to stop with the camera today. Heading into carribou country. Saw 2 Turkey Vultures yesterday. Didnt know they were that far north.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Airboy

Alas had to cancel the trip today, appears some hardware in my wifes leg needs warranty work. Drs said not to fly. Maybe next year.

Aww sorry to hear that Airboy. I hope your wife is well soon!

[Marty_Mcfly]

Cloudy, 22 feels like 30 at 11am. Without the sun it's actually not so uncomfortable today, especially with the breeze. Nice summers day.

[someone123]

I wonder if those palms are trachycarpus fortunei or something else.

The urban parts of Halifax rarely hit -20 and with climate change the city's going to be pretty squarely in the range where some of these exotic plants will survive year-round (the coldest temperature in a typical winter in 2050 will be about -14 according to a forecast I saw; USDA hardiness zone 7b). It is a bit of a roll of the dice because the plants can tolerate harsher conditions after they are established for a few years. If you plant them before a bad winter they might die, but they might survive during a good winter. The Halifax Public Gardens lost a monkey puzzle tree during an unusually bad winter a few years ago.

Here in Vancouver these exotics aren't so marginal and make it through once-a-decade bad winters just fine. There's a whole other set of marginal exotics here that are more common in milder places like coastal Washington and even the west coast of Vancouver Island.

[north 42]

They're definately some form of Trachycarpus. I would also think that some time in the not too distant future that they'll be possible to grow without protection in Halifax as well as Windsor and Niagara region. They already can survive here for a few years without protection while still young before getting killed by a severe winter, and there was one in Niagara On the Lake that survived for years, it died in the first polar vortex though unfortunately!

Originally Posted by someone123

I wonder if those palms are trachycarpus fortunei or something else.

The urban parts of Halifax rarely hit -20 and with climate change the city's going to be pretty squarely in the range where some of these exotic plants will survive year-round (the coldest temperature in a typical winter in 2050 will be about -14 according to a forecast I saw; USDA hardiness zone 7b). It is a bit of a roll of the dice because the plants can tolerate harsher conditions after they are established for a few years. If you plant them before a bad winter they might die, but they might survive during a good winter. The Halifax Public Gardens lost a monkey puzzle tree during an unusually bad winter a few years ago.

Here in Vancouver these exotics aren't so marginal and make it through once-a-decade bad winters just fine. There's a whole other set of marginal exotics here that are more common in milder places like coastal Washington and even the west coast of Vancouver Island.

[TownGuy]

You mentioned the polar vortex and this is where I see these things actually struggling more with climate change. It's been suggested that global warming is weakening the polar jet stream which is allowing frigid arctic air to plunge further south over eastern half of the continent. We have seen evidence of this the last couple winters.

[SignalHillHiker]

Turned into a spectacular day. Almost ran out of gas heading home from the gym lol

[Marty_Mcfly]

I'm curious if a careful gardener could get some type of hardy trachycarpus to grow in their St. John's backyard. Winter temperature really isn't an issue, but I suspect the wind is. A relatively wind-sheltered backyard with a lot of shade trees, and with a bit of love, it might just work.

[SignalHillHiker]

George Street live cam:



And some good news:

[Airboy]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Aww sorry to hear that Airboy. I hope your wife is well soon!

We will try again next year. But it was iffy. I can now say she has a screw loose.

[Airboy]

Had a great drive along the edge of the mountains. Clear but hazy skies all the 350 kms of highway 40. Then the 300 kms from Jasper park gated home. Sitting on the deck with my third beer on a gorgeous evening

[Nicko999]

28C with a humidex of 35 and mainly sunny. Another spectacular summer day. This is going to go down as the warmest month ever for Trudeau airport (records since 1941) ahead of July 1955. Whatever it beats July 1921 remains to be seen.

Low was 21C (humidex of 27). Yesterday was our 12th night below 20C this month.

The warmspot was Lytton, BC at 38.2C.