Last Frost Day

Frost history / Whitehall, NY

Whitehall, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00309389, 1951 to 2022, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 119 ft, 43.557, -73.401. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 30Oct 7
EarliestApr 9 (1955)Sep 16 (2007)
LatestJun 7 (1958)Nov 4 (1971)
Trend1.1 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data6261

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 20 and the median first fall date is Oct 21.

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 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 141952: May 51953: Apr 221954: Apr 291955: Apr 91956: May 251957: May 171958: Jun 71959: May 181960: Apr 111961: May 61962: May 121963: May 131964: Apr 261965: Apr 291966: May 111967: May 141968: May 81969: May 271970: Apr 231971: Apr 281972: May 61973: Apr 151974: May 51976: May 51977: May 41978: May 41979: Apr 211980: Apr 301981: Apr 231982: Apr 291983: May 181984: May 31985: May 91986: Apr 241989: Apr 291990: Apr 191991: Apr 191992: May 71993: Apr 281994: May 141995: May 71996: Apr 291997: May 81998: Apr 281999: Apr 292000: Apr 252001: Apr 292002: Apr 272003: May 42004: Apr 162005: Apr 222006: May 72008: May 302009: Apr 202010: May 152011: Apr 222012: Apr 302013: May 162020: Apr 242021: Apr 272022: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 301952: Oct 81953: Sep 241954: Oct 81955: Sep 231956: Sep 281957: Sep 281958: Oct 61959: Oct 151960: Oct 21961: Oct 51962: Sep 211963: Sep 241964: Oct 61965: Sep 281966: Sep 271967: Oct 81968: Oct 61969: Oct 161970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Sep 211974: Sep 241975: Oct 81976: Oct 111977: Oct 81978: Sep 291979: Oct 101980: Sep 291981: Oct 111982: Oct 111983: Oct 101984: Oct 61985: Oct 121989: Oct 101990: Oct 201991: Sep 301992: Oct 61993: Sep 201994: Oct 111995: Sep 291996: Oct 41998: Oct 231999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Oct 92002: Oct 152003: Oct 72004: Oct 282005: Oct 302006: Sep 262007: Sep 162008: Oct 72009: Oct 122010: Sep 172011: Oct 282012: Oct 132013: Oct 262017: Oct 172021: Oct 30

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
2022Apr 30no dataApr 11no data
2021Apr 27Oct 30Apr 4Nov 6
2020Apr 24no dataApr 24no data
2017no dataOct 17no dataNov 8
2013May 16Oct 26Apr 15Oct 29
2012Apr 30Oct 13Apr 30Oct 13
2011Apr 22Oct 28Apr 22Oct 28
2010May 15Sep 17Mar 29Nov 3
2009Apr 20Oct 12Apr 14Oct 17
2008May 30Oct 7May 30Oct 19
2007no dataSep 16no dataOct 13
2006May 7Sep 26Apr 29Sep 26
2005Apr 22Oct 30Apr 21Nov 12
2004Apr 16Oct 28Apr 11Nov 4
2003May 4Oct 7Apr 25Oct 20
2002Apr 27Oct 15Apr 7Oct 24
2001Apr 29Oct 9Apr 29Oct 29
2000Apr 25Sep 29Apr 14Sep 29
1999Apr 29Oct 7Apr 25Oct 7
1998Apr 28Oct 23Apr 11Nov 6
1997May 8no dataApr 20no data
1996Apr 29Oct 4Apr 6Nov 3
1995May 7Sep 29Apr 17Nov 5
1994May 14Oct 11Apr 23Nov 12
1993Apr 28Sep 20Apr 24Oct 11
1992May 7Oct 6Apr 16Oct 31
1991Apr 19Sep 30Apr 14Oct 21
1990Apr 19Oct 20Apr 19Oct 27
1989Apr 29Oct 10Apr 22Nov 4
1986Apr 24no dataApr 23no data
1985May 9Oct 12Apr 18Oct 22
1984May 3Oct 6Apr 22Oct 6
1983May 18Oct 10Apr 2Oct 21
1982Apr 29Oct 11Apr 23Oct 18
1981Apr 23Oct 11Apr 22Nov 3
1980Apr 30Sep 29Apr 17Oct 10
1979Apr 21Oct 10Apr 20Oct 17
1978May 4Sep 29Apr 23Oct 9
1977May 4Oct 8Apr 29Oct 24
1976May 5Oct 11Apr 13Oct 11
1975no dataOct 8no dataNov 19
1974May 5Sep 24May 5Oct 19
1973Apr 15Sep 21Apr 15Oct 28
1972May 6Oct 10Apr 28Oct 10
1971Apr 28Nov 4Apr 28Nov 6
1970Apr 23Oct 17Apr 14Oct 20
1969May 27Oct 16Apr 21Oct 23
1968May 8Oct 6May 8Oct 31
1967May 14Oct 8Apr 26Oct 23
1966May 11Sep 27May 10Oct 26
1965Apr 29Sep 28Apr 25Oct 6
1964Apr 26Oct 6Apr 12Oct 6
1963May 13Sep 24Apr 27Sep 24
1962May 12Sep 21Apr 21Oct 30
1961May 6Oct 5Apr 20Oct 16
1960Apr 11Oct 2Apr 11Oct 22
1959May 18Oct 15Apr 23Oct 19
1958Jun 7Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1957May 17Sep 28Apr 16Sep 28
1956May 25Sep 28May 9Oct 11
1955Apr 9Sep 23Apr 9Oct 23
1954Apr 29Oct 8Apr 9Oct 8
1953Apr 22Sep 24Mar 22Oct 14
1952May 5Oct 8Mar 30Oct 11
1951May 14Sep 30Apr 6Oct 13

"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.