Looking around the garden yesterday I noticed some of my figs looked like they hadn't been watered even after three days of rain.  I then realized perhaps I had some frost.  Temperatures were not suppose to get to freezing?  Perhaps it was the wind chill factor.  I have a remote temperature sensor but it is not water proof and was in the greenhouse so I'm not sure what the temperature was? Other plants just shrugged off the bad weather.

Could be wind damage.  Dry winds (which cold winds typically are) will dry out leaves, especially tender new ones on tips.  We had cold in recent nights, but was above freezing (around 36F or so), and I lost a few tips, plus the edges of some of the leaves.  I think it was because there were steady winds (seemed around 15-20mph), with gusts to around 30mph.  The winds kept up for about 48 - 60 hours.  

Mike   central NY state, zone 5

Even if the air is above freezing, surfaces loose enough heat through radiation to freeze. I've seen frost form with air temperatures around 39 degrees. On clear and calm nights, frost is pretty common when the air temperatures never dip below freezing.

It went down to 37 deg and my tree was covered with a sheet. The frost penetrated the sheet and I lost all the leaves on my Vern's Brown Turkey.

Tom...sorry to hear about the damage...there's no accounting for the weather...could you imagine if we had to do this for a living?...here's hoping that the damage in minimal.