Last Frost Day

Frost history / Belvidere Brg, NJ

Belvidere Brg, NJ: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00280734, 1982 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 263 ft, 40.829, -75.083. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 30Oct 18
EarliestApr 3 (1987)Sep 30 (2003)
LatestMay 30 (2004)Nov 3 (2021)
Trend1.7 days later per decade1.7 days later per decade
Years with data3229

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419902000201020201982: Apr 301983: May 191984: Apr 221985: May 101987: Apr 31989: Apr 251990: Apr 211991: Apr 51992: Apr 161993: Apr 291994: May 41996: May 151998: Apr 141999: Apr 262000: Apr 142001: May 182003: Apr 152004: May 302008: May 12009: Apr 252010: May 112012: May 12013: May 262016: Apr 172017: Apr 102018: May 12019: Apr 302020: May 152021: Apr 232022: May 12023: May 182024: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119902000201020201982: Oct 181983: Oct 211984: Oct 61985: Oct 291990: Oct 211991: Oct 141992: Oct 61993: Oct 111994: Oct 131996: Oct 42000: Oct 92002: Oct 222003: Sep 302008: Oct 192009: Oct 192010: Nov 22011: Oct 282012: Oct 132013: Oct 232015: Oct 182016: Oct 112017: Oct 172018: Oct 192019: Oct 192020: Oct 182021: Nov 32022: Oct 92023: Nov 22024: Oct 17

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
2024Apr 26Oct 17Apr 22Nov 3
2023May 18Nov 2Apr 10Nov 2
2022May 1Oct 9Apr 19Oct 29
2021Apr 23Nov 3Apr 4Nov 3
2020May 15Oct 18Apr 20Oct 31
2019Apr 30Oct 19Apr 3Nov 3
2018May 1Oct 19Apr 22Nov 9
2017Apr 10Oct 17Apr 10Nov 9
2016Apr 17Oct 11Apr 13Oct 26
2015no dataOct 18no dataOct 18
2013May 26Oct 23May 7Oct 28
2012May 1Oct 13Mar 28Oct 13
2011no dataOct 28no dataOct 29
2010May 11Nov 2Mar 27Nov 2
2009Apr 25Oct 19Apr 14Nov 7
2008May 1Oct 19Apr 4Oct 19
2004May 30no dataApr 6no data
2003Apr 15Sep 30Apr 1Nov 9
2002no dataOct 22no dataNov 4
2001May 18no dataApr 5no data
2000Apr 14Oct 9Apr 14Nov 18
1999Apr 26no dataMar 26no data
1998Apr 14no dataApr 11no data
1996May 15Oct 4Apr 15Nov 11
1994May 4Oct 13May 4Nov 12
1993Apr 29Oct 11Apr 9Nov 8
1992Apr 16Oct 6Apr 14Oct 20
1991Apr 5Oct 14Apr 5Oct 21
1990Apr 21Oct 21Apr 21Oct 30
1989Apr 25no dataApr 14no data
1987Apr 3no dataApr 1no data
1985May 10Oct 29Apr 11Oct 30
1984Apr 22Oct 6Apr 10Nov 8
1983May 19Oct 21Apr 22Oct 21
1982Apr 30Oct 18Apr 12Oct 18

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.