Record breaking cold starts the weekend

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Wherever you slept in Western Massachusetts Friday night, it was bitterly cold.

In Chicopee Saturday morning temperatures dropped to 22 degrees, setting a new record low for the date and bringing us the coldest temperatures we've had since April 6th.

Where there was cold, there was frost.

Huey Field of West Springfield told 22News, "It was a little on the windows. I looked out my windows this morning and thought "wow look at that." A bit on the grass and I thought I'll actually have to warm up my car this morning."

Temperatures this low does more than make you turn on your heat. For farmers like Bill McKinstry, he spent all day Friday picking the rest of his green beans and tomatoes, making sure they weren’t nipped by the cold.

"It will kill all your tender crops like your beans, your summer squash, pickles, tomatoes, peppers, it kills all those types of vegetables," Said McKinstry.

While the frost we woke up to on Saturday morning caused a bit of an issue for some people, it did bring some relief for the rest of us for a problem we've been dealing with for months.

Michael Ormont from Keene, New Hampshire told 22News, "The first thing that crossed my mind when I woke up this morning was the fact that while the frost does have a negative impact on the growing and the crops. It's really nice to see an end to the mosquitoes."

A mosquito problem that has kept people inside, rather then put themselves at risk for bites or worse.

"My wife planted a huge garden all around the deck so realistically they look nice, but after 6 o'clock at night it's not usable,” Mike Stone of West Springfield said.

For Mike and everyone else, a deep freeze like this will put an end to most mosquitoes so you can enjoy time outside again.