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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Taunton MA
857 PM EDT Thu Oct 13 2016
...Growing Season Update - Autumn 2016...
The growing season has ended for Western and Central Massachusetts
as well as portions of Northern Connecticut. Widespread below-
freezing temperatures have been recorded over these locations and
as a result the growing season has ended for the following counties:
In Massachusetts...
Berkshire*
Franklin
Hampshire
Hampden
Worcester
Northwest Middlesex County
In Connecticut...
Northern Litchfield*
Hartford
Windham
The National Weather Service will no longer issue FREEZE WARNINGS
or FROST ADVISORIES for these zones until the start of the growing
season during Spring of 2017. Those living within these areas who
perhaps have not had a freeze may wish to monitor the latest
forecast for freezing temperatures.
* Counties under the forecast jurisdiction of the National Weather
Service Forecast Office in Albany, NY.
Eastern NY
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National Weather Service Albany NY
1146 PM EDT Tue Oct 11 2016
...The growing season has come to an end across parts of eastern
New York and adjacent Western New England...
A killing frost occurred last night across the Lake George
Saratoga Region...Mohawk Valley...Schoharie Valley...Eastern
Catskills...Taconics...Southern Vermont...the Berkshires and
Northern Litchfield Hills bringing an end to the growing season in
these regions.
Temperatures dropped to between 26 and 32 degrees in most
locations across these regions last night bringing an end to the
growing season.
Since the growing season has ended for these regions, it means
that Frost Advisories and or Freeze Watches and Freeze Warnings
will not be issued again until the start of the growing season
during Spring of 2017.
Southern Adirondacks
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National Weather Service Albany NY
420 AM EDT Wed Oct 5 2016
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...THE GROWING SEASON HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...
WE ARE NOW TWO WEEKS PAST THE MEDIAN DATE OF THE FIRST FALL FREEZE
WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 21ST. WHILE FROST OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS ON THE
MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 26TH, THE FROST WAS NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO
DECLARE THE GROWING SEASON OVER. NOW THAT WE ARE TWO WEEKS PAST
THE MEDIAN DATE OF THE FIRST FALL FREEZE, CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT
LITTLE OR NO PLANT GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BEYOND TODAY.
SINCE THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS,
IT MEANS THAT FROST ADVISORIES AND OR FREEZE WATCHES AND FREEZE
WARNINGS WILL NOT BE ISSUED AGAIN UNTIL THE START OF THE GROWING
SEASON DURING SPRING OF 2017.
Central NY and Northeast PA
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National Weather Service Binghamton NY
253 PM EDT Tue Oct 11 2016
...THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK
AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING...
LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WERE AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES ACROSS
THE MAJORITY OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW YORK, EXCEPT
THE FINGER LAKES AREA IN NEW YORK. NO ADDITIONAL FREEZE WARNINGS
OR FROST ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL NEXT SPRING.
IN THE FINGER LAKES OF NEW YORK WHICH INCLUDES YATES, SENECA,
SOUTHERN CAYUGA, AND ONONDAGA COUNTIES TEMPERATURES STAYED ABOVE
FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. OUR OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO
ISSUE FREEZE WARNINGS AND FROST ADVISORIES UNTIL A FREEZE OCCURS
OR OCTOBER 25TH, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. OCTOBER 25TH IS TWO WEEKS
AFTER THE AVERAGE FIRST FALL FREEZE DATE.
Central & Eastern Vermont
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National Weather Service Burlington VT
1110 AM EDT Tue Oct 11 2016
...The growing season has ended for the remainder of central and
eastern Vermont...
This morning widespread frost and freezing temperatures occurred
across most of central and eastern Vermont ending the 2016
growing season. Thus the National Weather Service will no longer
issue freeze warnings or frost advisories this year for the
following areas:
Lamoille County VT
Washington County VT
Orange County VT
Windsor County VT
Eastern Rutland County VT
Eastern Addison County VT
Eastern Chittenden County VT
Eastern Franklin County VT
We will continue to issue frost advisories and/or freeze warnings
for the St Lawrence and Champlain Valleys, including western
Rutland County, Vermont until either a widespread killing freeze
occurs or we reach two weeks past the normal first freeze date for
those areas (October 15th for the St Lawrence Valley; October 25th
for the Champlain Valley), whichever occurs first
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
339 PM EDT Tue Oct 11 2016
...Public Information Statement...
Based on observed low temperatures this morning, we have ended
the growing season for the following counties: Warren, McKean,
Potter, Tioga, Elk, Cameron, Clearfield, Cambria, Somerset,
Sullivan, Northern Lycoming, Northern Clinton, Centre, Blair and
Bedford.
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That system of Growing season ending on the first negative temperature would be strange in some parts of Southern Hemisphere like New Zealand,some parts of Australia and Patagonia,because of the summer freezes.
Here it ended yesterday, IE 13 October. This resulted in a frost-free period of 167 days.
This is quite comparable to places worth comparing, like Ann Arbor and Lansing, Michigan.
Forgot about the "free" period between. What do you guys use as frost temp? Our NWS uses 36°F
As far as Freeze Free.. Western Massachusetts (Pittsfield) had 138 Freeze free days. That's on the shorter side of things. May 10th there was a freeze. Sounds about right having only 4-5 months of growing season for interior.. About 6 months for coast.
Whats crazy is that "growing" and "yields" mean 2 different things. I really only get 2-3 months of yields. Growing starts in May but things don't blossom and ripen till July really. Then by September things slow down anyway.
Forgot about the "free" period between. What do you guys use as frost temp? Our NWS uses 36°F
As far as Freeze Free.. Western Massachusetts (Pittsfield) had 138 Freeze free days. That's on the shorter side of things. May 10th there was a freeze. Sounds about right having only 4-5 months of growing season for interior.. About 6 months for coast.
Whats crazy is that "growing" and "yields" mean 2 different things. I really only get 2-3 months of yields. Growing starts in May but things don't blossom and ripen till July really. Then by September things slow down anyway.
Yeah sorry. Frost is used meaning a freeze in British English. So 32F. 36F is a ground frost. But yes, we use 36F.
But we don't use that definition at all normally defining the growing season. UK, Finland, Sweden and Norway use the growing period as the time when the mean temp is permanently above 41F. This can only be disrupted by a hard frost (25-28F).
Realistically thinking, even if the growing period lingers, you can't actually grow like wheat after mid September. Or tomatoes or whatever you have in your garden.
I used the US definition just for comparison's sake.
I didn't see nei's town on the list for MA,
a bit surprised as it seems to be a frost hollow.
Growing season still hanging in my area, mostly due to
being near the lake.
Places right the lake shore and in Toronto UHI
get first frost in early November, sometimes late November,
other years early October.
Still none here. Fell to 34 this morning, the coldest of the year. 169 day growing season so far (the last freeze was April 28). Longest ever was 216 days, shortest was 134.
I didn't see nei's town on the list for MA,
a bit surprised as it seems to be a frost hollow.
Growing season still hanging in my area, mostly due to
being near the lake.
Places right the lake shore and in Toronto UHI
get first frost in early November, sometimes late November,
other years early October.
Lowest temp so far was 2C.
Yeah, Lakes and Coasts will be delayed a bit this yr due to their warmth.
Looks like nei went below freezing on the 11th so growing season ended there. Couple of likely frosty mornings 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th.
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