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A weekend wintry storm system brought both welcome moisture to the area and also some freezing temperatures of the kind that should actually help rather than harm local fruit-growers as
Some Grand Valley fruit-growers are sleeping better after assessing the impacts of freezing low temperatures this week, and they are sleeping more after being kept up for two straight nights
Some Grand Valley fruit-growers are sleeping better after assessing the impacts of freezing low temperatures this week, and they are sleeping more after being kept up for two straight nights
Freezing overnight temperatures recently donât appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations. Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing. The Palisade regionâs proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warme...
Freezing overnight temperatures recently donât appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations. Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing. The Palisade regionâs proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warme...