Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
596 NOUS41 KGYX 011215 PNSGYX MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-033-NHZ001>015-021215- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 815 AM EDT Tue Oct 1 2024 ....The Frost-Freeze Program for Northern New Hampshire and the Western Maine Mountains has ended for the season... The 2024 Frost-Freeze program for Northern NH and the Western Maine Mountains has ended. This means that Frost or Freeze headlines will no longer be issued for this region for the remainder of the 2024 season. If you still have sensitive plants outdoors, it is recommended 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 75-90th percentile of the first Fall freeze. These are the dates in which NWS frost advisories or freeze warnings would no longer be issued for the 2024 growing season in NH and Western ME. October 1: COOS County NH and the Western Maine Mountains. October 11: Maine Foothills, Interior York, White Mountains of NH, Connecticut River Valley in NH, Monadnock Region of NH, Lakes Region of NH, and the Merrimack River Valley in NH. October 21: Seacoast of NH, Coastal York, Cumberland, Androscoggin & Kennebec counties in Maine, plus the Midcoast of Maine. Please visit www.weather.gov/gyx for the latest forecasts. $$