Sunday, October 10, 2010

Growing Season is Over for Many Upstate New Yorkers....

How cold did it get last night across Upstate New York?

Well for starters many locations across Eastern NY State reported frost on the ground. AT my house the low temperature was 32.7. Oh so close to a freeze !

Here are some other selected low temperatures across Central and Eastern NY state for the morning of October 10th:

Albany:             34
Binghamton:      34
Glens Falls:       29
Lake Placid:      25
Plattsburgh:       32
Poughkeepsie:   32
Rome (Griffiss): 30

Syracuse:          36

Here is a list from the Albany National Weather Service Office of some low temperatures from some cooperative observing sites (I have highlighted all the temperatures that were at or below 32 degrees):

DAILY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY, NY
920 AM EDT SUN OCT 10 2010

                              TEMPS        SNOW
 LOCATION           PCPN   MAX MIN OBS   NEW  TTL

  EASTERN NEW YORK...ALBANY COUNTY
ALBANY AIRPORT      0.00    64  34  37
ALCOVE DAM          0.00    60  36  39
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...COLUMBIA COUNTY
COPAKE              0.00    62  31  32
LIVINGSTON                  65  31  37
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...DUTCHESS COUNTY
BEACON HILLS        0.00    71  36  43
MILLBROOK           0.00    65  30  33
POUGHKEEPSIE AP     0.00    70  32  36
RHINEBECK           0.00    70  29  29 
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...HAMILTON COUNTY
LAKE PLEASANT               54  36  39  
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...HERKIMER COUNTY
OLD FORGE           0.00    53  28  28
STILLWATER RESVR    0.00    53  29  30 
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...ONEIDA COUNTY
BOONVILLE           0.00    57  32  32   0.0    0
ROME                0.00    61  30  32
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...RENSSELAER COUNTY
BRUNSWICK           0.00    62  36  38
BUSKIRK             0.00    60  30  30   0.0    0
EAST GREENBUSH      0.00    61  36  37
STEPHENTOWN         0.02    62  28  29
TROY                0.00    66  37  38
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...SARATOGA COUNTY
CONKLINGVILLE       0.00    62  35  35
HADLEY              0.00        33  34
MALTA               0.00    62  32  33
ROUND LAKE          0.00    61  35  35   0.0    0
SARATOGA SPRINGS    0.00    68  32  33
SARATOGA NHP        0.00    67  34  34
  
EASTERN NEW YORK...SCHENECTADY COUNTY
DUANESBURG          0.00    61  31  38


EASTERN NEW YORK...SCHOHARIE COUNTY
CHARLOTTEVILLE      0.00    58  24  24
COBLESKILL          0.00    59  35  36
SCHOHARIE           0.00    64  35  35
SHARON SPRINGS              56  35  41
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...ULSTER COUNTY
PHOENICIA           0.00    69  33  34 
SLIDE MOUNTAIN      0.00    58  32  35
WEST SHOKAN                 69  36  37   0.0    0 
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...WARREN COUNTY
GLENS FALLS         0.00    61  29  33
NORTH CREEK         0.00    57  29  32
 
EASTERN NEW YORK...WASHINGTON COUNTY
EASTON              0.00    61  40  42
NORTH HEBRON        0.00    56  35  39
WHITEHALL           0.00    56  34  40

  VERMONT...BENNINGTON COUNTY
BENNINGTON AIRPORT  0.00    60  29  32
PERU                0.00    64  31  31
POWNAL              0.00    57  32  33   0.0
SEARSBURG           0.00    53  32  33
SUNDERLAND          0.00    59  28  29

  VERMONT...WINDHAM COUNTY
BRATTLEBORO                 62  31  31
GRAFTON             0.00    54  30  34
MARLBORO            0.00    58  30  32
MOUNT SNOW          0.00    53  37  43 
MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY
NORTH ADAMS         0.00    62  30  34
PITTSFIELD          0.00    61  36  41
SAVOY                       56  32  42
WEST OTIS

  CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD COUNTY
BAKERSVILLE         0.00    63  35  38
BLACK ROCK LAKE     0.00    63  31  36
FALLS VILLAGE       0.00    63  31  33
NORFOLK                     59  33  40
Because of the number of hours below freezing in may locations across Eastern NY State the 
Growing Season has come to an end in may locations:
 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1200 PM EDT SUN OCT 10 2010

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE GROWING SEASON HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND TACONICS
IN NEW YORK...SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES.

TEMPERATURES FELL INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S AT MANY LOCATIONS
ACROSS THESE AREAS LAST NIGHT INTO EARLY THIS MORNING...RESULTING
IN A WIDESPREAD KILLING FROST...WHICH ENDED THE GROWING SEASON.

FREEZE WARNINGS AND OR FROST ADVISORIES WILL NOT BE ISSUED AGAIN
UNTIL THE START OF THE GROWING SEASON NEXT YEAR IN THE SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND TACONICS
IN NEW YORK...SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES.
 

1 comment:

  1. Though I do not know what the temp was last night, I can assure you, that we had frost on the ground along the VT/NY border.

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