10/23/2024
WT Staff
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October 23, 2024 1128 am EDT
National Weather Service New York, NY’s Frost/Freeze Program
The NWS Frost/Freeze program is designed to alert gardeners and growers that actions may needed to protect tender vegetation from potentially harmful cold temperatures. The “Growing Season” is defined as the period between the median
date of the last Spring Freeze and the median date of the first Fall Freeze. When a Frost or Freeze is expected during the “Growing Season”, the NWS will issue a Frost Advisory or Freeze Warning respectively. Actions in the spring can help protect young vegetation that is just in its early stages with actions in the fall possibly helping to prolong the season.
In 2024, NWS New York, NY will continue an experiment to issue fall season Frost/Freeze headlines as needed through about 10 days
beyond the median date of the first freeze. This corresponds to the 75th-90th percentile of the first freeze date.
Outside of the growing season, the NWS will not issue any Frost or Freeze headlines, and strongly urges you to follow local forecasts of
temperatures and take protective actions if needed. Some terminology and guidance that may help you protect your vegetation:
Frost can occur when the temperatures fall to the mid 30s, especially in rural areas. It is a localized phenomena and frost occurrence can vary
greatly across a small area.
Frost becomes more widespread when the temperature falls to 32°F or below with a freeze possible. A hard freeze is possible when temperatures are ≤ 28°F. Some protective measures may include;
- Bring plants inside or under some sort of cover.
- Covering your plants with a light weight fabric.
- Water the soil BEFORE as wet soils retain heat better.
- Heaters, smudge pots or wind machines – to mix the air so the
average temperature near the ground is raised.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS) and NYS DEC
New York
Sixty-seven HABs are active in NYS lakes midweek, down from 73 yesterday. First HABs of the season have been confirmed this week Westchester County in New Rochelle Reservoir #1 and Lake Mohansic and Stissing Lake in Dutchess County. Beaver Dam Lake has been hit with a late outbreak of HAB, 24 current bluegreen reports. Reports made prior to Oct 8 have moved into the archive file for the season, that set of records numbering 1960. Our impacted water body list is in the process to roll over to the archive report for the season, here.
The latest satellite image of Lake Champlain was captured Oct 22, a mostly clear view, again no HAB activity noted in Lake Champlain. Lake Carmi maintains widespread HAB around 600 thousand cells per ml. See the NCCOS color image of Lake Champlain here.
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