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NOUS41 KALY 011358  
PNSALY  
MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047-048-051-054-058-061-063-082-VTZ013>015-  
020400-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY  
958 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...THE FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW  
YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND HAS ENDED...  
 
THE 2026 FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY, EASTERN  
CATSKILLS, AND NORTHERN TACONICS IN EASTERN NEW YORK, AS WELL AS  
SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE BERKSHIRES IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND HAS  
ENDED.  
 
THE FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS TO  
WARN LOCAL GROWERS AND GARDENERS OF THE POTENTIAL OF A DAMAGING  
FROST OR FREEZE FOR A GIVEN AREA DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY  
DEFINED GROWING SEASON. THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO TAKE PREVENTATIVE  
MEASURES FOR PLANTS AND CROPS AGAINST POTENTIAL DAMAGING  
TEMPERATURES.  
 
THESE ARE THE DATES IN WHICH NWS FROST ADVISORIES OR FREEZE  
WARNINGS WOULD NO LONGER BE ISSUED FOR THE 2026 GROWING SEASON IN  
EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.  
 
SEPTEMBER 21ST: NORTHERN HERKIMER, HAMILTON AND NORTHERN WARREN  
COUNTIES (THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS).  
 
OCTOBER 1ST: MOHAWK VALLEY, EASTERN CATSKILLS AND NORTHERN  
TACONICS IN EASTERN NEW YORK, SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE BERKSHIRES  
IN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.  
 
OCTOBER 11TH: HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TACONICS IN EASTERN NEW  
YORK AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.  
 
PLEASE FOLLOW WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALY FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.  
 

 
 
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