Frost/Freeze — Southwestern St. Lawrence, New York

2023-05-18 · Southwestern St. Lawrence, New York

Event narrative

A hard freeze with temperatures in the 20s occurred across much of the area for several hours in the morning.

Wider weather episode

Record and near record low temperatures in the 20s during the early morning of May 18th produced a hard freeze across the valley locations of northern NY. This led to a damaging, potentially devastating freeze for several crops as they were in advanced budding stages. Fruit trees like apple peach and blueberries, grape vines and strawberry plants suffered great losses. The main losses were in the lower elevations where an abnormally warm April and early May led to an early growing season.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1110843. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.