Last Frost Day

Frost history / Walton 2, NY

Walton 2, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00308932, 1997 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,480 ft, 42.185, -75.146. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 22Oct 5
EarliestApr 28 (2024)Sep 17 (2013)
LatestJul 13 (2002)Oct 23 (2021)
Trend8.9 days earlier per decade1.8 days later per decade
Years with data2828

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 10 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 292000201020201998: May 251999: May 222000: May 172001: Jun 22002: Jul 132003: Jun 32004: Jun 52005: May 212006: May 242007: May 232008: May 302009: Jun 22010: May 132011: May 112012: May 132013: May 282014: May 202015: May 252016: May 172017: May 132018: May 22019: Apr 302020: Jun 22021: May 162022: May 122023: May 282024: Apr 282025: May 13

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201997: Sep 221998: Sep 241999: Oct 22001: Sep 302002: Oct 92003: Oct 32004: Oct 62005: Oct 212006: Oct 72007: Oct 142008: Oct 42009: Sep 262010: Oct 42011: Oct 62012: Oct 132013: Sep 172014: Oct 52015: Oct 112016: Sep 272017: Oct 32018: Oct 142019: Oct 52020: Sep 192021: Oct 232022: Sep 242023: Oct 142024: Oct 112025: Oct 2

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
2025May 13Oct 2Apr 29Oct 10
2024Apr 28Oct 11Apr 27Oct 17
2023May 28Oct 14May 19Nov 1
2022May 12Sep 24May 10Oct 9
2021May 16Oct 23May 14Nov 3
2020Jun 2Sep 19May 15Sep 20
2019Apr 30Oct 5Apr 30Oct 5
2018May 2Oct 14May 2Oct 19
2017May 13Oct 3May 11Oct 17
2016May 17Sep 27May 11Oct 11
2015May 25Oct 11May 24Oct 18
2014May 20Oct 5May 8Oct 6
2013May 28Sep 17May 15Oct 23
2012May 13Oct 13May 1Oct 13
2011May 11Oct 6Apr 23Oct 7
2010May 13Oct 4May 12Oct 10
2009Jun 2Sep 26May 20Oct 11
2008May 30Oct 4May 2Oct 5
2007May 23Oct 14May 15Oct 29
2006May 24Oct 7May 8Oct 13
2005May 21Oct 21May 14Oct 28
2004Jun 5Oct 6Jun 5Oct 23
2003Jun 3Oct 3Apr 26Oct 3
2002Jul 13Oct 9May 23Oct 15
2001Jun 2Sep 30Jun 1Oct 8
2000May 17no dataMay 4no data
1999May 22Oct 2Apr 30Oct 7
1998May 25Sep 24Apr 30Oct 5
1997no dataSep 22no dataOct 2

"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.