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This combination of weather types - with a lack of overnight frosts - has meant an early bloom of spring flowers, especially in southern England.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

While it is expected to be a little too breezy for widespread overnight frosts, some prone locations may dip to freezing where skies clear between weather fronts.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

As the growing season progresses, the plant puffs itself into a roughly spherical shape, until the first frosts, when it snaps off its stalk and waits to be blown across the landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

There will be some overnight frosts and risk of ice where showers fall.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Once, in reference to winters in central Florida, she solemnly informed me, “We usually get frosts once or twice a winter, but this year we had ’em a couple of times.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson