Freezing overnight temperatures recently donât appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations.
Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing.
The Palisade regionâs proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warmer than some other parts of the Grand Valley. Stackhouse said she hadnât heard of any impacts on fruit-growing in the Palisade region.