Frost history / Niagara Falls, NY
Niagara Falls, NY: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00305840, 2000 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 588 ft, 43.086, -78.972. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 28 | Oct 18 |
| Earliest | Apr 9 (2017) | Oct 7 (2008) |
| Latest | May 23 (2015) | Nov 8 (2017) |
| Trend | 3.4 days earlier per decade | 19.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 11 | 11 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 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.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Apr 30 | Oct 18 | Apr 21 | Nov 10 |
| 2017 | Apr 9 | Nov 8 | Mar 24 | Nov 10 |
| 2016 | Apr 28 | Nov 7 | Apr 14 | Nov 23 |
| 2015 | May 23 | Oct 18 | Apr 5 | Oct 19 |
| 2014 | Apr 24 | Oct 12 | Apr 18 | Nov 8 |
| 2013 | Apr 22 | Oct 29 | Apr 21 | Oct 29 |
| 2012 | Apr 30 | Oct 13 | Apr 29 | Oct 13 |
| 2011 | Apr 22 | Oct 28 | Apr 2 | Oct 28 |
| 2010 | May 10 | Oct 13 | May 10 | Nov 2 |
| 2009 | May 11 | Oct 12 | Apr 14 | Oct 19 |
| 2008 | no data | Oct 7 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 2000 | Apr 28 | no data | Apr 13 | no data |
"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.