Abstract
A reconstruction methodology utilizing such varied documents as diaries, agricultural journals, US Weather Bureau killing frost records and instrumental records is discussed. A resultant 248 yr frost record for eastern Massachusetts exhibits marked variations in the length of the growing season, that occur on a time scale of approximately 70 yr. There is an apparent systematic long-term relationship between the timing of spring and fall killing frosts and the last 100 yr of record reveals a decline in year-to-year variability.-Authors
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 317-319 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Climate & Applied Meteorology |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |