Last Frost Day

Frost history / Annapolis Police Brks, MD

Annapolis Police Brks, MD: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00180193, 1951 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 25 ft, 38.994, -76.507. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 8Oct 29
EarliestMar 20 (1978)Sep 29 (1951)
LatestApr 22 (1953)Dec 3 (1985)
Trend1.3 days earlier per decade3.3 days later per decade
Years with data3837

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 29 and the median first fall date is Nov 14.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30196019701980199020001953: Apr 221954: Apr 101955: Apr 81957: Apr 161958: Apr 101959: Apr 71960: Apr 191961: Apr 211962: Apr 171964: Apr 101965: Apr 171967: Mar 251968: Mar 251969: Apr 11977: Apr 91978: Mar 201979: Apr 71980: Apr 171981: Apr 71983: Mar 301984: Apr 11985: Apr 101986: Mar 251987: Apr 61988: Mar 231989: Apr 141991: Apr 41992: Apr 41993: Mar 211994: Mar 261995: Apr 61996: Apr 101997: Apr 121998: Apr 91999: Apr 162000: Apr 122001: Apr 192003: Apr 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11196019701980199020001951: Sep 291952: Oct 201954: Oct 81958: Oct 201959: Oct 291960: Oct 211961: Oct 281962: Oct 251964: Oct 121965: Oct 291967: Nov 61968: Oct 311969: Oct 231976: Oct 231977: Oct 181978: Nov 271979: Oct 101980: Nov 31981: Oct 201982: Nov 61983: Nov 61984: Nov 151985: Dec 31986: Oct 201987: Oct 91988: Oct 131989: Nov 41992: Oct 201993: Nov 21995: Nov 51996: Nov 31997: Oct 291998: Nov 51999: Nov 42000: Oct 292001: Oct 292004: Nov 5

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
2004no dataNov 5no dataNov 14
2003Apr 8no dataMar 8no data
2001Apr 19Oct 29Apr 19Oct 29
2000Apr 12Oct 29Apr 4Nov 17
1999Apr 16Nov 4Mar 14Nov 29
1998Apr 9Nov 5Mar 24Nov 6
1997Apr 12Oct 29Mar 17Nov 17
1996Apr 10Nov 3Apr 8Nov 12
1995Apr 6Nov 5Mar 11Nov 9
1994Mar 26no dataMar 17no data
1993Mar 21Nov 2Mar 21Nov 8
1992Apr 4Oct 20Apr 4Nov 16
1991Apr 4no dataApr 4no data
1989Apr 14Nov 4Apr 12Nov 4
1988Mar 23Oct 13Mar 23Oct 27
1987Apr 6Oct 9Apr 1Oct 12
1986Mar 25Oct 20Mar 23Nov 14
1985Apr 10Dec 3Apr 10Dec 3
1984Apr 1Nov 15Mar 13Nov 20
1983Mar 30Nov 6Mar 25Dec 2
1982no dataNov 6no dataNov 16
1981Apr 7Oct 20Mar 22Nov 23
1980Apr 17Nov 3Mar 19Nov 19
1979Apr 7Oct 10Mar 28Nov 30
1978Mar 20Nov 27Mar 18Nov 27
1977Apr 9Oct 18Mar 25Nov 13
1976no dataOct 23no dataOct 28
1969Apr 1Oct 23Apr 1Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 31Mar 15Nov 21
1967Mar 25Nov 6Mar 25Nov 6
1965Apr 17Oct 29Apr 5Nov 30
1964Apr 10Oct 12Apr 5Nov 22
1962Apr 17Oct 25Apr 4Nov 7
1961Apr 21Oct 28Apr 3Nov 19
1960Apr 19Oct 21Apr 11Nov 8
1959Apr 7Oct 29Mar 29Nov 9
1958Apr 10Oct 20Mar 24Nov 8
1957Apr 16no dataApr 14no data
1955Apr 8no dataMar 29no data
1954Apr 10Oct 8Apr 10Nov 1
1953Apr 22no dataApr 22no data
1952no dataOct 20no dataOct 21
1951no dataSep 29no dataNov 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.