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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
316 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2026
...THE FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW
YORK, EXCEPT THE CHAMPLAN VALLEY HAS ENDED...
THE 2026 FROST-FREEZE PROGRAM FOR FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW
YORK, EXCEPT THE CHAMPLAN VALLEY HAS ENDED HAS ENDED. THIS MEANS
THAT FROST OR FREEZE HEADLINES WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED FOR THIS
REGION FOR THE 2026 SEASON.
HOWEVER, IT IS STRONGLY URGED TO FOLLOW LOCAL FORECASTS AND TAKE
PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS FROM A FROST OR FREEZE WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECASTED TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S OR COLDER.
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.
THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY DEFINED GROWING SEASON IS THE PERIOD BETWEEN
THE MEDIAN DATE OF THE LAST SPRING FREEZE AND THE MEDIAN DATE OF
THE FIRST FALL FREEZE.
THE FOLLOWING DATES ARE WHEN THE NWS FROST ADVISORIES OR FREEZE
WARNINGS WOULD NO LONGER BE ISSUED FOR THE 2026 GROWING SEASON IN
VT AND NORTHERN NY.
SEPTEMBER 21ST: NORTHEAST VERMONT AND THE ADIRONDACKS OF NY.
OCTOBER 1ST: THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY OF NY AND THE
REMAINDER OF VT, EXCEPT THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.
OCTOBER 11TH: THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VT/NY .
PLEASE FOLLOW WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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