COLOMA — Local farmers are keeping a close eye on the temperature. Now that the fruit crops have bloomed, a freeze can be deadly.

Farmers still aren't sure how much damage Tuesday night's freeze caused. They say it's a process that takes several days because there's no easy or precise way to calculate the damage.

They have to go through their orchards and take a look at the blossoms by hand. They're hoping to discover green beneath the blossoms, but they're finding some black.

"We are not looking for but we are going to find dead apricots. See how black it is? We don't want that. We want them nice and green," said Randy Bjorge.

He almost got what he wanted.

"I think I only lost 10% to 20% of my sweet cherries," said Bjorge.

He says that's good news after last year's frost. That frost killed 70% of his sweet cherries and all of his apricots, Japanese plums and pluots.

Bjorge says the position of his farm on a hill keeps his crops warmer, unlike neighboring farms.

Hildebrand farms lost 50% to 90% of its grape crop Tuesday night, which isn't too far off Bjorge's estimate for the region.

"There is probably half a peach crop out here and half a sweet cherry crop," said Bjorge. "You can't make it with half of a crop."

It's still too early to determine how much impact this damage will have on the season.

"We only need 10% of the blossoms out there to have a full crop," said Bjorge. "So if it [the freeze] takes out 90%, we are still happy."

He's watching the weather and isn't happy yet.

"There is snow in Casper, WY right now," said Bjorge. "And I'm a little nervous, but it should go to the north of us."

Farmers say they should have a better estimate of the damage by this weekend.

These are just estimates, and farmers say they won't know for sure how much harm the frost had done to their crop until it has been harvested.