Frost history / Whitney Pt Dam, NY
Whitney Pt Dam, NY: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00309442, 2011 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,040 ft, 42.342, -75.965. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 7 | Oct 19 |
| Earliest | Apr 19 (2025) | Sep 19 (2020) |
| Latest | May 21 (2015) | Nov 3 (2021) |
| Trend | 6.9 days earlier per decade | 2.6 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 15 | 15 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 27 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 19 | Oct 10 | Apr 11 | Nov 7 |
| 2024 | Apr 27 | Oct 20 | Apr 27 | Nov 10 |
| 2023 | May 19 | Nov 1 | May 19 | Nov 13 |
| 2022 | May 2 | Oct 19 | Apr 30 | Oct 19 |
| 2021 | May 8 | Nov 3 | May 1 | Nov 4 |
| 2020 | May 15 | Sep 19 | May 14 | Nov 3 |
| 2019 | Apr 30 | Oct 19 | Apr 30 | Nov 8 |
| 2018 | May 2 | Oct 19 | Apr 24 | Nov 12 |
| 2017 | May 5 | Oct 17 | Apr 10 | Nov 8 |
| 2016 | May 12 | Oct 11 | Apr 15 | Nov 1 |
| 2015 | May 21 | Oct 18 | Apr 27 | Oct 19 |
| 2014 | May 8 | Oct 20 | Apr 20 | Nov 14 |
| 2013 | May 15 | Oct 30 | Apr 7 | Nov 4 |
| 2012 | May 1 | Oct 13 | May 1 | Oct 13 |
| 2011 | May 7 | Oct 28 | Apr 23 | Oct 28 |
"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.