Saturday, September 27, 2008

Average first freeze 32 and below

For these West KY areas

Average First freeze is used on the freeze (first low below 32) frost chart by NOAA.

Henderson- Oct 20th
Hickman- Oct 20th
Hopkinsville- Oct 24th
Murray- Oct 26th
Owensboro- Oct 21st
Paducah NWS- Oct 25th
Nashville TN NWS site- Oct 28th

The earliest ever freeze in West KY occurred depending on your location in the Sept 30th-Oct 2nd time period. Latest freeze ever in the winter was the first week of December. Even in extreme warm situations there is a freeze by the first week of December. On average it occurs in Mid to Late October.

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