Last Frost Day

Frost history / Wanaque Raymond Dam, NJ

Wanaque Raymond Dam, NJ: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00289187, 1951 to 2003, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 245 ft, 41.044, -74.293. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 22Oct 18
EarliestMar 31 (1984)Sep 24 (1963)
LatestMay 31 (1961)Nov 12 (1994)
Trend3.6 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data4746

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14196019701980199020001952: May 81953: Apr 211954: May 71955: Apr 91956: May 251958: May 131959: Apr 241960: Apr 201961: May 311962: Apr 201963: Apr 271964: Apr 101965: Apr 251966: May 111967: Apr 261968: Apr 121969: Apr 211971: Apr 181972: Apr 281973: May 211974: May 81978: May 11979: Apr 201980: Apr 181981: Apr 221982: Apr 231983: May 181984: Mar 311985: May 41986: May 51987: Apr 21988: Apr 261989: Apr 241990: Apr 191991: Apr 41992: Apr 141993: Apr 81994: Apr 231995: Apr 101996: May 141997: Apr 171998: Apr 111999: Mar 312000: Apr 162001: Apr 202002: Apr 272003: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Sep 301952: Oct 31953: Oct 91954: Oct 81955: Oct 231956: Oct 111958: Oct 61959: Oct 201960: Oct 221961: Oct 51962: Oct 251963: Sep 241964: Oct 61966: Oct 281967: Oct 201968: Oct 311969: Oct 231971: Nov 51972: Oct 101973: Nov 61974: Sep 241975: Oct 201977: Oct 181978: Oct 91979: Oct 101980: Oct 231981: Oct 181982: Oct 191983: Oct 211984: Oct 51986: Oct 111987: Oct 51988: Oct 141989: Oct 101990: Oct 281991: Oct 211992: Oct 181993: Oct 111994: Nov 121995: Nov 51996: Oct 41997: Oct 221999: Nov 52000: Oct 102001: Oct 92002: Oct 24

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
2003Apr 9no dataApr 8no data
2002Apr 27Oct 24Apr 9Nov 2
2001Apr 20Oct 9Mar 29Oct 29
2000Apr 16Oct 10Apr 13Nov 20
1999Mar 31Nov 5Mar 22Nov 8
1998Apr 11no dataMar 25no data
1997Apr 17Oct 22Apr 11Oct 23
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 9Nov 4
1995Apr 10Nov 5Apr 8Nov 6
1994Apr 23Nov 12Apr 6Nov 12
1993Apr 8Oct 11Mar 23Nov 8
1992Apr 14Oct 18Apr 1Nov 8
1991Apr 4Oct 21Apr 4Nov 6
1990Apr 19Oct 28Apr 14Oct 30
1989Apr 24Oct 10Apr 14Nov 18
1988Apr 26Oct 14Mar 24Oct 14
1987Apr 2Oct 5Apr 2Oct 30
1986May 5Oct 11Apr 13Nov 13
1985May 4no dataApr 12no data
1984Mar 31Oct 5Mar 24Nov 8
1983May 18Oct 21Apr 22Oct 21
1982Apr 23Oct 19Apr 8Oct 23
1981Apr 22Oct 18Apr 22Oct 20
1980Apr 18Oct 23Mar 19Oct 31
1979Apr 20Oct 10Mar 28Nov 30
1978May 1Oct 9Apr 16Oct 18
1977no dataOct 18no dataOct 24
1975no dataOct 20no dataNov 1
1974May 8Sep 24Apr 11Oct 19
1973May 21Nov 6Apr 16Nov 8
1972Apr 28Oct 10Apr 9Oct 20
1971Apr 18Nov 5Apr 17Nov 9
1969Apr 21Oct 23Apr 2Oct 24
1968Apr 12Oct 31Mar 26Dec 1
1967Apr 26Oct 20Apr 13Oct 29
1966May 11Oct 28Apr 12Oct 31
1965Apr 25no dataApr 4no data
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 6Oct 12
1963Apr 27Sep 24Apr 12Nov 4
1962Apr 20Oct 25Apr 18Oct 25
1961May 31Oct 5May 31Oct 28
1960Apr 20Oct 22Apr 11Nov 7
1959Apr 24Oct 20Apr 13Oct 29
1958May 13Oct 6May 13Nov 8
1956May 25Oct 11Apr 14Nov 11
1955Apr 9Oct 23Apr 9Nov 9
1954May 7Oct 8Apr 10Nov 1
1953Apr 21Oct 9Apr 14Nov 6
1952May 8Oct 3Apr 12Oct 19
1951no dataSep 30no dataNov 2

"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.