PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
159 PM EDT MON APR 9 2012

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE GROWING SEASON IS ABOUT TO BEGIN ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND
ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY WILL BE ISSUING FREEZE
WARNINGS DURING THE GROWING SEASON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS
FORECAST TO BE 32 DEGREES OR LOWER...AND FROST ADVISORIES WILL BE
ISSUED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS FORECAST TO BE 33 TO 36 DEGREES.
THE GROWING SEASON FOR A GIVEN AREA NORMALLY STARTS ON THE AVERAGE
DATE OF THE LAST SPRING FREEZE FOR GROUPS OF ZONES...EXCEPT DURING
ANOMALOUS CLIMATE PATTERNS SUCH AS THIS SPRING...WHERE ABNORMALLY
WARM TEMPERATURES IN MARCH HAVE RESULTED IN BUD DEVELOPMENT ON
FRUIT TREES BEING UP TO THREE WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

DUE TO THE ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES THIS SPRING...THE MID
HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY
WILL HAVE THEIR GROWING SEASON START ON APRIL 15TH. SPECIFICALLY
THIS INCLUDES NEW YORK ZONES 38...39...40...41...43...49...50...52...
53...59...60...64...65...66...83...84...AND CONNECTICUT ZONES 1
AND 13. IN THESE ZONES SOME FRUIT TREES HAVE ALREADY REACHED FIRST
BLOOM STAGE.

THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...MOST OF
SOUTHERN VERMONT...AND THE BERKSHIRES WILL HAVE THEIR GROWING
SEASON START ON APRIL 25TH. SPECIFICALLY THIS INCLUDES NEW YORK
ZONES 47...48...51...54...58...61 AND 63...AS WELL AS VERMONT
ZONES 13 AND 15...AND MASSACHUSETTS ZONES 1 AND 25.

THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE SOUTHERN
GREEN MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THEIR GROWING SEASON START ON MAY 5TH.
SPECIFICALLY THIS INCLUDES NEW YORK ZONES 32...33...42 AND 82...AND
VERMONT ZONE 14.

THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM YOU OF WHEN TO LOOK FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
FREEZE WARNINGS AND OR FROST ADVISORIES IN YOUR AREA SHOULD
CONDITIONS WARRANT THEIR ISSUANCE DURING THE GROWING SEASON.

IN ADDITION...IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHEN THE AVERAGE DATE OF
THE LAST FREEZING TEMPERATURE IN THE SPRING OCCURS IN YOUR AREA IN
EASTERN NEW YORK OR ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE FOLLOWING IS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY...AND MAY NOT INDICATE THE
SPECIFIC DATE FOR YOUR LOCATION. HOWEVER...THE INFORMATION COULD
BE VERY USEFUL IF YOU HAVE MADE LONG TERM TEMPERATURE COMPARISONS
BETWEEN ANY OF THE LOCATIONS LISTED AND YOUR SPECIFIC LOCATION.

BASED ON THE MOST RECENT 30 YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL PERIOD FROM 1981
TO 2010...THE FOLLOWING LIST GIVES THE AVERAGE DATE OF THE LAST
OCCURRENCE OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER IN THE SPRING FOR SELECTED
LOCATIONS IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

IN CONNECTICUT...

BAKERSVILLE...MAY 12.
BARKHAMSTED...MAY 6.

IN MASSACHUSETTS...

WEST OTIS...MAY 13.

IN NEW YORK...

ALBANY AIRPORT...MAY 3.
ALCOVE DAM...MAY 10.
CAIRO...MAY 5.
COBLESKILL...MAY 5.
COPAKE...MAY 8.
EAST JEWETT...MAY 26.
GLENS FALLS AIRPORT...MAY 11.
LANSING MANOR...MAY 17.
LITTLE FALLS...MAY 9.
PISECO...MAY 18.
SLIDE MOUNTAIN...MAY 16.
STILLWATER RESERVOIR...MAY 18.
WHITEHALL...MAY 2.

IN VERMONT...

BALL MOUNTAIN LAKE...MAY 21.
POWNAL...MAY 5.
SUNDERLAND...MAY 17.

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