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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
718 AM EST MON NOV 11 2024
...THE 2024 FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM HAS ENDED FOR A PORTION OF THE
AREA...
THE 2024 FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM FOR SUFFOLK, NORTHERN NASSAU, SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER, COASTAL CONNECTICUT, EASTERN BERGEN, EASTERN ESSEX, AND
EASTERN UNION HAS ENDED, AS NOVEMBER 11 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: SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD, SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN, SOUTHERN
MIDDLESEX, SOUTHERN NEW LONDON
IN NEW YORK: SUFFOLK, NORTHERN NASSAU, SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER
IN NEW JERSEY: EASTERN BERGEN, EASTERN ESSEX, EASTERN 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
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