Last Frost Day

Frost history / Addison, NY

Addison, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00300023, 1951 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 999 ft, 42.101, -77.234. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 14Oct 3
EarliestApr 26 (1964)Sep 4 (1989)
LatestJun 7 (1954)Oct 29 (2007)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.3 days later per decade
Years with data4044

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 and the median first fall date is Oct 13.

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 141960197019801990200020101951: May 141952: May 91953: Apr 291954: Jun 71955: May 181956: May 261957: May 171958: May 101959: May 171960: May 21961: May 301962: May 121963: May 251964: Apr 261965: Apr 291966: Jun 11967: May 231968: May 81969: May 271970: May 71973: May 201978: May 51979: May 61982: Apr 301990: May 131997: May 291998: Apr 301999: May 142000: May 172001: Jun 12002: May 242003: May 42004: May 62005: May 202007: May 152008: May 302009: May 202010: May 122011: May 112012: May 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 41953: Sep 241954: Oct 71955: Oct 221956: Sep 211957: Sep 271958: Oct 21959: Sep 171960: Oct 21961: Oct 51962: Sep 211963: Sep 141964: Sep 131965: Sep 261966: Oct 21967: Oct 71968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 51972: Oct 101974: Sep 231976: Sep 231977: Oct 181978: Sep 231979: Sep 201984: Oct 31989: Sep 41997: Oct 21998: Sep 241999: Oct 62000: Sep 292001: Oct 72002: Oct 82003: Oct 32004: Oct 52005: Oct 212007: Oct 292008: Oct 72009: Oct 112010: Oct 102011: Oct 282012: Oct 82013: Oct 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
2013no dataOct 21no dataOct 28
2012May 1Oct 8May 1Oct 13
2011May 11Oct 28Apr 23Oct 28
2010May 12Oct 10May 12Oct 23
2009May 20Oct 11Apr 25Oct 12
2008May 30Oct 7May 2Oct 19
2007May 15Oct 29May 8Oct 29
2005May 20Oct 21May 14Oct 28
2004May 6Oct 5Apr 29Nov 4
2003May 4Oct 3Apr 26Oct 3
2002May 24Oct 8May 22Oct 15
2001Jun 1Oct 7May 1Oct 8
2000May 17Sep 29Apr 27Sep 30
1999May 14Oct 6Apr 30Oct 7
1998Apr 30Sep 24Apr 30Oct 23
1997May 29Oct 2May 18Oct 17
1990May 13no dataMay 12no data
1989no dataSep 4no dataOct 10
1984no dataOct 3no dataOct 3
1982Apr 30no dataApr 28no data
1979May 6Sep 20May 2Oct 31
1978May 5Sep 23May 4Oct 9
1977no dataOct 18no dataOct 31
1976no dataSep 23no dataOct 12
1974no dataSep 23no dataOct 4
1973May 20no dataMay 20no data
1972no dataOct 10no dataOct 10
1970May 7Oct 5May 7Nov 8
1969May 27Oct 15May 1Oct 23
1968May 8Oct 5May 7Oct 30
1967May 23Oct 7Apr 26Oct 26
1966Jun 1Oct 2May 11Oct 21
1965Apr 29Sep 26Apr 29Sep 28
1964Apr 26Sep 13Apr 16Sep 16
1963May 25Sep 14May 24Sep 24
1962May 12Sep 21May 10Oct 24
1961May 30Oct 5Apr 21Oct 23
1960May 2Oct 2May 2Oct 26
1959May 17Sep 17Apr 24Sep 17
1958May 10Oct 2May 10Oct 6
1957May 17Sep 27May 6Sep 27
1956May 26Sep 21May 25Oct 11
1955May 18Oct 22Apr 9Oct 23
1954Jun 7Oct 7Apr 13Oct 7
1953Apr 29Sep 24Apr 29Oct 8
1952May 9Oct 4May 2Oct 4
1951May 14Sep 29Apr 27Oct 13

"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.