Last Frost Day

Frost history / Slide Mtn, NY

Slide Mtn, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00307799, 1962 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,650 ft, 42.017, -74.417. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 18Sep 26
EarliestApr 23 (2011)Aug 30 (1965)
LatestJun 12 (1980)Oct 29 (2007)
Trend3.8 days earlier per decade5.4 days later per decade
Years with data4745

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 5 and the median first fall date is Oct 10.

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 29197019801990200020101962: May 121963: May 251964: Jun 51965: Jun 41966: Jun 11967: May 301968: May 91969: May 281970: May 81971: May 251972: Jun 121973: May 201974: May 271975: May 81976: May 201977: May 151978: May 71979: May 61980: Jun 121981: May 191982: May 61983: May 281984: May 181985: May 191986: Jun 31987: May 161988: Jun 101989: May 91990: May 121992: May 261993: May 231994: May 281995: May 91996: May 301997: May 181998: Apr 291999: Apr 292000: May 32001: May 72002: May 222003: May 62004: May 62005: May 132006: May 72008: May 222010: May 132011: Apr 23

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11197019801990200020101962: Sep 71963: Sep 141964: Sep 141965: Aug 301966: Sep 171967: Sep 111968: Oct 51969: Sep 191970: Sep 301971: Oct 131972: Oct 11973: Sep 211974: Sep 231975: Sep 151976: Sep 231977: Oct 71978: Sep 261979: Sep 201980: Oct 51981: Sep 301982: Oct 111983: Oct 101984: Sep 161985: Sep 131986: Sep 171987: Sep 261988: Oct 71989: Sep 241990: Sep 191991: Sep 221992: Sep 241993: Sep 201994: Oct 31995: Sep 241996: Oct 41997: Sep 241999: Oct 62000: Sep 292001: Oct 72002: Oct 142004: Oct 62005: Oct 212006: Oct 132007: Oct 292010: 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
2011Apr 23no dataApr 23no data
2010May 13Oct 10May 11Nov 1
2008May 22no dataMay 1no data
2007no dataOct 29no dataOct 29
2006May 7Oct 13Apr 26Oct 13
2005May 13Oct 21May 13Oct 28
2004May 6Oct 6Apr 29Oct 28
2003May 6no dataApr 25no data
2002May 22Oct 14May 20Oct 15
2001May 7Oct 7Apr 29Oct 8
2000May 3Sep 29Apr 18Sep 29
1999Apr 29Oct 6Apr 25Oct 7
1998Apr 29no dataApr 28no data
1997May 18Sep 24May 8Oct 17
1996May 30Oct 4May 13Oct 4
1995May 9Sep 24May 7Nov 4
1994May 28Oct 3Apr 23Oct 12
1993May 23Sep 20Apr 28Oct 1
1992May 26Sep 24May 7Oct 1
1991no dataSep 22no dataSep 30
1990May 12Sep 19Apr 20Nov 7
1989May 9Sep 24Apr 25Sep 28
1988Jun 10Oct 7Apr 26Oct 9
1987May 16Sep 26May 2Oct 5
1986Jun 3Sep 17May 5Oct 7
1985May 19Sep 13May 9Oct 12
1984May 18Sep 16Apr 23Oct 6
1983May 28Oct 10May 19Oct 21
1982May 6Oct 11Apr 23Oct 11
1981May 19Sep 30May 8Oct 11
1980Jun 12Oct 5Apr 23Oct 10
1979May 6Sep 20Apr 21Oct 11
1978May 7Sep 26May 5Oct 9
1977May 15Oct 7May 10Oct 8
1976May 20Sep 23May 20Oct 11
1975May 8Sep 15Apr 28Oct 27
1974May 27Sep 23May 6Sep 24
1973May 20Sep 21Apr 16Nov 5
1972Jun 12Oct 1May 7Oct 10
1971May 25Oct 13Apr 26Nov 4
1970May 8Sep 30May 8Oct 17
1969May 28Sep 19May 28Oct 16
1968May 9Oct 5May 8Oct 6
1967May 30Sep 11May 13Oct 7
1966Jun 1Sep 17May 31Sep 26
1965Jun 4Aug 30May 30Aug 30
1964Jun 5Sep 14May 21Sep 16
1963May 25Sep 14May 24Sep 14
1962May 12Sep 7May 12Sep 21

"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.