Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lambertville, NJ

Lambertville, NJ: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00284635, 1951 to 2001, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 68 ft, 40.359, -74.945. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 11
EarliestMar 31 (1955)Sep 24 (1963)
LatestMay 25 (1956)Nov 8 (1973)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)0.6 days earlier per decade
Years with data4850

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Oct 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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30196019701980199020001951: Apr 211952: May 11953: Apr 221954: Apr 131955: Mar 311956: May 251957: May 41958: Apr 141959: Apr 241960: May 21961: May 41962: May 101963: May 241964: Apr 121965: Apr 251966: May 111967: May 131969: Apr 141970: Apr 161971: Apr 241972: May 111973: Apr 151974: May 81975: Apr 231976: Apr 131977: May 91978: May 11979: Apr 211980: Apr 231981: Apr 221982: Apr 291983: May 101984: Apr 221985: Apr 121986: Apr 151987: Apr 271988: Apr 261989: Apr 241990: Apr 191991: Apr 131992: May 91993: Apr 281994: May 141995: May 71996: Apr 181997: May 81998: Apr 132001: Apr 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Sep 301952: Oct 181953: Oct 81954: Oct 81955: Oct 231956: Oct 111957: Sep 271958: Oct 61959: Oct 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 171962: Oct 251963: Sep 241964: Oct 61965: Oct 61966: Oct 271967: Oct 201968: Oct 61969: Oct 231970: Oct 201971: Nov 51972: Oct 101973: Nov 81974: Sep 241975: Oct 311976: Oct 121977: Oct 181979: Oct 111980: Oct 231981: Oct 101982: Oct 181983: Oct 221984: Nov 31985: Oct 291986: Oct 111987: Oct 131988: Oct 91989: Oct 101990: Oct 271991: Oct 141992: Oct 31993: Oct 11994: Oct 31995: Nov 51996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Oct 21999: Oct 12000: Sep 292001: Oct 9

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
2001Apr 29Oct 9Apr 5Oct 29
2000no dataSep 29no dataOct 9
1999no dataOct 1no dataOct 1
1998Apr 13Oct 2Mar 25Oct 2
1997May 8Oct 2Apr 10Oct 23
1996Apr 18Oct 4Apr 13Nov 11
1995May 7Nov 5Apr 10Nov 6
1994May 14Oct 3Apr 24Oct 12
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 13Oct 11
1992May 9Oct 3Apr 5Oct 10
1991Apr 13Oct 14Apr 3Oct 30
1990Apr 19Oct 27Apr 19Oct 30
1989Apr 24Oct 10Apr 23Nov 4
1988Apr 26Oct 9Mar 23Oct 14
1987Apr 27Oct 13Mar 21Oct 26
1986Apr 15Oct 11Apr 13Nov 13
1985Apr 12Oct 29Apr 10Oct 29
1984Apr 22Nov 3Apr 10Nov 3
1983May 10Oct 22Apr 2Oct 30
1982Apr 29Oct 18Apr 10Oct 18
1981Apr 22Oct 10Apr 22Oct 20
1980Apr 23Oct 23Apr 17Oct 23
1979Apr 21Oct 11Apr 11Nov 5
1978May 1no dataMay 1no data
1977May 9Oct 18May 9Nov 12
1976Apr 13Oct 12Apr 13Oct 19
1975Apr 23Oct 31Apr 22Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24Apr 7Oct 19
1973Apr 15Nov 8Apr 15Nov 8
1972May 11Oct 10Apr 10Oct 20
1971Apr 24Nov 5Apr 12Nov 9
1970Apr 16Oct 20Apr 13Nov 17
1969Apr 14Oct 23Apr 7Oct 24
1968no dataOct 6no dataOct 31
1967May 13Oct 20Mar 20Oct 29
1966May 11Oct 27May 11Oct 31
1965Apr 25Oct 6Apr 5Oct 6
1964Apr 12Oct 6Apr 10Oct 8
1963May 24Sep 24Apr 8Nov 4
1962May 10Oct 25Apr 17Oct 25
1961May 4Oct 17Apr 20Nov 11
1960May 2Oct 21Apr 11Nov 7
1959Apr 24Oct 19Mar 29Oct 29
1958Apr 14Oct 6Apr 9Nov 8
1957May 4Sep 27Apr 16Nov 11
1956May 25Oct 11Apr 25Nov 11
1955Mar 31Oct 23Mar 31Nov 9
1954Apr 13Oct 8Apr 4Nov 1
1953Apr 22Oct 8Mar 21Nov 5
1952May 1Oct 18Apr 12Oct 21
1951Apr 21Sep 30Mar 27Nov 4

"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.