Frost history / Donegal 2 Nw, PA
Donegal 2 Nw, PA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00362183, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,800 ft, 40.127, -79.406. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 14 | Oct 9 |
| Earliest | Apr 10 (2019) | Sep 8 (1951) |
| Latest | Jun 17 (1959) | Nov 13 (2024) |
| Trend | 3.6 days earlier per decade | 4.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 46 | 47 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 28 and the median first fall date is Oct 17.
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 28 | Oct 17 | Apr 18 | Oct 17 |
| 2024 | Apr 23 | Nov 13 | Apr 8 | Nov 30 |
| 2023 | Apr 28 | Oct 23 | Apr 26 | Nov 1 |
| 2022 | Apr 30 | Nov 9 | Apr 30 | Nov 16 |
| 2021 | May 13 | Nov 3 | Apr 4 | Nov 3 |
| 2020 | May 10 | Sep 21 | May 10 | Oct 17 |
| 2019 | Apr 10 | Oct 15 | Apr 2 | Nov 2 |
| 2018 | May 1 | Oct 18 | Apr 21 | Oct 23 |
| 2017 | May 8 | Oct 17 | Apr 9 | Nov 10 |
| 2016 | May 21 | Oct 15 | Apr 28 | Oct 27 |
| 2015 | Apr 26 | Oct 18 | Apr 2 | Oct 19 |
| 2014 | May 6 | Oct 14 | Apr 25 | Nov 8 |
| 2013 | no data | Oct 25 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 2010 | May 11 | no data | Mar 29 | no data |
| 2009 | May 20 | Oct 14 | Apr 13 | Oct 19 |
| 1993 | May 24 | no data | Apr 28 | no data |
| 1990 | Apr 20 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 1989 | May 8 | Oct 9 | Apr 25 | Oct 23 |
| 1988 | May 27 | Oct 8 | Apr 20 | Oct 9 |
| 1987 | May 9 | Oct 9 | May 1 | Oct 9 |
| 1986 | no data | Oct 18 | no data | Oct 19 |
| 1984 | May 18 | no data | Apr 5 | no data |
| 1983 | no data | Oct 30 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 1981 | May 7 | Oct 17 | Apr 22 | Oct 17 |
| 1980 | May 17 | Oct 26 | May 9 | Oct 30 |
| 1977 | May 13 | no data | May 1 | no data |
| 1976 | May 23 | Oct 12 | May 10 | Oct 18 |
| 1975 | Apr 28 | Oct 3 | Apr 28 | Oct 31 |
| 1974 | May 11 | Sep 24 | May 9 | Sep 24 |
| 1973 | no data | Oct 6 | no data | Oct 19 |
| 1972 | Jun 11 | Oct 10 | May 11 | Oct 10 |
| 1971 | May 28 | Nov 4 | May 1 | Nov 4 |
| 1970 | May 7 | Oct 16 | May 7 | Nov 8 |
| 1969 | no data | Oct 15 | no data | Oct 15 |
| 1968 | May 6 | Sep 29 | Apr 16 | Oct 6 |
| 1967 | May 17 | Sep 25 | Apr 29 | Oct 13 |
| 1966 | Jun 2 | Sep 16 | Jun 2 | Sep 16 |
| 1965 | May 30 | Sep 26 | Apr 17 | Oct 6 |
| 1964 | May 29 | Sep 14 | Apr 11 | Sep 14 |
| 1963 | May 24 | Sep 23 | May 24 | Sep 23 |
| 1962 | Apr 24 | Sep 21 | Apr 24 | Sep 21 |
| 1961 | May 30 | Sep 29 | May 30 | Sep 29 |
| 1960 | May 11 | Oct 1 | May 3 | Oct 5 |
| 1959 | Jun 17 | Sep 17 | Apr 24 | Sep 17 |
| 1958 | Jun 7 | Sep 13 | Jun 7 | Sep 29 |
| 1957 | May 29 | Sep 27 | May 7 | Sep 27 |
| 1956 | May 26 | Sep 9 | May 25 | Sep 9 |
| 1955 | no data | Sep 13 | no data | Oct 22 |
| 1954 | May 24 | Sep 23 | May 21 | Sep 24 |
| 1953 | May 29 | Sep 14 | May 29 | Sep 14 |
| 1952 | Jun 2 | Sep 24 | May 3 | Oct 3 |
| 1951 | May 14 | Sep 8 | May 14 | Sep 29 |
"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.