Last Frost Day

Frost history / Biglerville, PA

Biglerville, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00360656, 1972 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 720 ft, 39.935, -77.255. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 16Oct 19
EarliestMar 22 (2005)Sep 23 (1983)
LatestMay 27 (1994)Nov 11 (2017)
Trend3.1 days earlier per decade4.6 days later per decade
Years with data5354

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 8 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14198019902000201020201973: Apr 151974: May 81975: Apr 221976: May 91977: Apr 291978: May 11979: Apr 111980: Apr 181981: Apr 221982: Apr 191983: May 171984: May 171985: Apr 111986: Apr 241987: Apr 91988: Apr 221989: Apr 241990: Apr 191991: Apr 131992: Apr 141993: Apr 281994: May 271995: Apr 161996: May 141997: May 91998: Mar 251999: Mar 272000: Apr 142001: Apr 202002: Apr 82003: Apr 102004: Apr 162005: Mar 222006: Apr 102007: Apr 112008: Apr 32009: Apr 132010: Apr 142011: Apr 62012: Mar 312013: May 142014: Apr 182015: Apr 122016: Apr 142017: Apr 82018: Apr 212019: Apr 42020: May 92021: Apr 232022: Apr 202023: Apr 252024: Mar 262025: Apr 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26198019902000201020201972: Oct 101973: Oct 181974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 191977: Oct 181978: Oct 161979: Oct 101980: Oct 141981: Oct 131982: Oct 181983: Sep 231984: Nov 31985: Oct 291986: Oct 111987: Oct 51988: Oct 91989: Oct 81990: Oct 201991: Oct 81992: Oct 61993: Oct 11994: Oct 281995: Oct 191996: Oct 41997: Oct 231998: Nov 31999: Oct 62000: Oct 82001: Oct 82002: Oct 192003: Oct 242004: Nov 92005: Nov 112006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 202009: Oct 192010: Oct 202011: Oct 292012: Oct 132013: Oct 252014: Nov 82015: Oct 182016: Oct 262017: Nov 112018: Oct 192019: Nov 22020: Oct 312021: Nov 42022: Oct 202023: Nov 22024: Nov 92025: Nov 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
2025Apr 10Nov 7Apr 9Nov 11
2024Mar 26Nov 9Mar 24Nov 30
2023Apr 25Nov 2Apr 10Nov 3
2022Apr 20Oct 20Mar 31Nov 15
2021Apr 23Nov 4Apr 3Nov 4
2020May 9Oct 31Apr 17Nov 19
2019Apr 4Nov 2Apr 4Nov 2
2018Apr 21Oct 19Apr 8Nov 10
2017Apr 8Nov 11Mar 24Nov 11
2016Apr 14Oct 26Apr 10Nov 12
2015Apr 12Oct 18Mar 30Nov 22
2014Apr 18Nov 8Apr 17Nov 8
2013May 14Oct 25Apr 5Nov 4
2012Mar 31Oct 13Mar 27Nov 6
2011Apr 6Oct 29Mar 30Oct 30
2010Apr 14Oct 20Mar 27Oct 23
2009Apr 13Oct 19Apr 13Nov 7
2008Apr 3Oct 20Mar 31Nov 18
2007Apr 11Oct 29Apr 11Nov 8
2006Apr 10Oct 13Mar 23Nov 4
2005Mar 22Nov 11Mar 18Nov 18
2004Apr 16Nov 9Apr 6Nov 10
2003Apr 10Oct 24Apr 1Nov 9
2002Apr 8Oct 19Apr 8Nov 19
2001Apr 20Oct 8Apr 19Oct 9
2000Apr 14Oct 8Mar 31Oct 8
1999Mar 27Oct 6Mar 26Nov 16
1998Mar 25Nov 3Mar 25Nov 5
1997May 9Oct 23Apr 20Oct 29
1996May 14Oct 4May 14Oct 12
1995Apr 16Oct 19Apr 7Nov 4
1994May 27Oct 28Apr 8Nov 12
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 4Oct 1
1992Apr 14Oct 6Apr 14Oct 20
1991Apr 13Oct 8Apr 3Oct 20
1990Apr 19Oct 20Apr 14Oct 20
1989Apr 24Oct 8Apr 23Nov 4
1988Apr 22Oct 9Mar 23Oct 9
1987Apr 9Oct 5Apr 2Oct 26
1986Apr 24Oct 11Mar 28Nov 3
1985Apr 11Oct 29Apr 11Oct 29
1984May 17Nov 3Apr 2Nov 3
1983May 17Sep 23Apr 20Oct 30
1982Apr 19Oct 18Apr 12Oct 18
1981Apr 22Oct 13Apr 21Oct 20
1980Apr 18Oct 14Apr 17Oct 30
1979Apr 11Oct 10Apr 8Nov 5
1978May 1Oct 16May 1Oct 25
1977Apr 29Oct 18Apr 10Nov 13
1976May 9Oct 19Apr 13Oct 19
1975Apr 22Oct 3Apr 14Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24Apr 7Oct 4
1973Apr 15Oct 18Apr 14Nov 6
1972no dataOct 10no dataOct 20

"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.