Last Frost Day

Frost history / Walden 1 Ese, NY

Walden 1 Ese, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00308906, 1973 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 380 ft, 41.551, -74.163. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 8Oct 4
EarliestApr 19 (1991)Sep 15 (1975)
LatestMay 22 (2002)Oct 29 (2007)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)5.4 days later per decade
Years with data3537

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 23 and the median first fall date is Oct 14.

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 3019801990200020101974: May 81975: Apr 231976: May 131977: May 91978: May 41979: May 21980: May 101981: May 191982: Apr 291983: May 181984: May 181985: May 91986: May 101987: May 141988: Apr 261989: Apr 281990: May 121991: Apr 191992: May 71993: Apr 281994: May 31995: May 71996: May 151997: May 81998: Apr 291999: May 12000: May 12001: May 82002: May 222003: Apr 192004: May 52005: May 132007: May 142008: May 12009: May 19

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119801990200020101973: Sep 211974: Sep 241975: Sep 151976: Sep 251977: Oct 71978: Sep 261979: Sep 201980: Oct 61981: Sep 301982: Oct 111983: Sep 251984: Oct 61985: Oct 81986: Sep 171987: Oct 91988: Oct 91989: Sep 281990: Oct 201991: Sep 281992: Sep 251993: Sep 201995: Sep 291996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Sep 241999: Oct 62000: Sep 292001: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 62005: Oct 242006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 72009: Oct 122013: Oct 23

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
2013no dataOct 23no dataOct 26
2009May 19Oct 12Apr 17Oct 12
2008May 1Oct 7May 1Oct 20
2007May 14Oct 29Apr 12Nov 8
2006no dataOct 13no dataOct 14
2005May 13Oct 24Apr 16Oct 28
2004May 5Oct 6Apr 16Nov 4
2003Apr 19Oct 3Apr 14Oct 20
2002May 22Oct 15May 20Oct 15
2001May 8Oct 8Apr 29Oct 9
2000May 1Sep 29Apr 14Oct 9
1999May 1Oct 6Apr 25Oct 7
1998Apr 29Sep 24Apr 28Oct 22
1997May 8Oct 2Apr 20Oct 2
1996May 15Oct 4Apr 15Oct 4
1995May 7Sep 29Apr 17Nov 5
1994May 3no dataApr 23no data
1993Apr 28Sep 20Apr 28Oct 11
1992May 7Sep 25Apr 14Oct 6
1991Apr 19Sep 28Apr 4Oct 14
1990May 12Oct 20Apr 19Oct 21
1989Apr 28Sep 28Apr 24Oct 10
1988Apr 26Oct 9Apr 26Oct 9
1987May 14Oct 9Apr 2Oct 13
1986May 10Sep 17Apr 24Oct 11
1985May 9Oct 8May 9Oct 22
1984May 18Oct 6Apr 22Oct 6
1983May 18Sep 25May 18Oct 21
1982Apr 29Oct 11Apr 29Oct 11
1981May 19Sep 30May 9Oct 10
1980May 10Oct 6Apr 23Oct 10
1979May 2Sep 20Apr 21Oct 27
1978May 4Sep 26May 4Oct 16
1977May 9Oct 7Apr 15Oct 24
1976May 13Sep 25May 5Oct 12
1975Apr 23Sep 15Apr 23Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24May 8Sep 24
1973no dataSep 21no dataOct 19

"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.