Last Frost Day

Frost history / Maynard 2, MA

Maynard 2, MA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00194580, 1964 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 205 ft, 42.429, -71.442. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 5Oct 6
EarliestApr 15 (1973)Sep 16 (1964)
LatestJun 6 (1964)Oct 29 (2007)
Trend2.7 days earlier per decade3.6 days later per decade
Years with data4043

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 13.

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 1419701980199020001964: Jun 61966: May 161967: May 141968: May 281970: Apr 211971: May 151972: May 261973: Apr 151977: May 101978: May 41979: Apr 211980: Apr 221981: May 211982: Apr 301983: May 181984: May 31985: May 91986: May 101987: May 141988: May 91989: Apr 261990: Apr 201991: Apr 201992: May 71993: Apr 301994: Apr 231995: May 21996: May 141997: Apr 161998: Apr 261999: May 12000: May 32001: May 82002: May 212003: May 182004: May 52005: May 52006: Apr 302007: May 72008: May 2

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119701980199020001964: Sep 161966: Sep 271967: Oct 81968: Oct 61970: Oct 61971: Oct 131972: Oct 21973: Sep 221974: Sep 241976: Sep 241977: Oct 71978: Sep 271979: Sep 201980: Sep 251981: Oct 101982: Oct 111983: Oct 171984: Oct 61985: Oct 121986: Sep 171987: Oct 131988: Oct 71989: Oct 101990: Oct 211991: Sep 221992: Oct 11993: Sep 201994: Oct 111995: Sep 291996: Oct 41997: Oct 221998: Oct 61999: Oct 62000: Sep 292001: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 62005: Oct 222006: Oct 142007: Oct 292008: Oct 202009: Oct 12

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
2009no dataOct 12no dataOct 15
2008May 2Oct 20Apr 16Oct 24
2007May 7Oct 29Apr 12Oct 29
2006Apr 30Oct 14Apr 11Oct 27
2005May 5Oct 22Apr 16Nov 11
2004May 5Oct 6Apr 6Nov 4
2003May 18Oct 3Apr 25Oct 20
2002May 21Oct 15Apr 27Oct 15
2001May 8Oct 8May 7Oct 9
2000May 3Sep 29Apr 29Sep 29
1999May 1Oct 6Apr 12Oct 8
1998Apr 26Oct 6Mar 26Nov 4
1997Apr 16Oct 22Apr 15Oct 23
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 4Oct 4
1995May 2Sep 29Apr 18Nov 5
1994Apr 23Oct 11Apr 23Oct 11
1993Apr 30Sep 20Apr 9Oct 11
1992May 7Oct 1May 6Oct 1
1991Apr 20Sep 22Apr 19Oct 21
1990Apr 20Oct 21Apr 20Oct 28
1989Apr 26Oct 10Apr 24Oct 10
1988May 9Oct 7Apr 21Oct 14
1987May 14Oct 13Apr 2Oct 13
1986May 10Sep 17Apr 20Oct 7
1985May 9Oct 12May 9Oct 21
1984May 3Oct 6May 3Oct 6
1983May 18Oct 17Apr 2Oct 21
1982Apr 30Oct 11Apr 23Oct 11
1981May 21Oct 10Apr 23Oct 11
1980Apr 22Sep 25Apr 18Oct 10
1979Apr 21Sep 20Apr 21Sep 20
1978May 4Sep 27Apr 11Oct 16
1977May 10Oct 7May 4Oct 7
1976no dataSep 24no dataOct 12
1974no dataSep 24no dataOct 4
1973Apr 15Sep 22Apr 15Oct 22
1972May 26Oct 2Apr 27Oct 10
1971May 15Oct 13Apr 28Nov 6
1970Apr 21Oct 6Apr 21Oct 20
1968May 28Oct 6May 8Oct 6
1967May 14Oct 8May 7Oct 8
1966May 16Sep 27May 3Oct 13
1964Jun 6Sep 16May 3Sep 20

"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.