Last Frost Day

Frost history / Troy L&D, NY

Troy L&D, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00308600, 1956 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 15 ft, 42.751, -73.685. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 22Oct 15
EarliestApr 7 (1968)Sep 24 (1963)
LatestMay 26 (1993)Nov 8 (2017)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data5456

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

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 141960197019801990200020101957: Apr 161958: May 101959: Apr 231960: May 31961: May 11962: Apr 211963: May 241964: Apr 121965: Apr 251966: May 111967: May 41968: Apr 71969: Apr 211970: Apr 131971: Apr 281972: Apr 301973: Apr 151974: Apr 251975: Apr 221976: Apr 131977: May 91978: May 41979: Apr 211980: Apr 181981: May 71982: Apr 231983: May 171984: Apr 221985: Apr 181986: Apr 131988: Apr 231990: Apr 201991: Apr 151992: Apr 171993: May 261994: Apr 231995: Apr 181996: Apr 151997: Apr 211998: Apr 132000: Apr 142002: May 202003: May 62004: Apr 172006: Apr 272007: Apr 162008: May 22009: Apr 232010: May 112012: May 12013: Apr 222014: Apr 192015: Apr 132017: Apr 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101956: Oct 111957: Oct 121958: Oct 61959: Oct 191960: Oct 191961: Oct 161963: Sep 241964: Oct 61965: Sep 281966: Oct 11967: Oct 71968: Nov 11969: Oct 231970: Oct 201971: Nov 61972: Oct 101973: Oct 281974: Sep 241975: Oct 311976: Oct 121977: Oct 81978: Sep 261979: Oct 101980: Oct 101981: Oct 111982: Oct 231983: Oct 211985: Oct 211986: Oct 71987: Oct 131988: Oct 201989: Nov 41990: Oct 211992: Oct 61993: Oct 111994: Oct 121995: Nov 61996: Oct 41997: Oct 171998: Nov 41999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Oct 92002: Oct 152003: Oct 202004: Oct 62005: Oct 292006: Oct 272007: Oct 292008: Oct 182012: Oct 132013: Oct 292014: Nov 32015: Oct 182016: Nov 12017: Nov 8

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
2017Apr 10Nov 8Mar 31Nov 8
2016no dataNov 1no dataNov 13
2015Apr 13Oct 18Apr 3Oct 19
2014Apr 19Nov 3Apr 18Nov 15
2013Apr 22Oct 29Apr 4Oct 30
2012May 1Oct 13Mar 29Nov 6
2010May 11no dataMay 11no data
2009Apr 23no dataMar 26no data
2008May 2Oct 18May 2Oct 24
2007Apr 16Oct 29Apr 12Nov 9
2006Apr 27Oct 27Apr 10Nov 4
2005no dataOct 29no dataOct 29
2004Apr 17Oct 6Apr 17Nov 4
2003May 6Oct 20Apr 9Nov 9
2002May 20Oct 15Apr 8Oct 24
2001no dataOct 9no dataOct 29
2000Apr 14Sep 29Apr 10Nov 20
1999no dataOct 7no dataOct 28
1998Apr 13Nov 4Mar 26Nov 6
1997Apr 21Oct 17Apr 12Oct 26
1996Apr 15Oct 4Apr 11Nov 13
1995Apr 18Nov 6Apr 17Nov 9
1994Apr 23Oct 12Apr 2Nov 12
1993May 26Oct 11Apr 6Oct 14
1992Apr 17Oct 6Apr 17Nov 2
1991Apr 15no dataApr 1no data
1990Apr 20Oct 21Apr 13Oct 28
1989no dataNov 4no dataNov 4
1988Apr 23Oct 20Mar 29Oct 31
1987no dataOct 13no dataOct 27
1986Apr 13Oct 7Mar 25Oct 11
1985Apr 18Oct 21Apr 12Oct 29
1984Apr 22no dataApr 9no data
1983May 17Oct 21Apr 2Oct 30
1982Apr 23Oct 23Apr 9Oct 23
1981May 7Oct 11Mar 28Oct 25
1980Apr 18Oct 10Apr 17Oct 24
1979Apr 21Oct 10Apr 9Oct 31
1978May 4Sep 26Apr 10Oct 16
1977May 9Oct 8Apr 11Oct 24
1976Apr 13Oct 12Apr 13Oct 19
1975Apr 22Oct 31Apr 14Oct 31
1974Apr 25Sep 24Apr 11Oct 19
1973Apr 15Oct 28Apr 14Nov 3
1972Apr 30Oct 10Apr 9Oct 20
1971Apr 28Nov 6Apr 18Nov 9
1970Apr 13Oct 20Apr 11Oct 20
1969Apr 21Oct 23Apr 3Oct 24
1968Apr 7Nov 1Apr 6Nov 1
1967May 4Oct 7May 4Oct 30
1966May 11Oct 1May 11Oct 31
1965Apr 25Sep 28Apr 6Oct 29
1964Apr 12Oct 6Apr 6Oct 8
1963May 24Sep 24Apr 14Nov 25
1962Apr 21no dataApr 18no data
1961May 1Oct 16Apr 20Nov 2
1960May 3Oct 19May 3Oct 19
1959Apr 23Oct 19Apr 14Oct 22
1958May 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1957Apr 16Oct 12Apr 16Nov 11
1956no dataOct 11no dataOct 12

"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.