Western Mass. farms report bountiful pumpkin season

It's pumpkin season and our resident pumpkin expert, 22 News Storm Team meteorologist Adam Strokco, working with you, working for you and with you with how the weather we've had this year has impacted the pumpkin crop. >> Well, Brian, the good news is that the weather has been very good for pumpkins this year. At Calib Farms in Southwick, they have plenty of pumpkins for sale and still in the pumpkin patches to be picked. And the weather conditions we've had this year have had an impact on this season's pumpkin crop. >> The way the weather was drier throughout the summer and with the good amount of heat that we had, it set like for a really good fall harvest on the pumpkins this year where there's no issues with disease like we've had in the past with all the excessive rain and everything like we've been getting in the past few summers. The pumpkins this year are looking nice and orange and pretty big. And while we have had some warm weather this fall, the colder temperatures that are moving in could pose some problems. >> If we get down, you know, into the 20s, you might see a little bit of damage on some of the pumpkins and stuff like that that are exposed to where the frost will sit on them overnight. >> Joe Calibri says that this year's pumpkin crop is expected to have a longer shelf life and should have no problem making it to Halloween. And this year, on average, you can expect to pay around $8 for a pumpkin. working for you. I'm 22 Storm Team meteorologist Adam Stmreco.