From the website of WBIR 10News:
We set a new record low for April 22nd with a low of 30 degrees at the McGhee Tyson Airport (the old record was 31 degrees in 1993).
There is only one other year where we’ve been this cold this late in the month of April… That was in 1986 when we had lows in the 20s on the 23rd and 24th.
The cold snap won’t last long but temperatures will be cold enough that they could damage or kill sensitive plants.
The plants in the yard were affected. In the straw bale beds:
Celebrity Tomato
Picture taken on April 22, 2021.
Golden Bell Sweet Pepper
Picture taken on April 22, 2021.
As all but 1 of the plants in straw bale beds #3-4 looked as above, we decided that we would need to replant these plants.
Other plants which were affected by the freeze of this morning included:
Aucuba-Hosoba Hoshifu
[Aucuba japonica]
Picture taken April 23, 2021.