Last Frost Day

Frost history / Newport, NH

Newport, NH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00275868, 1991 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 770 ft, 43.377, -72.181. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 17Sep 28
EarliestApr 28 (2024)Aug 21 (1992)
LatestJun 2 (2009)Oct 24 (2023)
Trend2.3 days earlier per decade6.0 days later per decade
Years with data3334

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 11.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 142000201020201992: May 311993: Apr 301994: May 291995: May 91996: May 261997: May 281998: May 141999: May 152000: May 172001: Jun 12002: May 242003: May 182004: May 82005: May 202006: May 252007: May 232008: May 302009: Jun 22010: May 182011: May 72012: May 122013: May 162014: May 82015: May 232016: May 172017: May 152018: May 122019: May 142020: Jun 12021: May 82022: May 122023: May 262024: Apr 28

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201991: Sep 131992: Aug 211993: Sep 201994: Oct 11995: Sep 111996: Sep 241997: Sep 221998: Sep 241999: Sep 232000: Sep 52002: Oct 82003: Oct 32004: Oct 52005: Oct 212006: Sep 302007: Oct 132008: Oct 72009: Sep 202010: Oct 32011: Oct 72012: Sep 252013: Sep 172014: Sep 192015: Oct 52016: Sep 262017: Oct 22018: Oct 142019: Sep 192020: Sep 192021: Oct 242022: Sep 302023: Oct 242024: Oct 102025: Sep 21

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
2025no dataSep 21no dataOct 10
2024Apr 28Oct 10Apr 28Oct 17
2023May 26Oct 24May 19Oct 31
2022May 12Sep 30May 9Oct 19
2021May 8Oct 24Apr 27Oct 24
2020Jun 1Sep 19May 14Sep 19
2019May 14Sep 19Apr 29Oct 5
2018May 12Oct 14Apr 24Oct 19
2017May 15Oct 2Apr 15Oct 17
2016May 17Sep 26Apr 29Oct 11
2015May 23Oct 5Apr 17Oct 18
2014May 8Sep 19Apr 21Oct 13
2013May 16Sep 17Apr 26Oct 26
2012May 12Sep 25Apr 29Oct 13
2011May 7Oct 7Apr 23Oct 28
2010May 18Oct 3May 14Oct 13
2009Jun 2Sep 20May 19Oct 12
2008May 30Oct 7May 2Oct 8
2007May 23Oct 13May 8Oct 29
2006May 25Sep 30May 8Oct 14
2005May 20Oct 21May 13Oct 21
2004May 8Oct 5May 8Oct 6
2003May 18Oct 3May 4Oct 3
2002May 24Oct 8May 24Oct 9
2001Jun 1no dataJun 1no data
2000May 17Sep 5May 3Sep 29
1999May 15Sep 23May 14Sep 23
1998May 14Sep 24Apr 29Sep 24
1997May 28Sep 22May 9Sep 22
1996May 26Sep 24May 14Oct 5
1995May 9Sep 11Apr 25Sep 29
1994May 29Oct 1May 29Oct 12
1993Apr 30Sep 20Apr 29Sep 20
1992May 31Aug 21May 7Sep 24
1991no dataSep 13no dataSep 28

"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.