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Recent Examples of frostworkWind Cave National Park features delicate boxwork along its ceilings, along with frostwork and cave popcorn.—Simon Peter Groebner, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
Time of Year to Plant The best time to plant your poinsettia seeds or propagations is during March or late spring when the threat of frost has passed.
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2024
As the car begins heating up and the frost begins to melt, do not go inside your home, but use a scraper and de-icer on the screen to help the frost disappear faster.
Waddington is notorious for its fickle weather—the peak is regularly hit by storms off the Pacific Ocean that freeze the summit in rime ice.
Corbin Reiff,
Outside Online,
22 Oct. 2024
The weather briefing included information about moderate icing between Carrizo Springs and Bridgeport and light rime ice between 4,000 and 6,000 feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the report.
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Jan. 2024
Nearby, hoarfrost shimmered on hemlock branches, a bear cub peered out from a hole in the snow, and a sudden, terrifying silence echoed in the ears of the man’s ski partners.
Caroline Van Hemert,
Outside Online,
11 Aug. 2021
The hoarfrost in the subzero temperatures lifted a clean, white layer into the air that sparkled in the low sun.
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