granjera
Member
- Location
- Collin County, Texas
- Hardiness zone
- 8b
Nice, gentle rains in these parts and we're very pleased. And feel very lucky.
So far.
So far.
Yet Another Texan
- Thread starter granjera
- Start date
Welcome! So far it looks like Texas is taking over these parts! 
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Welcome to the forum Granjera 
MamaHawk
Member
- Location
- A corner lot in Akron, OH
- Hardiness zone
- 6b
I feel like that's directly aimed at Meadowlark...but then again that's just how big Texas is!
Meadowlark
Well-known member
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
olly-buckle
Member
- Location
- E. Sussex
The Texans think they are taking over, that's Texans for you.
The Brits. are quietly getting on with it, that's our way
Welcome to the forum.
The Brits. are quietly getting on with it, that's our way
Welcome to the forum.
What do you mean? Maybe I'm a bit thick, but I don't follow
granjera
Member
- Location
- Collin County, Texas
- Hardiness zone
- 8b
I'm baffled, too, Tetters. Of course, I'm so thick, I'm still trying to wrap my head around your Hardiness Zone.What do you mean? Maybe I'm a bit thick, but I don't follow
So am I....what is it anyway ?I'm baffled, too, Tetters. Of course, I'm so thick, I'm still trying to wrap my head around your Hardiness Zone.
granjera
Member
- Location
- Collin County, Texas
- Hardiness zone
- 8b
The USDA Hardiness Zone considers the lowest average temps in a region (for planting purposes). (That's my understanding, anyway.) San Antonio and Kent's average low temps are the same (let's say 3 deg C or 38 deg F), so your Hardiness Zones are the same (9a). It doesn't matter that SA might only hit these lows a handful of days and you have them for weeks or months at a time. OR that SA has a warmer climate.
I always look at the Hardiness map for the US, which seems to correlate with our different climates. Then there's that North Atlantic Current...and there you are, waaaaaay up north, and in Zone 9a.
I always look at the Hardiness map for the US, which seems to correlate with our different climates. Then there's that North Atlantic Current...and there you are, waaaaaay up north, and in Zone 9a.
MamaHawk
Member
- Location
- A corner lot in Akron, OH
- Hardiness zone
- 6b
What do you mean? Maybe I'm a bit thick, but I don't follow
Whoops, sorry guys; last I heard, @Meadowlark is still swimming in rain in his part of the state.I'm baffled, too, Tetters. Of course, I'm so thick, I'm still trying to wrap my head around your Hardiness Zone.
I should have been able to work that out really olly-buckle
Member
- Location
- E. Sussex
I think it is that Meadowlark said they had over 40 inches 0f rain in under three weeks, gentle rain that ain't, and more coming. Put that in the context that we get about 25 inches in a year.
Meadowlark
Well-known member
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Actually, the count is more dramatic...55 inches in just over three weeks as measured in a rain gauge. Unbelievable.
It's all to do with the jet stream so I'm told which sometimes keeps us a bit warmer - don't know where it is at the moment though. It's been raining all day, and I have heating on AND a woolly jumper.
granjera
Member
- Location
- Collin County, Texas
- Hardiness zone
- 8b
Wow. In the first few days of the rains, I was aware that areas south and east were getting slammed the most. News being what it is these days, I frequently tune out so I wasn't aware how heavy the rains had been after the first rains. Saw something just this morning on local news about that. Did you get hail and big winds as well?
olly-buckle
Member
- Location
- E. Sussex
Thing about weather is it isn't down to one thing, it's the final effect of various combinations. Another of the main things affecting British weather is that we are an offshore island, sandwiched between the Atlantic ocean and the North sea, but there are many things affecting it.
Meadowlark
Well-known member
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Some hail...enough to damage daughter's car. Straight-line winds here probably on the order of 60 mph....nothing like Houston which sustained estimated 110mph winds through downtown blowing out many windows in tall skyscrapers.
granjera
Member
- Location
- Collin County, Texas
- Hardiness zone
- 8b
Your 55 inches is is something like 17 inches above our annual total.
We're under an Enhanced Risk of severe storms tomorrow. 60 mph, golf ball- to tennis ball-sized hail, maybe an inch or two of rain.
Well, at least we're not in a drought.
We're under an Enhanced Risk of severe storms tomorrow. 60 mph, golf ball- to tennis ball-sized hail, maybe an inch or two of rain.
Well, at least we're not in a drought.
