There is a lot of cold, some years a lot of ice, but always a lot of cold, some years a lot of snow. We did have a little bit this year, it finally all melted where I am in Alaska, and it finally got save enough last week to put the plants out overnight. Things do grow fast here though in the summer. We will generally get 3 or 4 days in the 70's but not a whole lot of those days.