Last Frost Day

Frost history / Plymouth, NH

Plymouth, NH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00276945, 1951 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 660 ft, 43.783, -71.650. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 27Sep 18
EarliestMay 3 (1960)Aug 25 (1987)
LatestJun 26 (1986)Oct 21 (2005)
Trend1.6 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data5151

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Sep 30.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14196019701980199020001952: May 161953: Jun 31954: May 271956: Jun 201957: Jun 91958: Jun 71959: May 191960: May 31961: Jun 81962: May 281963: May 251965: May 241966: May 311967: Jun 11968: May 271969: May 281970: May 301971: Jun 61972: Jun 121973: May 171975: May 91976: May 141977: May 101978: Jun 161979: May 81980: Jun 121981: May 201982: May 51983: May 201984: May 191985: May 301986: Jun 261987: Jun 71988: Jun 111989: May 101990: Jun 71991: May 211992: May 281993: Jun 51994: May 291995: May 101996: May 281997: May 291998: May 271999: May 152000: May 202002: Jun 52003: May 182004: May 82005: May 192006: May 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27196019701980199020001951: Sep 271952: Sep 81955: Sep 141956: Sep 101957: Sep 91958: Sep 31959: Sep 161960: Sep 181961: Sep 171962: Sep 71963: Sep 141965: Aug 311966: Sep 211967: Sep 111968: Sep 301969: Oct 51970: Oct 61971: Sep 251972: Sep 241973: Sep 211975: Sep 161976: Sep 251977: Sep 121978: Sep 81979: Sep 201980: Sep 251981: Oct 61982: Aug 291983: Sep 151984: Sep 61985: Sep 121986: Aug 301987: Aug 251988: Sep 161989: Sep 251990: Sep 91991: Sep 21992: Sep 241993: Sep 201994: Oct 21995: Sep 111996: Sep 241997: Sep 221998: Sep 241999: Sep 192000: Sep 52002: Sep 292003: Oct 42004: Oct 42005: Oct 212006: Sep 22

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
2006May 10Sep 22May 8Oct 7
2005May 19Oct 21May 6Oct 21
2004May 8Oct 4May 5Oct 6
2003May 18Oct 4May 5Oct 6
2002Jun 5Sep 29Jun 5Oct 9
2000May 20Sep 5May 16Sep 28
1999May 15Sep 19May 15Oct 8
1998May 27Sep 24Apr 29Sep 24
1997May 29Sep 22May 27Oct 8
1996May 28Sep 24May 16Oct 5
1995May 10Sep 11May 7Sep 24
1994May 29Oct 2May 5Oct 12
1993Jun 5Sep 20May 18Sep 20
1992May 28Sep 24May 26Sep 24
1991May 21Sep 2May 21Sep 22
1990Jun 7Sep 9May 8Oct 17
1989May 10Sep 25May 9Sep 25
1988Jun 11Sep 16Jun 9Sep 16
1987Jun 7Aug 25May 20Sep 5
1986Jun 26Aug 30May 10Oct 8
1985May 30Sep 12May 10Oct 7
1984May 19Sep 6May 18Sep 30
1983May 20Sep 15May 18Oct 20
1982May 5Aug 29Apr 30Oct 11
1981May 20Oct 6May 19Oct 10
1980Jun 12Sep 25May 26Sep 25
1979May 8Sep 20May 7Sep 20
1978Jun 16Sep 8May 6Sep 10
1977May 10Sep 12May 8Oct 8
1976May 14Sep 25May 6Sep 25
1975May 9Sep 16May 3Oct 5
1973May 17Sep 21Apr 16Sep 22
1972Jun 12Sep 24May 12Oct 11
1971Jun 6Sep 25May 24Nov 5
1970May 30Oct 6Apr 26Oct 20
1969May 28Oct 5May 27Oct 16
1968May 27Sep 30May 27Oct 6
1967Jun 1Sep 11May 17Sep 26
1966May 31Sep 21May 12Sep 27
1965May 24Aug 31May 15Sep 28
1963May 25Sep 14May 24Sep 14
1962May 28Sep 7May 13Sep 22
1961Jun 8Sep 17May 31Oct 17
1960May 3Sep 18Apr 12Oct 2
1959May 19Sep 16May 18Sep 17
1958Jun 7Sep 3May 15Sep 30
1957Jun 9Sep 9May 19Sep 29
1956Jun 20Sep 10May 26Sep 10
1955no dataSep 14no dataSep 23
1954May 27no dataMay 13no data
1953Jun 3no dataApr 22no data
1952May 16Sep 8May 3Oct 5
1951no dataSep 27no dataSep 30

"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.