Last Frost Day

Frost history / Butler 2 Sw, PA

Butler 2 Sw, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00361139, 1968 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,000 ft, 40.841, -79.916. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 11Oct 11
EarliestApr 15 (2011)Sep 14 (1975)
LatestJun 11 (1972)Nov 3 (1984)
Trend2.9 days earlier per decade2.8 days later per decade
Years with data4549

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

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 14Jun 291970198019902000201020201968: May 71969: May 271970: May 81971: May 281972: Jun 111973: May 171974: May 111975: May 81976: May 141977: Jun 81978: May 111979: May 171980: May 151981: May 201984: May 171985: May 91986: May 51987: May 61988: May 261989: May 41991: Apr 181992: May 71993: May 221994: May 151995: May 81996: May 151997: May 231998: Apr 281999: Apr 272000: Apr 282001: Apr 302002: May 232003: Apr 282004: May 42005: May 62006: May 232007: Apr 212010: May 112011: Apr 152015: May 232016: May 172017: May 102018: May 22019: Apr 302020: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111970198019902000201020201968: Oct 51969: Oct 91970: Oct 171971: Oct 81972: Oct 101973: Oct 191974: Sep 241975: Sep 141976: Sep 251977: Oct 141978: Sep 291979: Oct 111980: Oct 61981: Oct 131983: Sep 231984: Nov 31985: Oct 71986: Sep 171987: Oct 91988: Oct 81989: Oct 231990: Oct 201991: Sep 281992: Oct 71993: Oct 11994: Oct 111995: Oct 171996: Oct 41997: Oct 171998: Oct 251999: Oct 72000: Oct 82001: Oct 82002: Oct 142003: Oct 32004: Oct 62005: Oct 292006: Oct 132007: Oct 292010: Oct 212011: Oct 282012: Oct 92013: Oct 242014: Oct 122015: Oct 192016: Oct 112017: Oct 172018: Oct 192019: Oct 13

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
2020May 14no dataMay 9no data
2019Apr 30Oct 13Apr 29Nov 2
2018May 2Oct 19May 1Oct 19
2017May 10Oct 17May 9Nov 1
2016May 17Oct 11Apr 15Nov 12
2015May 23Oct 19Apr 3Oct 19
2014no dataOct 12no dataNov 3
2013no dataOct 24no dataOct 28
2012no dataOct 9no dataOct 13
2011Apr 15Oct 28Apr 6Nov 5
2010May 11Oct 21May 10Nov 2
2007Apr 21Oct 29Apr 15Oct 29
2006May 23Oct 13Apr 26Oct 15
2005May 6Oct 29Mar 22Oct 30
2004May 4Oct 6May 4Nov 10
2003Apr 28Oct 3Apr 25Oct 3
2002May 23Oct 14May 21Nov 27
2001Apr 30Oct 8Apr 29Oct 8
2000Apr 28Oct 8Apr 14Oct 29
1999Apr 27Oct 7Mar 31Oct 28
1998Apr 28Oct 25Apr 11Nov 3
1997May 23Oct 17Apr 21Oct 23
1996May 15Oct 4May 14Nov 2
1995May 8Oct 17Apr 23Nov 4
1994May 15Oct 11Apr 24Oct 28
1993May 22Oct 1Apr 28Oct 11
1992May 7Oct 7Apr 14Oct 18
1991Apr 18Sep 28Apr 12Oct 17
1990no dataOct 20no dataOct 27
1989May 4Oct 23Apr 25Oct 23
1988May 26Oct 8Apr 26Oct 14
1987May 6Oct 9May 1Oct 14
1986May 5Sep 17May 4Oct 19
1985May 9Oct 7Apr 11Oct 29
1984May 17Nov 3Apr 11Nov 3
1983no dataSep 23no dataOct 30
1981May 20Oct 13Apr 21Oct 17
1980May 15Oct 6Apr 18Oct 23
1979May 17Oct 11May 2Oct 27
1978May 11Sep 29May 4Oct 18
1977Jun 8Oct 14Apr 30Nov 13
1976May 14Sep 25May 10Oct 18
1975May 8Sep 14Apr 28Oct 31
1974May 11Sep 24May 8Sep 24
1973May 17Oct 19Apr 30Nov 4
1972Jun 11Oct 10May 12Oct 10
1971May 28Oct 8May 2Nov 5
1970May 8Oct 17May 8Nov 23
1969May 27Oct 9Apr 25Oct 15
1968May 7Oct 5May 7Oct 5

"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.