Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Corpus Christi ties 120-year-old record low Tuesday morning » Corpus Christi Caller-Times
CORPUS CHRISTI — Light southwest winds helped Corpus Christi tie a 120-year-old record low temperature Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The air temperature dropped to 70 degrees just before 6 a.m., equaling the all-time low set in 1891.
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Crops in the world’s largest lemon-growing province suffered serious damages from more than 10 hours of frost over the weekend, website Lagaceta.com.ar reported.
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“We must await the outcome of the evaluations, but the experience we have with these types of phenomena is to expect grave damage. To the east of the province the impact will be even worse than in the central zone,” Pedraza was quoted as saying.

He highlighted last year the frosts caused serious crop damages, to the extent that the production of around 300,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar was lost, the story reported.
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The region also suffered a blizzard in late-June with conditions not seen since 1920.

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