Some usually warm California attractions trembling on Sunday, early morning air temperature pelter, even the polar bear to leave the San Diego zoo seek refuge. However, in the central valley growers are relieved to learn the orange and lemon crop may avoid major damage, although the temperature in the s high.
"The spokesman said:" we are only a degree or two, a little chill, Paul's story, a growers of trade association, California citrus mutual. "For navel orange, this is not cold, do a measurable damage."
He said, more sensitive orange, may appear some small damage.
This is the third night success crops on farmers' protection, operation wind machine and water to protect their fruit. The cold weather forecast on Monday, growers are faced with at least one night's work.
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In Los Angeles area, the famous tropical WuDeLan hills, this usually makes the third digit temperature news, there is a 30 degrees overnight low. It is warm, in the north of Los Angeles county Lancaster, played 15 degrees.
Low temperature reached more than twenty years of the bay area.
In DongWan walnut creek, the national weather service reported overnight low, and in Santa Clara county community Scotts Valley 23 degrees, the temperature down to 26.
At the same time, in Nevada mountains (Sierra Nevada), air temperature pelter below zero for the night, every day in the s, another below freezing night expected.
In San Diego zoo tube the librarian provides additional heat and shelter of some animals, including polar bears. Although the bear stand the cold climate, the animals in the zoo adipose layer of the lack of natural appeared in the wild, they protect from cold. Therefore, the zoo tube librarian would provide them "warm equipment, the zoo spokesman said, Mehlow Jenny."
"Animals do indeed in stride, because they wore a beautiful, warm fur coat," she said.
The cold air to neighboring Arizona, phoenix city already close to neutral four-day cold snap, in memory of the region since 1988 the coolest tension. Last Saturday night temperatures drop to phoenix day Hong Kong international airport 30 degrees and 25 degrees.
On Saturday night, including low temperature Tucson, Arizona international airport 23 and seven section in the flagstaff.
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