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Frost-Free Record Reconstruction for Eastern Massachusetts, 1733-1980
Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
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Publication Date
1-1-1984
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Abstract/ Summary
A reconstruction methodology utilizing such varied documents as diaries, agricultural journals, U.S. Weather Bureau killing frost records and instrumental records is discussed. A resultant 248-year frost record for eastern Massachusetts exhibits marked variations in the length of the growing season, that occur on a time scale of approximately 70 years. There is an apparent systematic long-term relationship between the timing of spring and fall killing frosts and the last 100 years of record reveals a decline in year-to-year variability.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Baron, WR, Gordon, GA, Borns, HW, and Smith, DC, 1984, Frost-Free Record Reconstruction for Eastern Massachusetts, 1733-1980: Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, v. 23, p. 317-319. Available on publisher's site at: http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/1520-0450%281984%29023%3C0317%3AFFRRFE%3E2.0.CO%3B2
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© Copyright 1984 American Meteorological Society
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10.1175/1520-0450(1984)023<0317:FFRRFE>2.0.CO;2
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William R. Baron, Geoffrey A. Gordon, Harold W. Borns and David C. Smith. "Frost-Free Record Reconstruction for Eastern Massachusetts, 1733-1980" Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology Vol. 23 Iss. 2 (1984) p. 317 - 319 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/harold_borns/3/