Cold overnight temperatures could cause headaches for New York apple growers [Video]

Temperatures in Upstate New York are expected to dip as low as 12 degrees overnight in some places.

Meteorologist Tom Niziol — who spent his childhood in Buffalo and eventually worked for more than 30 years with NOAA’s National Weather Service office in Western New York — shared his thoughts on social media Thursday.

“Upstate New York is certainly cold this morning. Apple growers in WNY/CNY have to be concerned. The national low temperature winner should be Saranac Lake at a frigid 12 degrees.  #nywx,” Niziol said.

“May 18 was a very scary morning across all of New York State. I mean, here on this farm we were at 30 degrees. Some other farms were in the 20s for most of the night,” Bittner said.

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