Frost is fine- below 25F, not so much.
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Could happen Sunday night. Forecasted low is now 29°F, but that will likely change, and in our frost pocket we are often 5° below where the National Weather station is.
sunday-tuesday keeps getting colder 
i was hoping i might be able to plant stuff out but i guess theyre coming in for that stretch. right now the low is only 36 but it could easily dip into frost which would be a big bummer
Sunday and Monday night we’re currently forecast for 24F and 22F. Good news is I don’t have anything close to blooming yet.
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Tue morning will be very cold in the northern tier and in other parts of the region that decouple (radiation inversion).
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I’m down in Rockland and I thought I was falling behind but looks like I’m kinda glad, can’t believe it’s still gonna freeze.
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i am hopefully going to avoid a true freeze, i really hope my broccoli doesnt bolt. i wonder if i should try a makeshift frost blanket on it
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I’m not too worried about Tues am lows. If it doesn’t get below 25F I don’t think anything will be damaged. Things start happening when you get 24 when peaches are in or just past full bloom which they are now. At least that has been my experience living through many similar lows in April and May. Once we got 23F just before memorial weekend. Total crop failure in the Hudson valley although some of my more favored sites had good crops. A lost of the commercial orchards must have hit as least as low as 22 that year.
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MOS mins for both nights (Mon and Tue AM). These are statistical forecasts for the airport sites using model data. I added the airport IDs too.
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Most of my yard is in full bloom right now. I think most of the apricots are near petal fall, but pears, plums, and even apples are flowering.
My weather app forecasts a low of 32F for me. From your map, I’m between (and maybe a couple miles inland) of a 32 and 33. And significantly closer to the coast vs a 26F.
While I think the fruit is OK, I’m glad I haven’t planted out much of the seeds I started. They are still sitting under LED lights, with only a few peas and beans planted out. Peas are probably fine- beans might be toast, though they are planted at a rental which is closer to the ocean and forecast at 33F.
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That’s a bit strange, here they tend to flower with peaches or a couple days sooner. The very warm stretch brought bloom times closer together this year.
only thing waking up is the rhubarb coming up though the last 6in. of snow.
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The crabapple and pears are at a green tip here. They should be able to handle the upcoming cold fine.
Getting some snow mixing in with the rain now. A classic Labrador in New England spring day.
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supposed to get 2in. of snow on the back of this front tonight. yay! rivers are super high. weve got 3in. of rain in a week and it was just as the river ice broke up. going to be super high tom. if the st. john river goes up 4 more feet it will be covering parts of rt. 1 near me.
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The Asian pears were ten days later last year compared to this year. Other than my later blooming apples most of my fruit trees flowered from April 10-20. Everything seemed compressed and early and I suspect the suddenly very warm spring was responsible. It was also pretty dry in that period so maybe that played a role too?
Keeps changing, tonight is now 25F but tomorrow night is forecast @16F. Just a few apples with tight cluster, should be OK. @Lodidian you had more snow than us this a.m.
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Dry means sunny, the soil wasn’t. Right?
I don’t think the soil was dry. heavy clay plus thick wood chip mulch means my soil rarely gets bone dry. I only really water new trees.