Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
871 NOUS41 KLWX 031326 PNSLWX DCZ001-MDZ001-003>006-008-011-013-014-016>018-501>508-VAZ025>031- 036>040-050-051-053>057-501>508-526-527-WVZ050>053-055-501>506- 041500- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 926 AM EDT Thu Oct 3 2024 ...NEW FALL AND SPRING FREEZE CLIMATOLOGY DATES NOW IN EFFECT... Beginning on October 1, 2024, new median dates have been established for the first fall freeze, and last spring freeze in the NWS Baltimore/Washington County Warning Area. These new dates are based on 1991-2020 climatology data. There were a few changes to the median dates for areas west of the Blue Ridge. As a reminder, the NWS Baltimore/Washington office will stop issuing Freeze/Frost products after the first freeze of the year, then resume in the spring once the growing season has resumed. FALL: Below is a list of the median date of the first fall freeze: October 11: Mountains - In Maryland: Garrett, Allegany - In West Virginia: Mineral, Grant, Pendleton - In Virginia: Highland, Central & Northern Blue Ridge Mountains October 21: Shenandoah Valley & Highlands - In Maryland: Washington - In West Virginia: Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Hardy - In Virginia: Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Page November 1: East of Blue Ridge - In Maryland: Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore, Harford, Cecil, Montgomery, Howard, Prince George`s, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary`s - In Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, Culpeper, Orange, Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, Albemarle, Nelson - Washington DC SPRING: Below is a list of the median date of the last spring freeze: April 11: East of Mountains - In Maryland: Washington, Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore, Harford, Cecil, Montgomery, Howard, Prince George`s, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, St. Mary`s - In West Virginia: Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan - In Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, Culpeper, Orange, Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, Albemarle, Nelson, Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Page - Washington DC May 1: Mountains & Highlands - In Maryland: Allegany - In West Virginia: Mineral, Grant, Pendleton, Hampshire, Hardy - In Virginia: Highland, Central & Northern Blue Ridge Mountains May 11: - In Maryland: Garrett $$ KR