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Indiana Climatologist: too soon to say if there will be an early frost

Many farmers are concerned an early frost could hurt crop development, but Indiana State Climatologist Beth Hall says they really won’t know for about a month.

“We can say that looking over the past 30 years, that date of the average 28 degree or hard frost is usually near the middle to end of October into early November across the state,” she says. “This year I know everyone is hoping it’s going to be well into November and it’s just too early to make that prediction.”

She tells Brownfield it will be warmer and wetter than normal in the next two weeks.

“We can maybe use the precipitation but I know it’s the temperatures that we’re all hoping for,” she says. “We want lots of warm days coming up.”

Hall spoke to Brownfield at the Purdue Extension’s 2019 Crops Field Day at the Beck’s Agricultural Center in West Lafayette.

Audio: Beth Hall, Indiana State Climatologist

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