Frost history / Upton Coop - Nwsfo New York, NY
Upton Coop - Nwsfo New York, NY: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00308721, 1996 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 80 ft, 40.866, -72.864. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 26 | Oct 23 |
| Earliest | Apr 4 (2021) | Oct 5 (1996) |
| Latest | May 21 (2020) | Nov 16 (2000) |
| Trend | 4.5 days earlier per decade | 4.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 29 | 30 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apr 18 | Oct 10 | Apr 18 | Nov 7 |
| 2024 | Apr 27 | Nov 4 | Apr 26 | Nov 4 |
| 2023 | Apr 26 | Nov 2 | Apr 10 | Nov 2 |
| 2022 | Apr 21 | Oct 21 | Apr 18 | Nov 15 |
| 2021 | Apr 4 | Nov 3 | Apr 3 | Nov 6 |
| 2020 | May 21 | Oct 18 | Apr 23 | Oct 31 |
| 2019 | Apr 11 | Nov 2 | Apr 3 | Nov 4 |
| 2018 | Apr 24 | Oct 22 | Apr 11 | Oct 31 |
| 2017 | Apr 15 | Nov 9 | Apr 9 | Nov 11 |
| 2016 | Apr 17 | Nov 1 | Apr 16 | Nov 14 |
| 2015 | Apr 26 | Oct 18 | Apr 25 | Oct 19 |
| 2014 | Apr 21 | Nov 8 | Apr 21 | Nov 16 |
| 2013 | May 1 | Oct 26 | Apr 7 | Nov 5 |
| 2012 | Apr 28 | Oct 13 | Mar 27 | Nov 4 |
| 2011 | Apr 10 | Oct 31 | Mar 30 | Oct 31 |
| 2010 | Apr 14 | Nov 3 | Mar 28 | Nov 3 |
| 2009 | Apr 17 | Oct 20 | Apr 17 | Nov 7 |
| 2008 | May 1 | Oct 24 | May 1 | Oct 24 |
| 2007 | May 7 | Nov 5 | Apr 11 | Nov 8 |
| 2006 | Apr 29 | Oct 14 | Apr 10 | Oct 27 |
| 2005 | May 4 | Nov 3 | Apr 17 | Nov 12 |
| 2004 | Apr 10 | Oct 6 | Mar 24 | Nov 9 |
| 2003 | May 20 | Oct 7 | May 20 | Oct 25 |
| 2002 | Apr 27 | Oct 15 | Apr 7 | Nov 1 |
| 2001 | May 8 | Oct 9 | Mar 29 | Oct 19 |
| 2000 | Apr 29 | Nov 16 | Apr 14 | Nov 20 |
| 1999 | Apr 20 | Oct 8 | Apr 11 | Nov 12 |
| 1998 | May 14 | Nov 4 | Apr 12 | Nov 5 |
| 1997 | Apr 28 | Oct 12 | Apr 16 | Oct 23 |
| 1996 | no data | Oct 5 | no data | Oct 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.