With the middle of October just days away and the warmth that highlighted the past weekend now a distant memory, it's time to refresh the apple cider and pumpkin spice lattés. Autumn weather will ...

Frost dates matter for any gardener growing vegetables or tender plants. The first frost of autumn can arrive unexpectedly, and knowing which plants survive cold snaps and which don't determines what ...

When the forecast hints at an oncoming frost, it's tempting to panic, but not every cold snap spells disaster for your garden. Knowing the difference between a frost and a freeze or hard freeze will ...

You step outside on a fall or spring morning. You just watched the WRAL newscast where we say, "The temperature is 36°." You say, "They got it wrong." Well...not really. That is the air temperature, ...