Frost history / Hyannis, MA
Hyannis, MA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00193821, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 60 ft, 41.665, -70.304. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 23 | Oct 23 |
| Earliest | Mar 26 (2017) | Sep 17 (1960) |
| Latest | Jun 4 (1957) | Nov 19 (2022) |
| Trend | 5.3 days earlier per decade | 5.3 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 55 | 64 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 8 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.
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.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apr 19 | Nov 7 | Apr 12 | Nov 19 |
| 2024 | no data | Oct 29 | no data | Dec 1 |
| 2023 | Apr 5 | no data | Feb 26 | no data |
| 2022 | Apr 1 | Nov 19 | Apr 1 | Nov 20 |
| 2021 | Apr 4 | Nov 6 | Mar 20 | Nov 24 |
| 2020 | Apr 23 | Nov 15 | Mar 23 | Nov 19 |
| 2019 | Apr 11 | Nov 9 | Apr 3 | Nov 9 |
| 2018 | Apr 12 | Oct 22 | Apr 12 | Nov 15 |
| 2017 | Mar 26 | Nov 11 | Mar 24 | Nov 11 |
| 2016 | Apr 10 | Oct 27 | Apr 7 | Nov 29 |
| 2015 | Apr 3 | Nov 18 | Apr 3 | Nov 18 |
| 2014 | Apr 11 | Nov 15 | Apr 10 | Nov 16 |
| 2013 | Apr 8 | Nov 5 | Apr 8 | Nov 13 |
| 2012 | Apr 1 | Nov 6 | Apr 1 | Nov 27 |
| 2011 | Apr 16 | Oct 31 | Apr 8 | Nov 6 |
| 2010 | Mar 28 | Nov 1 | Mar 28 | Nov 3 |
| 2009 | Apr 13 | Oct 19 | Mar 26 | Dec 8 |
| 2008 | Apr 11 | Oct 24 | Mar 31 | Nov 20 |
| 2005 | Apr 18 | Oct 30 | Mar 27 | Nov 18 |
| 2003 | no data | Oct 24 | no data | Nov 9 |
| 2002 | Apr 6 | Oct 24 | Mar 22 | Nov 1 |
| 2001 | May 6 | Oct 18 | Mar 29 | Nov 11 |
| 1999 | no data | Nov 8 | no data | Nov 12 |
| 1997 | no data | Oct 23 | no data | Nov 17 |
| 1996 | May 14 | Nov 11 | Apr 9 | Nov 13 |
| 1995 | no data | Nov 6 | no data | Nov 10 |
| 1993 | Apr 6 | Oct 14 | Apr 6 | Nov 8 |
| 1992 | May 1 | Oct 28 | Apr 9 | Nov 8 |
| 1991 | Apr 14 | Oct 21 | Mar 17 | Nov 15 |
| 1990 | Apr 23 | Oct 28 | Apr 19 | Nov 9 |
| 1989 | Apr 25 | Nov 4 | Mar 24 | Nov 5 |
| 1988 | May 9 | Oct 21 | Mar 31 | Oct 21 |
| 1987 | Apr 27 | Oct 15 | Apr 15 | Nov 7 |
| 1986 | Apr 13 | Oct 25 | Mar 25 | Nov 14 |
| 1985 | May 15 | Oct 30 | Apr 11 | Nov 1 |
| 1984 | Apr 22 | Oct 7 | Apr 2 | Nov 20 |
| 1983 | Apr 23 | Oct 23 | Mar 31 | Nov 14 |
| 1982 | Apr 23 | Oct 19 | Apr 23 | Nov 11 |
| 1981 | Apr 23 | Oct 12 | Mar 26 | Oct 18 |
| 1979 | Apr 22 | Oct 17 | Mar 28 | Nov 1 |
| 1978 | May 1 | Oct 25 | Apr 17 | Nov 26 |
| 1977 | May 4 | Oct 24 | Apr 11 | Oct 24 |
| 1976 | Apr 13 | Oct 12 | Apr 12 | Oct 29 |
| 1974 | May 2 | Oct 19 | May 2 | Oct 22 |
| 1972 | no data | Oct 11 | no data | Oct 21 |
| 1971 | May 7 | Oct 9 | Apr 23 | Nov 7 |
| 1970 | no data | Oct 6 | no data | Oct 20 |
| 1969 | no data | Sep 22 | no data | Oct 24 |
| 1968 | no data | Nov 2 | no data | Nov 21 |
| 1967 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Oct 23 |
| 1966 | May 3 | Sep 27 | May 3 | Oct 13 |
| 1965 | May 15 | Sep 28 | Apr 25 | Sep 29 |
| 1964 | May 29 | Oct 12 | May 16 | Oct 12 |
| 1963 | May 28 | Sep 25 | Apr 29 | Oct 10 |
| 1962 | May 29 | Sep 22 | May 13 | Oct 20 |
| 1961 | May 31 | Oct 16 | May 6 | Nov 11 |
| 1960 | May 3 | Sep 17 | May 3 | Oct 13 |
| 1959 | May 17 | Oct 16 | Apr 23 | Oct 16 |
| 1958 | May 1 | Sep 30 | Apr 14 | Oct 7 |
| 1957 | Jun 4 | Sep 29 | May 17 | Sep 29 |
| 1956 | May 25 | Oct 6 | May 25 | Oct 12 |
| 1955 | May 2 | Oct 27 | Apr 9 | Oct 27 |
| 1954 | May 14 | Oct 8 | May 14 | Oct 8 |
| 1953 | Apr 14 | Sep 24 | Mar 22 | Oct 9 |
| 1952 | no data | Oct 21 | no data | Nov 9 |
| 1951 | Mar 27 | no data | Mar 27 | no data |
"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.