Frost history / Tully Heiberg Forest, NY
Tully Heiberg Forest, NY: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00308627, 1967 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,899 ft, 42.760, -76.080. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 18 | Oct 3 |
| Earliest | Apr 28 (1975) | Sep 11 (1995) |
| Latest | Jun 11 (1972) | Nov 4 (1971) |
| Trend | 0.8 days earlier per decade | 1.1 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 36 | 35 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 11.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | no data | Oct 7 | no data | Oct 13 |
| 2005 | May 17 | Oct 20 | May 13 | Oct 20 |
| 2004 | no data | Oct 5 | no data | Nov 2 |
| 2001 | May 31 | no data | Apr 29 | no data |
| 2000 | May 16 | Sep 29 | Apr 14 | Sep 29 |
| 1999 | May 12 | Oct 6 | Apr 26 | Oct 7 |
| 1998 | Apr 29 | Oct 22 | Apr 28 | Nov 4 |
| 1997 | May 18 | Sep 24 | May 5 | Oct 2 |
| 1996 | May 25 | Oct 4 | May 14 | Oct 4 |
| 1995 | May 9 | Sep 11 | May 8 | Nov 4 |
| 1994 | May 27 | Oct 3 | May 7 | Oct 3 |
| 1993 | May 29 | Sep 20 | May 17 | Sep 20 |
| 1992 | May 25 | Sep 24 | May 25 | Oct 1 |
| 1991 | May 4 | Sep 29 | Apr 18 | Oct 12 |
| 1990 | May 12 | Sep 18 | Apr 19 | Oct 26 |
| 1989 | May 9 | Sep 25 | Apr 28 | Oct 10 |
| 1988 | Jun 10 | Oct 7 | Apr 27 | Oct 7 |
| 1987 | May 16 | Oct 4 | Apr 28 | Oct 12 |
| 1986 | Jun 3 | Sep 16 | May 4 | Oct 10 |
| 1985 | May 9 | no data | May 9 | no data |
| 1984 | May 17 | Sep 16 | May 17 | Oct 6 |
| 1983 | May 28 | Oct 10 | May 18 | Oct 16 |
| 1982 | Apr 29 | Oct 17 | Apr 28 | Oct 18 |
| 1981 | May 19 | Sep 30 | May 18 | Oct 17 |
| 1980 | Jun 9 | Oct 6 | May 10 | Oct 10 |
| 1979 | May 17 | Sep 20 | May 2 | Oct 26 |
| 1978 | May 4 | no data | May 4 | no data |
| 1977 | May 9 | Oct 8 | May 9 | Oct 8 |
| 1976 | May 20 | Sep 25 | Apr 27 | Oct 11 |
| 1975 | Apr 28 | Oct 3 | Apr 22 | Oct 30 |
| 1974 | May 20 | Sep 23 | May 20 | Sep 24 |
| 1973 | May 18 | Sep 21 | Apr 30 | Sep 21 |
| 1972 | Jun 11 | Oct 1 | Apr 28 | Oct 10 |
| 1971 | May 15 | Nov 4 | Apr 25 | Nov 5 |
| 1970 | May 7 | Oct 16 | May 7 | Oct 17 |
| 1969 | May 27 | Oct 15 | May 27 | Oct 22 |
| 1968 | May 23 | Oct 5 | May 7 | Oct 30 |
| 1967 | May 31 | Oct 7 | May 23 | Oct 7 |
"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.