{"id":159793,"date":"2026-04-07T20:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159793\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:29:28","slug":"freeze-warning-issued-for-berks-county-as-temperatures-expected-to-drop-into-the-20s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159793\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeze warning issued for Berks County as temperatures expected to drop into the 20s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Freeze Warning is in effect for Berks County and surrounding areas from midnight Tuesday through 9 a.m. Wednesday, with a second round of freezing temperatures possible later this week, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters say overnight lows are expected to fall between 25 and 30 degrees, creating conditions cold enough to damage or kill sensitive vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a Freeze Watch has been issued from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning, when temperatures are expected to dip between 27 and 31 degrees. Frost development is also possible during that time.<\/p>\n<p>The alerts cover Berks County as well as Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, and Philadelphia counties.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service warns that the cold conditions could harm crops, gardens, and other sensitive plants. Unprotected outdoor plumbing may also be at risk of damage.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are encouraged to take precautions, including covering or bringing in plants and protecting outdoor pipes ahead of the freezing temperatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Freeze Warning is in effect for Berks County and surrounding areas from midnight Tuesday through 9 a.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-159793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}