Degrees of Frost

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Have been reading "In the Teeth of the Wind" -- a book about WWI Naval
Air Operations.

The book references a term, "Degrees of Frost". The context is
temperature on the Channel in February of 1917.

Is this a British Naval Term for "Wind Chill Factor" or does it refer to
something else.

Hopefully some of my friends across the pond can translate for me???

mjc

 

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"Quid Veritas" <quidveritas@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Have been reading "In the Teeth of the Wind" -- a book about WWI Naval
> Air Operations.
>
> The book references a term, "Degrees of Frost". The context is
> temperature on the Channel in February of 1917.
>
> Is this a British Naval Term for "Wind Chill Factor" or does it refer to
> something else.
>
> Hopefully some of my friends across the pond can translate for me???
>
> mjc
>

In gardening terms, it refers to the number of degrees below the freezing
point the farenheit temperature falls to. So three degrees below freezing
is 3 degrees of frost.

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MJB

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Hey there. Checked out your website earlier this week -- was trying to
show off your stuff. My efforts were not too successful.

When you going to be up and running again?

mjc

MJB wrote:
> "Quid Veritas" <quidveritas@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:c_%Bd.5370$Cc.4400@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
>>Have been reading "In the Teeth of the Wind" -- a book about WWI Naval
>>Air Operations.
>>
>>The book references a term, "Degrees of Frost". The context is
>>temperature on the Channel in February of 1917.
>>
>>Is this a British Naval Term for "Wind Chill Factor" or does it refer to
>>something else.
>>
>>Hopefully some of my friends across the pond can translate for me???
>>
>>mjc
>>
>
>
> In gardening terms, it refers to the number of degrees below the freezing
> point the farenheit temperature falls to. So three degrees below freezing
> is 3 degrees of frost.
>

 

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In message <c_%Bd.5370$Cc.4400@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Quid
Veritas <quidveritas@earthlink.net> writes
>Have been reading "In the Teeth of the Wind" -- a book about WWI Naval
>Air Operations.
>
>The book references a term, "Degrees of Frost". The context is
>temperature on the Channel in February of 1917.
>
>Is this a British Naval Term for "Wind Chill Factor" or does it refer
>to something else.
>
>Hopefully some of my friends across the pond can translate for me???
>
It means the number of degrees below freezing point - which in the
context you mention, would be the number of degrees Fahrenheit below
+32. So a temperature of -26F would be 58 "degrees of frost".
--
John Secker