Tracking A Nor’easter: The Largest Cities Under Freeze Watches This Weekend

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A powerful, early-season Nor’easter is sweeping through the Northeast this weekend, bringing heavy winds, coastal flooding threats, and the threat of freezing in some of the region’s largest cities. The National Weather Service has issued freeze warnings stretching from Northern Virginia to Maine, prompting millions of Americans to brace for the first frost of the season.

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To determine the largest cities under freeze warnings this weekend, Climate Crisis 247 reviewed data on population from the U.S. Census Bureau and current warnings and hazards from the National Weather Service. Cities under current freeze warnings were ranked based on population. Supplemental data on minimum forecast temperature are from the NOAA’s National Digital Forecast Database.

20. Nashua, NH

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  • Total population: 90,943
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

19. Norwalk, CT

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  • Total population: 91,050
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Statement, Coastal Flood Watch, Freeze Warning, Storm Watch
 

18. Fall River, MA

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  • Total population: 93,638
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Watch, Frost Advisory, Freeze Warning, Gale Watch
 

17. Albany, NY

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  • Total population: 99,692
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

16. New Bedford, MA

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  • Total population: 100,620
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Watch, Freeze Warning, Storm Watch
 

15. Quincy, MA

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  • Total population: 100,981
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Watch, Frost Advisory, Freeze Warning, Gale Watch
 

14. Brockton, MA

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  • Total population: 104,713
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

13. Waterbury, CT

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  • Total population: 114,480
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

12. Lowell, MA

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  • Total population: 114,737
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

11. Manchester, NH

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  • Total population: 115,037
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

10. Cambridge, MA

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  • Total population: 117,962
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Watch, Frost Advisory, Freeze Warning
 

9. Hartford, CT

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  • Total population: 121,057
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

8. Allentown, PA

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  • Total population: 125,292
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

7. Stamford, CT

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  • Total population: 135,413
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Statement, Coastal Flood Watch, Freeze Warning, Storm Watch
 

6. New Haven, CT

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  • Total population: 135,736
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Watch, Frost Advisory, Freeze Warning, Storm Watch
 

5. Syracuse, NY

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  • Total population: 146,134
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

4. Bridgeport, CT

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  • Total population: 148,470
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Statement, Coastal Flood Watch, Freeze Warning, Storm Watch
 

3. Springfield, MA

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  • Total population: 155,305
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

2. Worcester, MA

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  • Total population: 204,191
  • All NWS warnings: Freeze Warning
 

1. Boston, MA

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  • Total population: 665,945
  • All NWS warnings: Coastal Flood Watch, Frost Advisory, Freeze Warning, Gale Watch, Storm Watch