Last Frost Day

Frost history / Newcomb, NY

Newcomb, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00305714, 1987 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,647 ft, 43.971, -74.222. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 20Sep 24
EarliestApr 27 (2024)Aug 23 (1987)
LatestJun 23 (1988)Oct 23 (2021)
Trend6.1 days earlier per decade4.0 days later per decade
Years with data3635

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 and the median first fall date is Oct 8.

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 2919902000201020201987: Jun 71988: Jun 231991: Jun 71992: May 251993: May 181994: May 291995: May 91996: May 161997: May 291998: Jun 21999: May 152000: May 202001: Jun 12002: Jun 42003: Jun 32005: May 192006: May 82007: May 222008: May 282009: May 262010: May 172011: May 62012: May 182013: May 282014: May 192015: May 242016: May 182017: May 92018: May 132019: May 92020: Jun 12021: May 152022: May 102023: May 262024: Apr 272025: May 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119902000201020201987: Aug 231990: Sep 81991: Sep 31992: Sep 241993: Sep 201994: Oct 11995: Sep 161996: Sep 241997: Sep 221998: Sep 241999: Sep 262001: Oct 82002: Oct 92003: Oct 32004: Oct 52005: Oct 212007: Sep 172008: Sep 192009: Sep 212010: Oct 102011: Sep 172012: Sep 202013: Sep 62014: Sep 192015: Sep 272016: Sep 252017: Oct 22018: Oct 52019: Oct 52020: Sep 192021: Oct 232022: Oct 32023: Oct 142024: Sep 92025: Sep 20

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
2025May 1Sep 20May 1Sep 21
2024Apr 27Sep 9Apr 27Oct 17
2023May 26Oct 14May 18Oct 31
2022May 10Oct 3May 10Oct 3
2021May 15Oct 23May 8Oct 24
2020Jun 1Sep 19May 14Sep 19
2019May 9Oct 5Apr 30Oct 20
2018May 13Oct 5May 12Oct 18
2017May 9Oct 2Apr 15Oct 17
2016May 18Sep 25May 10Oct 11
2015May 24Sep 27May 24Oct 3
2014May 19Sep 19May 7Sep 19
2013May 28Sep 6May 15Oct 24
2012May 18Sep 20Apr 30Oct 13
2011May 6Sep 17Apr 22Oct 28
2010May 17Oct 10May 13Oct 19
2009May 26Sep 21May 19Oct 12
2008May 28Sep 19May 6Oct 8
2007May 22Sep 17May 14Oct 29
2006May 8no dataApr 30no data
2005May 19Oct 21May 13Oct 22
2004no dataOct 5no dataOct 22
2003Jun 3Oct 3May 5Oct 4
2002Jun 4Oct 9May 22Oct 15
2001Jun 1Oct 8May 1Oct 8
2000May 20no dataMay 16no data
1999May 15Sep 26Apr 29Oct 7
1998Jun 2Sep 24Apr 29Oct 6
1997May 29Sep 22May 8Oct 2
1996May 16Sep 24May 15Oct 4
1995May 9Sep 16May 9Sep 29
1994May 29Oct 1May 28Oct 11
1993May 18Sep 20May 14Sep 20
1992May 25Sep 24May 25Sep 25
1991Jun 7Sep 3May 21Sep 23
1990no dataSep 8no dataSep 19
1988Jun 23no dataJun 9no data
1987Jun 7Aug 23May 19Sep 25

"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.