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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
546 PM EDT THU APR 24 2008

...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 HAVE RESULTED IN BUD DEVELOPMENT ON FRUIT TREES
BEING A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN SOME AREAS.

DUE TO THE ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES THIS SPRING...THE MID
HUDSON VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY WILL HAVE
THEIR GROWING SEASON START ON APRIL 25TH. SPECIFICALLY THIS
INCLUDES NEW YORK ZONES 38...39...40...41...43...49...50...52...
53...59...60...64...65...66...83...84...AND CONNECTICUT ZONE 13.
IN THESE ZONES SOME FRUIT TREES HAVE ALREADY REACHED FIRST BLOOM
STAGE.

THE GROWING SEASON IN THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND
ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE. THEREFORE...THE AVERAGE DATE OF THE LAST SPRING FREEZE
WILL BE USED TO START THE GROWING SEASON FOR THESE GROUPS OF
ZONES. ZONES WHERE THE AVERAGE DATE OF THE LAST SPRING FREEZE
FALLS WITHIN DAYS 1 TO 10 OF THE MONTH...11 TO 20 OF THE MONTH AND
21 TO 30 OR 31 OF THE MONTH HAVE BEEN GROUPED TOGETHER. THE MID
POINT OF EACH GROUP IS USED AS THE STARTING DATE FOR THE GROWING
SEASON.

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

THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE SOUTHERN
GREEN MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THEIR GROWING SEASON START ON MAY 25TH.
SPECIFICALLY THIS INCLUDES NEW YORK ZONES 32...33...42...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 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 1971
TO 2000...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...

BULLS BRIDGE DAM...MAY 6.
FALLS VILLAGE...MAY 16.
NORFOLK...MAY 9.
WIGWAM RESERVOIR...MAY 15.

IN MASSACHUSETTS...

GREAT BARRINGTON...MAY 13.

IN NEW YORK...

ALBANY AIRPORT...MAY 2.
ALCOVE DAM...MAY 14.
CAIRO...MAY 3.
CONKLINGVILLE DAM...MAY 7.
GLENS FALLS AIRPORT...MAY 8.
GLENS FALLS FARM...MAY 13.
GLOVERSVILLE..MAY 8.
GRAFTON...MAY 9.
HUDSON...MAY 3.
INDIAN LAKE...JUNE 2.
LITTLE FALLS...MAY 10.
MILLBROOK...MAY 12.
MOHONK LAKE...APRIL 23.
OLD FORGE...JUNE 8.
POUGHKEEPSIE AIRPORT...MAY 2.
SALEM...MAY 15.
SARATOGA SPRINGS...MAY 8.
SLIDE MOUNTAIN...MAY 19.
STILLWATER RESERVOIR...MAY 21.
TROY...APRIL 23.
VALATIE...MAY 8.
WHITEHALL...MAY 1.

IN VERMONT...

BALL MOUNTAIN LAKE...MAY 27.
BELLOWS FALLS...MAY 5.
READSBORO...MAY 14.
VERNON...MAY 8.

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