The Natural History of Bodega Head

     Frost in Massachusetts on 14 December 2024

    Frost is rare on Bodega Head, and it feels even more so now than when I first started working here 18 years ago. But the air temperature...

    It was chilly here this morning — solid ice in the bird bath.  Santa Rosa set a cold temperature record for the date (24 February 2022...

    Frost pattern on our car yesterday (14 December 2020).   [You can click on the image for a larger version.]

    The last couple of mornings have been a little chilly.  This is a small section of a tiny frost forest in Cotati, 21 November 2020.

  This morning we woke up to a local air temperature of ~13 ° F (-10.5 ° C) in Massachusetts.  When we stepped outside, Eric noticed th...

Mornings have been a bit chilly lately.  On 21 January 2019, there were some beautiful frost patterns on our car:  

  I couldn't walk by this frost pattern without taking a few pictures.   The frost had formed on the inside of a large glass fi...

  Sensors on Bodega Head recorded air temperatures of ~34°F (1°C) this morning, resulting in frost patches in low-lying areas.  This wa...

I wandered around the yard early this morning and just couldn't help taking pictures of the frost and ice.  (I sure do miss cold winters...

Brrrr!  It was a chilly 30 ° F in Cotati this morning — a brisk morning in this part of the world.  Here are some frost crystals that were...

  I didn't get a chance to post this wintery scene.  What do you see in the frost patterns above?   My first thought was that i...

  Brrrr!  The air temperature reached near 30 ° F this morning in Cotati.  It was fun to see these "frosty evergreen trees" o...

It was 25°F when I drove to work along Coleman Valley Road this morning.  I stopped briefly for a few frost photos. On a wooden fence p...

I know some people will think I'm crazy, but I'm always excited when there's a chance of seeing frost here.  It's not as com...

The weather has been quite variable this past week.  On Sunday, 8 April 2012, the early morning air temperature was cold enough to produce f...