Last Frost Day

Frost history / Sherburne, NY

Sherburne, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00307705, 1986 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,095 ft, 42.677, -75.507. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 15Oct 7
EarliestApr 23 (2011)Sep 16 (1988)
LatestJun 11 (1988)Nov 3 (2021)
Trend4.4 days earlier per decade6.7 days later per decade
Years with data3738

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 30 and the median first fall date is Oct 18.

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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919902000201020201987: May 161988: Jun 111989: May 291990: Jun 51991: May 51992: May 251993: May 301994: May 281995: May 91996: May 151997: May 261998: Apr 301999: May 132000: May 162001: Jun 12003: May 42004: May 82005: May 172006: May 72007: May 222009: May 202010: May 122011: Apr 232012: May 182013: May 272014: May 82015: May 232016: May 182017: May 122018: May 22019: Apr 302020: May 152021: May 142022: May 132023: May 272024: Apr 272025: Apr 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119902000201020201986: Oct 101987: Sep 261988: Sep 161989: Sep 251990: Sep 181991: Sep 221992: Sep 241993: Sep 201994: Oct 31995: Sep 191996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Oct 311999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Sep 302002: Oct 142003: Oct 32005: Oct 212006: Oct 72007: Oct 262008: Oct 72009: Oct 112010: Oct 102011: Oct 62012: Oct 92013: Oct 242014: Oct 62015: Oct 112016: Oct 112017: Oct 172018: Oct 192019: Oct 52021: Nov 32022: Oct 162023: Oct 312024: Oct 122025: Oct 10

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
2025Apr 29Oct 10Apr 19Oct 10
2024Apr 27Oct 12Apr 27Oct 18
2023May 27Oct 31May 19Nov 3
2022May 13Oct 16May 12Oct 19
2021May 14Nov 3Apr 27Nov 3
2020May 15no dataMay 14no data
2019Apr 30Oct 5Apr 30Nov 4
2018May 2Oct 19May 2Oct 31
2017May 12Oct 17Apr 14Nov 8
2016May 18Oct 11May 10Oct 15
2015May 23Oct 11Apr 26Oct 18
2014May 8Oct 6Apr 26Nov 10
2013May 27Oct 24Apr 27Oct 29
2012May 18Oct 9May 1Oct 13
2011Apr 23Oct 6Apr 22Oct 28
2010May 12Oct 10May 12Oct 19
2009May 20Oct 11May 19Oct 12
2008no dataOct 7no dataOct 18
2007May 22Oct 26May 14Oct 29
2006May 7Oct 7May 7Oct 13
2005May 17Oct 21May 13Oct 31
2004May 8no dataApr 17no data
2003May 4Oct 3Apr 25Oct 20
2002no dataOct 14no dataOct 15
2001Jun 1Sep 30Apr 30Oct 9
2000May 16Sep 29Apr 14Sep 29
1999May 13Oct 7Apr 26Oct 28
1998Apr 30Oct 31Apr 27Nov 14
1997May 26Oct 2May 8Oct 17
1996May 15Oct 4May 14Oct 4
1995May 9Sep 19May 8Nov 6
1994May 28Oct 3May 14Oct 3
1993May 30Sep 20Apr 28Sep 20
1992May 25Sep 24Apr 29Sep 24
1991May 5Sep 22Apr 4Sep 30
1990Jun 5Sep 18Apr 20Oct 27
1989May 29Sep 25May 4Sep 25
1988Jun 11Sep 16Jun 10Sep 29
1987May 16Sep 26May 16Oct 12
1986no dataOct 10no dataOct 10

"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.