That's about it.

Frost is when (pure) water freezes at 0°C. When the night sky is clear, the
ground can radiate heat to outer space & get slightly below zero even if the
air is a bit warm.

Conversely, a wave of cold air can arrive at any time, even if the ground is
above freezing. Plants cool down quicker than the soil.

Regards

"Steve Jackson" a écrit dans le message de news:
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In message , JimM
writes
Header says it all really but what does the temperature have to drop to
before you get a 'frost'

Jim

You can get a grass frost with air temperatures (4 feet above ground
level in a screen) as high as 4 or even 5C.

For an air frost, the reading in a screen has to be -0.1C or lower.

Having said that, plants are rarely damaged by a slight grass frost
unless it is prolonged.

Just my opinion of course.

--
Steve Jackson,
Bablake Weather Station,
Coventry, UK
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/bws