A freeze warning is in effect Monday evening through Tuesday morning in Hopkinsville and surrounding areas.
Residents are urged to remove garden hoses from outdoor faucets and to cover plants, such as fall mums, to prevent damage.
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This will be the first hard freeze of the season. Monday’s overnight low temperature will be around 26 degrees, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
“This hard freeze is expected to bring the growing season to an end,” the NWS stated.
Cold nighttime temperatures will persist through Thursday with lows at or below freezing. Halloween trick-or-treaters will need extra layers below their costumes to stay warm Tuesday evening.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
