Last Frost Day

Frost history / Emporium, PA

Emporium, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00362629, 1969 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,040 ft, 41.507, -78.228. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 12Oct 11
EarliestApr 27 (1999)Sep 14 (1975)
LatestJun 10 (1983)Nov 4 (2004)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade1.1 days later per decade
Years with data3637

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 30 and the median first fall date is Oct 18.

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 2919701980199020001970: May 81971: May 231972: May 131973: May 201974: May 111975: May 81976: May 191977: Jun 81979: May 271980: May 101981: May 201982: May 61983: Jun 101985: May 101986: May 41987: May 91989: May 51990: May 131991: May 41992: May 251993: Apr 281994: May 141995: May 81996: May 151997: May 231998: Apr 291999: Apr 272000: May 162001: May 312002: May 232003: Apr 272004: May 62005: May 172006: May 82007: May 152008: May 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119701980199020001969: Oct 151970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Oct 271974: Sep 241975: Sep 141976: Oct 111977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Oct 131980: Sep 271981: Sep 241982: Oct 171984: Oct 41985: Oct 121986: Oct 101988: Oct 131989: Sep 271990: Oct 201991: Sep 301992: Oct 51993: Oct 11994: Oct 111995: Sep 241996: Oct 41997: Oct 171998: Oct 221999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Oct 82002: Oct 142003: Oct 32004: Nov 42005: Oct 282006: Oct 132007: Oct 29

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
2008May 6no dataMay 1no data
2007May 15Oct 29Apr 14Nov 2
2006May 8Oct 13Apr 29Oct 15
2005May 17Oct 28May 6Oct 30
2004May 6Nov 4Apr 28Nov 9
2003Apr 27Oct 3Apr 24Nov 9
2002May 23Oct 14May 22Oct 24
2001May 31Oct 8Apr 29Oct 9
2000May 16Sep 29Apr 14Oct 23
1999Apr 27Oct 7Apr 25Oct 7
1998Apr 29Oct 22Apr 28Oct 31
1997May 23Oct 17May 8Oct 17
1996May 15Oct 4May 14Oct 4
1995May 8Sep 24Apr 25Nov 6
1994May 14Oct 11May 13Oct 12
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 27Oct 11
1992May 25Oct 5Apr 15Oct 18
1991May 4Sep 30Apr 12Oct 14
1990May 13Oct 20Apr 19Oct 27
1989May 5Sep 27Apr 25Oct 10
1988no dataOct 13no dataOct 27
1987May 9no dataMay 1no data
1986May 4Oct 10May 4Oct 10
1985May 10Oct 12May 5Oct 26
1984no dataOct 4no dataOct 6
1983Jun 10no dataMay 18no data
1982May 6Oct 17Apr 30Oct 18
1981May 20Sep 24May 8Oct 17
1980May 10Sep 27May 8Oct 23
1979May 27Oct 13May 2Oct 31
1978no dataOct 15no dataOct 17
1977Jun 8Oct 14May 1Oct 18
1976May 19Oct 11May 14Oct 19
1975May 8Sep 14Apr 29Sep 14
1974May 11Sep 24May 9Oct 3
1973May 20Oct 27Apr 16Nov 8
1972May 13Oct 10May 11Oct 10
1971May 23Nov 4Apr 24Nov 7
1970May 8Oct 17May 8Oct 17
1969no dataOct 15no dataOct 23

"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.