sharp frost
severe frost

The night was very still, there would be sharp frost by dawn.

I think that a few sharp frosts will make them head for home.

In addition to the fog, a sharp frost now made progress difficult.

I hate to say it, but we badly need a sharp frost.

There had been a sharp frost overnight and the ground was frozen hard.

The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.

So the time went on towards Christmas, before which the weather changed and became calm, with sharp frost.

It had been a frosty morning, to be sure, a sharp frost, which hardly one woman in a thousand could stand the test of.

The best colour seems to happen after a warm, still Indian summer, terminated by a short, sharp frost.

Sharp frost also occurs in the higher districts, which are usually blanketed with snow during the first months of the year.

Everyone dislike winter, in the snow and sharp frost the outside lavatories would freeze up.

Sharp frost shone in pools of gas-light on the street's new macadam.

Crystal might be better; or ice - the thin, flawless ice you sometimes got after a sharp frost.

The ground crunched gently under foot, a sharp frost having encrusted the damp soil with ice.

Of the sharp frost and the white snow-" "Do you want to go back?"

There was a sharp frost.

Rhubarb requires a sharp frost to thrive and is usually successfully grown in the region, known as the "pink triangle".

Beyond the wood we caught a glimpse of a moonlit world lying in the sharp frost of the October evening.

The titanium-black fuselage was covered in long slender spikes as if a sharp frost had settled across the whole station.

Sharp frosts, with daytime temperatures barely rising above freezing in the Highlands, served as a reminder that winter wasn't quite finished.

This, more than the sharp frost, was the main reason why Moscow's snowy streets were practically deserted during Mr. Bush's 24-hour visit.

For a few days already a sharp frost had given warning of the approaching rigor of the Siberian winter, and this evening it was especially severe.

And as ill-luck would have it, there was a sharp frost all the winter, the snow drifted in high heaps, and the winter dragged on.

There was snow, or sleet, or rain almost every day for weeks, changing only for keen driving winds or sharp frosts.

Nanny Ogg went to bed in three flannelette nightdresses, because sharp frosts were already pricking the autumn air.

They turn dark and fall after the first severe frost.

Occasionally, as in the winter of 1982, there is severe frost.

However, the last winter to cause severe frost damage in the vines was 1978.

There was a severe frost last night - and this is mid-August.

In northern regions there is also a short growing season and severe frost during the long winter.

Many people were killed by Soviet troops or by the severe frost.

This both hill top and urban position means severe frosts are rare.

Fleeces are probably best known for their ability to protect plants from quite severe frost.

The plants will freeze, so care should be taken in times of severe frost or freezing temperatures.

In 1998, a severe frost struck and the tree stopped bearing fruit for a number of years.

Apple orchard owners were affected by the severe frosts too.

The court found that the severe frost could not have been in the contemplation of the Water Works.

Severe frost so that the ice on lakes and streams was passable.

Given its island location, the risk of severe frost is negated by the surrounding waters.

Severe frosts are rare because of the proximity of the sea.

The decline in attendance compared with previous rallies was partly due to a severe frost.

Without these payments many growers affected by the severe frosts will most certainly be bankrupted.

Early on May 29, 1961, a severe frost destroyed almost 75 percent of the expected Bordeaux harvest.

High winter came with its severe frosts.

Severe frosts in 1945 made partial replanting necessary, and normal production was not resumed until 1953.

Bletilla species are generally hardy, though some need protection from severe frost.

During the winter of 1794-5, severe frosts were followed by floods which caused a great deal of damage.

This saves the crop from severe frost damage.

In view of the continental climate, the weather is uncertain: often severe frost thaws replaced.

It is due to the city being located inland which results in the accumulation of dry air causing severe frost during winter.