California Orange Crop Freezes While Arnie Busy Solving Global Warming | Real Science

The stormy, snowy weather pattern underway in the West will culminate with a mid- to late-week freeze over California’s San Joaquin Valley, home to many orange groves.

Temperatures over the lower part of the valley, where most of the groves are located, will dip into the middle 20s at the core of the cold air.

The cold will challenge record low temperatures in the region which are generally in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees. Lows this time of the year tend to average near 40 degrees.