Have you confirmed damage already or are you just assuming based on the temperatures you've had? I think 2013 was the last good fig year I had. Up until 2013 I had a long string of winters without any significant winter damage to figs, at least not to the main crop.

you made me sad, if you lost in hot place then mine are dead for sure, it is -22*C and with wind chill it was -31*C. it means peaches, grapes, persimmon, fruiting quince trees , all is history

I know it is painful, happened here 2011.

This one really is a crazy winter though... It has been brutal in the East, and super mild out here in the West. So far we have been having a zone 8 winter (I'm in zone 6). The sad thing is that there is really no way to take advantage of one or two freak mild winters!

I find it rather depressing that one year I could technically grow all sorts of things I fantasize about (pomegranates, figs, Asian persimmons, maybe even some hardy citrus) but the next year I'd be back to the boring old cold winter climate regulars.

Anyway, good luck with the plants, hopefully the damage is not as bad as you suspect.

"Have you confirmed damage already or are you just assuming based on the temperatures you've had?"

Assuming they're lost based on the present prolonged even lower temps here, I will be very surprised to see the young 2YO limbs survive this, plus winter has just begun.

I have a few fruit trees in pots in my attached garage. Its unheated and the garage dropped to just 15 when it was -8 outside. So I'm worried about those much less whats on my porch and in the ground.

Danelle we had 3 nights in a row at zero F with low 20's days in-between. There was a previous cold blast before this latest one, ugh. You are right the roots will survive. I was just hoping that the 3rd time was the charm, sad to see them gone, again, so young, they had a glorious future ahead of them in jams and preserves....... :(

There is little doubt that the figs have been killed down to the ground this winter. As they recover and grow from their roots, the season will be too short for the figs to ripen. You have to use the "six leaves and pinch" method of pruning in order to force early fruiting and thus early ripening. I have a Russian Red pomegranate and I am unsure if it will be killed by the cold, so I will wait and see on that one. Next year I am going to build a protective cover for my figs.

This winter had better end - or I will end up with more plants than I can tend to!
Last night I 'went looking for pomegranate varieties' online. Hours later . . . I ordered 4 from 'a place I hadn't been before'. GoOrganic.
I ended up choosing:
Parfianka (which I had been searching for)
Eversweet
Ambrosia
and just for kicks - another Wonderful
All were recommended for my Zone7A climate. That was one feature that I appreciated on this site. You can search by filtering for Zone. And a few other factors. And if you choose 'outside' your zone . . . they tell you that the variety is not recommended for your area.
So, for anyone else interested in ordering pomegranate plants at a decent price - I recommend these 3 sites:
Rolling River / Fruits and Exotics / GoOrganic
Coupon is available for GoOrganic - 20% off your first order. Not bad. And shipping was FedEx flat rate - also worked out quite reasonable.
Between the 3 nurseries, there are a lot of varieties to choose from.

Having a zone filter is nice but even more important would be finding ones that can take humidity. There is a variety called Austin coming from Texas that might do well in other humid climates.

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1063185613726802&ref=content_filter

I don't know if 'Austin' would make it through our winters . . . but I sure could use some help with the humidity! I found it at Edible Landscaping - and 2 other varieties: Nikitski Ranni (Crimson Sky) and Lyubimi, that I'd been looking for. I may hold off till next year, to order - when I'm sure that I'll have some replacing to do. I already have 13 to plant this spring!

Update ---

I was right about the figs being frozen back to the roots, both tree tops are dead as new shoots are now coming up from the bottom. On the other hand my pomegranate tree did ok and the top is alive and well putting out leaves now, just hope that blooms will follow.

That is surprising. What is the variety?

Just a typical "Wonderful". It has been frozen back to ground level before, not sure why it survived this time around?