Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mt Carmel, CT

Mt Carmel, CT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00065077, 1951 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 180 ft, 41.408, -72.903. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 25Oct 12
EarliestApr 9 (2017)Sep 18 (1959)
LatestMay 31 (1961)Nov 9 (2017)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade2.7 days later per decade
Years with data6165

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 11 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 241952: Apr 121953: Apr 291954: Apr 131955: Apr 161956: May 91957: May 31958: May 101959: Apr 241960: May 31961: May 311962: Apr 251964: May 41965: Apr 251966: May 111967: May 71968: May 81969: May 61970: May 71971: Apr 251972: Apr 281973: Apr 151974: May 81975: Apr 231976: May 131977: Apr 301978: May 11979: Apr 201980: Apr 191981: May 91982: Apr 231983: Apr 141984: Apr 221985: May 91986: May 41987: May 141988: Apr 231989: Apr 231990: Apr 191991: Apr 191995: Apr 171999: Apr 202000: May 162001: May 82002: May 12003: Apr 252004: Apr 102005: Apr 172006: Apr 112007: May 82009: Apr 172010: Apr 282011: Apr 102012: Apr 302015: Apr 252016: Apr 152017: Apr 92018: Apr 182019: Apr 112020: May 102021: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 131952: Oct 121953: Oct 91954: Oct 81955: Oct 231956: Sep 211957: Sep 271958: Oct 61959: Sep 181960: Oct 81961: Oct 51962: Oct 251963: Sep 241964: Oct 61965: Sep 281966: Oct 71967: Oct 201968: Oct 61969: Oct 191970: Oct 181971: Nov 51972: Oct 101973: Oct 191974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 111977: Oct 181978: Oct 91979: Sep 201980: Oct 101981: Oct 141982: Oct 111983: Oct 211984: Oct 71985: Oct 221986: Oct 111987: Oct 51988: Oct 91989: Sep 281990: Oct 201991: Oct 211992: Oct 181993: Oct 61995: Oct 171996: Oct 41997: Oct 21999: Oct 62000: Sep 292002: Oct 152003: Oct 32005: Oct 272006: Oct 142007: Oct 302008: Oct 202009: Oct 202010: Oct 232011: Oct 282013: Oct 242015: Oct 182016: Oct 252017: Nov 92018: Oct 192019: Oct 192020: Oct 312021: Nov 3

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2021Apr 22Nov 3Apr 4Nov 6
2020May 10Oct 31May 10Oct 31
2019Apr 11Oct 19Apr 2Nov 4
2018Apr 18Oct 19Apr 11Oct 19
2017Apr 9Nov 9Mar 24Nov 10
2016Apr 15Oct 25Apr 9Nov 8
2015Apr 25Oct 18Apr 5Oct 19
2013no dataOct 24no dataOct 25
2012Apr 30no dataApr 3no data
2011Apr 10Oct 28Mar 30Oct 31
2010Apr 28Oct 23Mar 28Nov 20
2009Apr 17Oct 20Apr 13Nov 7
2008no dataOct 20no dataOct 24
2007May 8Oct 30Apr 11Nov 8
2006Apr 11Oct 14Apr 6Oct 27
2005Apr 17Oct 27Mar 25Nov 12
2004Apr 10no dataApr 6no data
2003Apr 25Oct 3Apr 10Oct 25
2002May 1Oct 15Apr 27Oct 24
2001May 8no dataMay 7no data
2000May 16Sep 29Apr 14Oct 8
1999Apr 20Oct 6Apr 11Oct 8
1997no dataOct 2no dataOct 23
1996no dataOct 4no dataOct 4
1995Apr 17Oct 17Apr 17Nov 5
1993no dataOct 6no dataOct 11
1992no dataOct 18no dataOct 28
1991Apr 19Oct 21Mar 31Oct 21
1990Apr 19Oct 20Apr 19Oct 28
1989Apr 23Sep 28Apr 23Oct 10
1988Apr 23Oct 9Apr 13Oct 14
1987May 14Oct 5Apr 2Nov 7
1986May 4Oct 11Apr 14Nov 3
1985May 9Oct 22Apr 10Nov 16
1984Apr 22Oct 7Apr 22Oct 7
1983Apr 14Oct 21Mar 30Oct 30
1982Apr 23Oct 11Apr 23Oct 18
1981May 9Oct 14Apr 22Nov 13
1980Apr 19Oct 10Apr 18Oct 10
1979Apr 20Sep 20Apr 11Oct 28
1978May 1Oct 9Apr 3Oct 16
1977Apr 30Oct 18Apr 10Nov 14
1976May 13Oct 11Apr 12Oct 19
1975Apr 23Oct 3Apr 23Nov 1
1974May 8Sep 24May 8Oct 19
1973Apr 15Oct 19Apr 15Nov 6
1972Apr 28Oct 10Apr 28Oct 20
1971Apr 25Nov 5Apr 17Nov 7
1970May 7Oct 18Apr 11Oct 18
1969May 6Oct 19Apr 13Oct 23
1968May 8Oct 6Apr 12Nov 1
1967May 7Oct 20Apr 13Oct 30
1966May 11Oct 7May 11Oct 21
1965Apr 25Sep 28Apr 5Oct 6
1964May 4Oct 6Apr 10Oct 12
1963no dataSep 24no dataNov 4
1962Apr 25Oct 25Apr 15Oct 25
1961May 31Oct 5Apr 7Oct 16
1960May 3Oct 8Apr 11Oct 21
1959Apr 24Sep 18Apr 14Oct 20
1958May 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1957May 3Sep 27Apr 16Nov 7
1956May 9Sep 21Apr 20Oct 11
1955Apr 16Oct 23Apr 9Oct 23
1954Apr 13Oct 8Apr 10Oct 8
1953Apr 29Oct 9Mar 18Nov 14
1952Apr 12Oct 12Apr 12Oct 20
1951Apr 24Oct 13Mar 27Nov 3

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.