Last Frost Day

Frost history / Valatie 1 N, NY

Valatie 1 N, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00308746, 1971 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 300 ft, 42.433, -73.683. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 8Oct 4
EarliestApr 22 (2007)Sep 17 (1986)
LatestMay 24 (1971)Nov 4 (1971)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade3.9 days later per decade
Years with data3230

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301980199020001971: May 241972: May 121973: May 71974: May 51975: Apr 291976: May 131977: May 161978: May 41979: May 21980: May 111981: May 201982: May 51983: May 181984: May 181985: May 91986: May 101988: May 41989: May 41990: May 141996: May 141997: May 181998: Apr 291999: Apr 292000: Apr 292001: May 142002: May 222003: May 42004: May 52005: May 132006: Apr 302007: Apr 222008: May 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111980199020001971: Nov 41972: Oct 21973: Sep 211974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Sep 251978: Sep 261979: Sep 201980: Sep 281981: Sep 301983: Oct 101984: Oct 61985: Oct 81986: Sep 171987: Oct 41989: Sep 251990: Oct 211996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Oct 41999: Oct 62000: Sep 292001: Oct 72002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 282005: Oct 222006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 7

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
2008May 5Oct 7May 1Oct 19
2007Apr 22Oct 29Apr 11Oct 29
2006Apr 30Oct 13Apr 10Oct 27
2005May 13Oct 22May 5Nov 18
2004May 5Oct 28Apr 16Nov 4
2003May 4Oct 3Apr 25Oct 24
2002May 22Oct 15May 20Oct 15
2001May 14Oct 7Apr 29Oct 9
2000Apr 29Sep 29Apr 13Sep 29
1999Apr 29Oct 6Apr 29Oct 7
1998Apr 29Oct 4Apr 28Nov 4
1997May 18Oct 2Apr 16Oct 12
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 9Oct 4
1990May 14Oct 21Apr 19Oct 27
1989May 4Sep 25Apr 29Oct 10
1988May 4no dataApr 27no data
1987no dataOct 4no dataOct 5
1986May 10Sep 17May 4Oct 7
1985May 9Oct 8May 9Oct 12
1984May 18Oct 6Apr 22Oct 6
1983May 18Oct 10May 18Oct 16
1982May 5no dataApr 29no data
1981May 20Sep 30Apr 22Oct 10
1980May 11Sep 28Apr 18Oct 10
1979May 2Sep 20Apr 21Oct 11
1978May 4Sep 26May 4Oct 9
1977May 16no dataApr 18no data
1976May 13Sep 25Apr 13Oct 11
1975Apr 29Oct 3Apr 23Oct 31
1974May 5Sep 24May 5Sep 24
1973May 7Sep 21Apr 15Oct 22
1972May 12Oct 2Apr 28Oct 10
1971May 24Nov 4May 15Nov 8

"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.