Every Fall, when the leaves change and the weather turns cooler, families across the Valley head to local farms to pick out the best-looking pumpkins; however, this summer's weather might have an impact on the pumpkin you pick out.

"When we were first getting ready to plant pumpkins, it was a little on the wet side, and we had to rush to get them planted over a few dry days, and then when we got them in, it quit raining," says Sam Detwiler, Owner of Detwiler Farms

"Obviously, the dry conditions play a key role in the development of the pumpkin crop. You were saying this is the worst in maybe 11 or 12 years. How much rain did you get in the tail end of the summer in the heart of the pumpkin-growing season?" DiPaolo asks Detwiler.

"So for all of August and into some of September, it was j

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