Recent Changes in Frost Days and the Frost-Free Season in the United States

By D. Easterling. 2002

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Plants in a warmer world (2003, background): “also Easterling 2002) has resulted in a prolonged growing season of ~320 days, on average, in the last three decades (Walther 2002). The significance of low winter temperatures for shaping the range and distribution of species in temperate regions has been documented by Sakai & Larcher (1987), Woodw”
Kudzu (Pueraria montana): History, Physiology, and Ecology Combine to Make a Major Ecosystem Threat (2004, background): “Trends observed over the last few decades in the United States include a decrease in the number of frost days, an earlier date for the last freeze in spring, and a later date for the first freeze in fall (Easterling, 2002).”
Genetic improvement in winter wheat yields in the Great Plains of North America, 1959-2008. (2010, background): “This increase in absolute grain yield of Kharkof over time could be a consequence of climatic changes in the northern Great Plains (Easterling, 2002; Feng and Hu, 2004).”