Drying firewood in the winter is easier said than done. Yes, most firewood will season, or dry during winter months; When it starts to get colder outside, let´s just say that winter is around the corner, then the humidity levels outside will drop.
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That doesn't necessarily mean the wood will dry faster in winter, but a winter cycle coupled with a spring and/or summer cycle are what contribute to wood completely drying.
If they did, they would die as expanding water destroyed cell structure.
Because the rh in the summer and the winter is the same (within a few points), the season rh change is not going to affect drying.Live trees do not “freeze solid” during the winter; Water freezing inside the wood expands the cells and allows the moisture to escape more quickly.On the cedar in northeast iowa.
Dry wood will contract while wet wood will expand.This, in turn, will lead to the wood contracting. Maybe not as fast, but faster than many would believe.As a rough rule of thumb, for every 20 degrees f hotter, the wood will dry twice as fast.