Frost/Freeze — Northern Cayuga, New York

2020-05-12 · Northern Cayuga, New York

Wider weather episode

A very cold pattern persisted from April into the growing season across most of the northeastern United States. This allowed for widespread accumulating snows periodically along with unseasonable cold temperatures to persist through the first half of May. Widespread freezing temperatures were present overnight in much of the area on several nights as the first few weeks of the growing season started. Selected morning low temperatures on May 12 included 29 in Alfred, 29 in Dunkirk, 31 in Buffalo, 32 in Theresa, 30 in Highmarket, 27 in Avon, 30 in Rochester, 24 in Niagara Falls, 30 in Victor, 30 in Webster, 32 in Little Valley, and 26 in Warsaw.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 894725. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.