We actually welcome the freeze. It's actually good to have freezes this time of year.
The area’s first freeze of the fall season could happen over the weekend, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Pritchett.
The coldest temperatures are expected Saturday night into Sunday morning. The projected low temperatures are just above the freezing mark – around 33 or 34 degrees – but could easily dip below the freezing mark at 32 degrees.
“I don’t think we’re going to get quite to freezing, at least not in our forecast yet at the Chattanooga airport specifically, which is where the climate record is,” Pritchett said. “But I’m sure there are going to be several sheltered valleys that will.”
If the first frost of the season happens this weekend, it will be more than a week later than it’s usually expected. The average first freeze of the year in Chattanooga is Nov. 4, Pritchett said.