Last Frost Day

Frost history / Old Forge, NY

Old Forge, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00306184, 1951 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,748 ft, 43.703, -74.984. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 3Sep 15
EarliestMay 8 (1989)Aug 17 (1979)
LatestJul 27 (1977)Oct 6 (2002)
Trend4.0 days earlier per decade3.5 days later per decade
Years with data4747

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 15 and the median first fall date is Sep 29.

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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131960197019801990200020101951: May 251954: May 271955: Jun 31956: Jun 191960: Jun 71961: Jun 161962: May 261964: Jun 61965: Jun 41966: Jun 31969: Jun 91970: May 291971: Jun 111972: Jun 121973: Jun 31974: Jun 131975: Jun 101976: Jun 31977: Jul 271978: Jul 21979: Jul 71980: Jun 281981: Jun 81982: Jul 41983: Jul 101984: Jun 11985: Jun 151986: Jun 31987: May 161989: May 81990: May 311991: May 201992: Jun 101994: May 291995: May 231996: May 261997: May 281998: May 151999: May 212000: May 162001: Jun 12002: May 252003: May 222004: May 292005: May 202011: May 102018: May 12

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 121960197019801990200020101952: Sep 271953: Sep 151956: Sep 91959: Sep 121961: Sep 161963: Sep 141964: Sep 131965: Sep 271966: Sep 161967: Sep 21968: Oct 51969: Sep 111970: Sep 21971: Aug 241972: Sep 51973: Sep 101974: Sep 51975: Aug 201976: Aug 301977: Sep 121978: Sep 101979: Aug 171980: Sep 91981: Sep 251982: Aug 291983: Sep 141984: Sep 61985: Sep 121986: Aug 301987: Sep 261989: Sep 251990: Sep 171993: Sep 201994: Oct 11995: Sep 111996: Sep 191997: Sep 221998: Sep 241999: Oct 22000: Sep 252001: Sep 152002: Oct 62003: Oct 32004: Oct 32010: Sep 212015: Oct 52018: Oct 5

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
2018May 12Oct 5Apr 24Oct 17
2015no dataOct 5no dataOct 18
2011May 10no dataMay 6no data
2010no dataSep 21no dataOct 10
2005May 20no dataMay 13no data
2004May 29Oct 3May 8Oct 5
2003May 22Oct 3May 4Oct 3
2002May 25Oct 6May 20Oct 14
2001Jun 1Sep 15May 6Oct 8
2000May 16Sep 25Apr 26Sep 29
1999May 21Oct 2May 13Oct 6
1998May 15Sep 24Apr 29Oct 4
1997May 28Sep 22May 27Sep 24
1996May 26Sep 19May 15Oct 4
1995May 23Sep 11May 9Oct 30
1994May 29Oct 1May 14Oct 3
1993no dataSep 20no dataSep 20
1992Jun 10no dataMay 26no data
1991May 20no dataApr 27no data
1990May 31Sep 17May 12Sep 18
1989May 8Sep 25Apr 28Sep 28
1987May 16Sep 26May 16Oct 4
1986Jun 3Aug 30Jun 3Oct 7
1985Jun 15Sep 12May 9Oct 12
1984Jun 1Sep 6Jun 1Sep 27
1983Jul 10Sep 14Jun 9Sep 25
1982Jul 4Aug 29Jun 8Aug 29
1981Jun 8Sep 25May 21Sep 29
1980Jun 28Sep 9Jun 9Sep 27
1979Jul 7Aug 17Jun 26Sep 9
1978Jul 2Sep 10Jun 15Sep 10
1977Jul 27Sep 12Jun 9Sep 12
1976Jun 3Aug 30Jun 2Aug 31
1975Jun 10Aug 20May 11Sep 10
1974Jun 13Sep 5May 20Sep 17
1973Jun 3Sep 10May 23Sep 10
1972Jun 12Sep 5Jun 11Oct 1
1971Jun 11Aug 24Jun 6Oct 13
1970May 29Sep 2May 8Oct 16
1969Jun 9Sep 11May 27Oct 10
1968no dataOct 5no dataOct 6
1967no dataSep 2no dataOct 7
1966Jun 3Sep 16May 12Sep 27
1965Jun 4Sep 27May 14Sep 28
1964Jun 6Sep 13Jun 5Oct 6
1963no dataSep 14no dataSep 23
1962May 26no dataMay 12no data
1961Jun 16Sep 16May 6Oct 5
1960Jun 7no dataApr 28no data
1959no dataSep 12no dataSep 16
1956Jun 19Sep 9May 29Sep 19
1955Jun 3no dataMay 20no data
1954May 27no dataMay 27no data
1953no dataSep 15no dataSep 24
1952no dataSep 27no dataSep 27
1951May 25no dataMay 14no 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.