Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Upton, NY
Issued by NWS Upton, NY
962 NOUS41 KOKX 010836 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179- 021000- Public Information Statement National Weather Service New York NY 436 AM EDT Fri Nov 1 2024 ...The 2024 Frost-Freeze Program Has Ended for a Portion of the Area... The 2024 Frost-Freeze Program for Interior Southern Connecticut, the Lower Hudson Valley, and Interior Northeastern New Jersey has ended, as November 1 marks 10 days after the median date of the first fall freeze. This means that frost and freeze headlines will no longer be issued for this region for the remainder of the 2024 season. The Frost and Freeze Program will resume with the 2025 growing season. Headlines will no longer be issued for the following zones: in Connecticut: Northern Fairfield, Northern New Haven, Northern Middlesex, Northern New London in New York: Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Northern Westchester in New Jersey: Passaic, Western Bergen, Western Essex, Western Union The New York City National Weather Service Office (WFO OKX) is currently participating in an experiment that redefines the end of the local Frost-Freeze Program to simplify customer usability through a more streamlined process. Frost-Freeze headlines will be issued for threats of a frost or freeze during the growing season, up to the 75th-90th percentile of the median first fall freeze. This is basically 10 days after the median first fall freeze, as established by using 30-year temperature averages. The Frost-Freeze program of the National Weather Service is designed to alert growers and gardiners of the potential of a damaging frost or freeze for a given area during the climatologically defined growing season. This allows people to take necessary preventative measures to protect plants and crops against potential damaging temperatures. These are the dates when Frost Advisories or Freeze Warnings will no longer be issued for the 2024 growing season across the New York City National Weather Service forecast area: November 1: Interior Southern Connecticut, the Lower Hudson Valley, Interior Northeastern New Jersey November 11: Suffolk, Northern Nassau, Southern Westchester, Coastal Connecticut, Eastern Bergen, Eastern Essex, Eastern Union November 21: New York City, Southern Nassau, Hudson $$