Last Frost Day

Frost history / Chalk Hill 2 Ene, PA

Chalk Hill 2 Ene, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00361350, 1977 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,980 ft, 39.848, -79.590. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 11Oct 5
EarliestApr 25 (1991)Aug 29 (1982)
LatestJun 12 (1980)Oct 29 (2007)
Trend2.0 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data3738

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 29 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919801990200020101978: May 111979: May 171980: Jun 121981: May 201982: May 101983: May 281984: May 171985: May 41986: May 41987: May 81988: May 261989: May 41990: May 121991: Apr 251992: May 281993: May 201994: May 281995: May 81996: May 141997: May 231998: Apr 281999: Apr 262000: Apr 282001: May 312002: May 222003: Apr 272004: May 42005: May 52006: May 232007: May 142008: May 52009: May 202010: May 112011: May 62012: May 112014: May 202017: May 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119801990200020101977: Oct 51978: Sep 291979: Oct 111980: Sep 271981: Sep 291982: Aug 291983: Sep 231984: Sep 171985: Oct 71986: Oct 71987: Oct 91988: Oct 81989: Oct 91990: Oct 211991: Sep 211992: Sep 301993: Oct 11994: Oct 41995: Sep 231996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Oct 221999: Sep 222000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Oct 222003: Oct 32004: Oct 52005: Oct 252006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 72009: Oct 62010: Oct 82011: Sep 162012: Sep 252013: Sep 242014: Sep 24

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
2017May 10no dataMay 10no data
2014May 20Sep 24May 5Oct 27
2013no dataSep 24no dataOct 21
2012May 11Sep 25Apr 28Oct 11
2011May 6Sep 16Apr 15Oct 23
2010May 11Oct 8May 11Oct 20
2009May 20Oct 6May 20Oct 19
2008May 5Oct 7Apr 16Oct 19
2007May 14Oct 29Apr 10Oct 29
2006May 23Oct 13May 7Oct 13
2005May 5Oct 25May 5Oct 30
2004May 4Oct 5Apr 28Oct 18
2003Apr 27Oct 3Apr 24Oct 3
2002May 22Oct 22May 22Nov 2
2001May 31Oct 7Apr 29Oct 8
2000Apr 28Oct 8Apr 27Oct 29
1999Apr 26Sep 22Apr 25Oct 27
1998Apr 28Oct 22Apr 28Nov 4
1997May 23Oct 2Apr 20Oct 21
1996May 14Oct 4May 14Oct 4
1995May 8Sep 23Apr 15Oct 17
1994May 28Oct 4Apr 22Oct 11
1993May 20Oct 1Apr 7Oct 1
1992May 28Sep 30Apr 29Oct 18
1991Apr 25Sep 21Apr 3Oct 8
1990May 12Oct 21Apr 19Oct 27
1989May 4Oct 9Apr 24Oct 23
1988May 26Oct 8Apr 26Oct 13
1987May 8Oct 9May 2Oct 9
1986May 4Oct 7May 4Oct 19
1985May 4Oct 7May 4Oct 26
1984May 17Sep 17May 17Nov 3
1983May 28Sep 23May 11Oct 30
1982May 10Aug 29Apr 28Oct 18
1981May 20Sep 29May 3Oct 4
1980Jun 12Sep 27May 10Oct 6
1979May 17Oct 11May 2Oct 15
1978May 11Sep 29May 3Oct 9
1977no dataOct 5no dataOct 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.