hard frost

Example Sentences

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Temperatures are expected to drop well below freezing on Wednesday and Thursday night, with forecasters expecting many parts of the UK to experience a hard frost and lows of between -3C and -10C.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

The best way for people to prevent the disease is to take steps to lessen the chance of a mosquito bite until the first hard frost of the year.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

First his fruit and corn crops in northern Italy withered in a hard frost, then they were hit by torrential rains and record flooding, followed by an exceptional heatwave and finally hail storms.

From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2023

If your winters are mild, they will bloom until there is a hard frost, and they might even come back and bloom again in the spring.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

Almost all epidemics followed the same pattern, striking during warm weather, disappearing with the first hard frost.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy