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Frost Free Period 1971-2000

Description

The data represents the frost-free period in Alberta over the 30-year period from 1971 to 2000. A 30-year period is used to describe the present climate since it is enough time to filter out short-term fluctuations but is not dominated by any long-term trend in the climate. The frost-free period is the number of days between the last date of 00C in the spring and the first date of 00C in the fall. Frost free periods in Alberta vary from 125 days in the south to less than 85 days in higher elevation, non-agricultural areas.The frost-free period is presented as days above 0&deg.C in the following classes: less than 85, 85 to 95, 95 to 105, 105 to 115, 115 to 125 and greater than 125. This resource was created using ArcGIS.

Updated

March 10, 2020

Tags
ALBERTA CLIMATE CLIMATOLOGYMETEOROLOGYATMOSPHERE DOWNLOADABLE-DATA FARMING FREEZING GROWING-PERIOD METEOROLOGY WEATHER

Title and Dataset Information

Alternative Title

Frost Free Period 1971-2000

Date Modified

2020-03-10

Update Frequency

Irregular

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Forestry

Subject Information

Start Date

1971-01-01

End Date

2000-01-01

Resource Dates

Date Created

2016-07-13

Date Added to catalogue

2020-04-30T03:17:24.286920

Date Issued

2016-07-13

Date Modified

2020-03-10

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

{"Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta","Alberta Agriculture and Food"}

Contact Email

duke@gov.ab.ca