Jack Dillard: When Will the First Freeze Be?

By Jack Dillard, The Times, Shreveport

Always popular, as far as “contests go,” is the guessing of when the first day in the fall that our area will have a “killing frost or first freeze.” Last Wednesday, in an advanced weather prediction, 32 degrees is being predicted for Wednesday the 14th. Now all we have to do is wait until Wednesday and see.