As prepared as we’re to maneuver on from the winter chill, it’s not fairly prepared to maneuver on from us.
Chilly air has us in its grip, with the coldest temperatures all week approaching Wednesday morning. That has prompted a freeze warning for the metro New York Metropolis space as low temperatures are anticipated to dip into the higher 20s in some locations. Verify the most recent climate alerts to your neighborhood right here.
The freeze warning is issued as a result of the rising season is simply getting underway in and round New York Metropolis and newly sprouted tender crops could also be broken or die from the chilly. Whereas temperatures will likely be beneath freezing elsewhere within the tri-state, the rising season hasn’t fairly began there, so the hazard to seedlings and new sprouts is just not as vital and, thus, no warning.
No matter the place you reside, although, when you’ve got a head begin in your backyard this yr, take your “tender” crops inside or cowl them in the event that they’re outdoors.
Common morning low temperatures this time are within the low to mid-40s. In spring and fall particularly, precise air temperatures can fall considerably above or beneath this mark on any given day, however freezing temperatures develop more and more much less probably the additional we get into spring. That is very true as we make our approach via April, as common lows inch towards the 50-degree mark by the tip of the month.
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