Last Frost Day

Frost history / Hawley 1 E, PA

Hawley 1 E, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00363758, 1951 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 890 ft, 41.476, -75.165. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 10Oct 5
EarliestApr 6 (1995)Sep 14 (1964)
LatestJun 3 (1986)Oct 29 (2007)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.1 days later per decade
Years with data5557

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 28 and the median first fall date is Oct 16.

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 141960197019801990200020101951: May 141959: May 91960: May 101961: May 61962: May 121963: May 251964: May 41965: May 11966: May 121967: May 241968: May 91969: May 281970: May 81971: May 151972: May 121973: May 191974: May 91975: Apr 291976: May 141977: May 161978: May 51979: May 31980: May 101981: May 101982: Apr 301983: May 191984: May 181985: May 101986: Jun 31988: May 41989: May 91990: May 121991: May 51992: May 81995: Apr 61996: May 251997: May 191998: Apr 301999: May 12000: May 162001: Jun 22003: May 192004: May 52005: May 142007: May 152008: May 202009: May 192010: May 122011: May 62012: May 12013: May 152014: May 82015: May 152016: May 102017: May 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101958: Oct 21959: Sep 171960: Oct 21961: Oct 51962: Sep 211963: Sep 231964: Sep 141965: Sep 281966: Oct 71967: Oct 141968: Oct 61969: Oct 161970: Oct 51971: Oct 191972: Oct 11973: Oct 191974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 111977: Oct 181978: Sep 291979: Oct 111980: Oct 61981: Oct 101982: Oct 111983: Sep 251984: Oct 31985: Oct 121987: Oct 41988: Sep 291989: Sep 251990: Sep 181991: Sep 221992: Sep 241993: Sep 201994: Oct 31996: Oct 41997: Sep 231998: Sep 241999: Oct 62000: Sep 272001: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 62005: Oct 242006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 42009: Oct 112010: Oct 102011: Oct 282012: Oct 122013: Oct 212014: Oct 52015: Oct 182016: Oct 11

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 5no dataApr 10no data
2016May 10Oct 11Apr 24Oct 15
2015May 15Oct 18Apr 25Oct 18
2014May 8Oct 5Apr 28Oct 21
2013May 15Oct 21May 14Oct 23
2012May 1Oct 12May 1Nov 6
2011May 6Oct 28Apr 23Oct 28
2010May 12Oct 10May 11Oct 23
2009May 19Oct 11May 19Oct 12
2008May 20Oct 4May 2Oct 18
2007May 15Oct 29Apr 12Oct 29
2006no dataOct 13no dataOct 13
2005May 14Oct 24May 13Oct 28
2004May 5Oct 6Apr 17Nov 4
2003May 19Oct 3Apr 25Oct 3
2002no dataOct 15no dataOct 16
2001Jun 2Oct 8Apr 30Oct 8
2000May 16Sep 27Apr 14Sep 27
1999May 1Oct 6Apr 28Oct 7
1998Apr 30Sep 24Apr 30Oct 6
1997May 19Sep 23May 8Oct 17
1996May 25Oct 4May 14Oct 4
1995Apr 6no dataMar 29no data
1994no dataOct 3no dataOct 12
1993no dataSep 20no dataOct 11
1992May 8Sep 24Apr 15Oct 1
1991May 5Sep 22Apr 13Sep 30
1990May 12Sep 18Apr 19Oct 27
1989May 9Sep 25Apr 28Oct 10
1988May 4Sep 29Apr 26Oct 13
1987no dataOct 4no dataOct 9
1986Jun 3no dataMay 4no data
1985May 10Oct 12May 9Oct 29
1984May 18Oct 3Apr 22Oct 6
1983May 19Sep 25Apr 22Oct 21
1982Apr 30Oct 11Apr 24Oct 18
1981May 10Oct 10Apr 23Oct 12
1980May 10Oct 6Apr 23Oct 10
1979May 3Oct 11Apr 21Oct 27
1978May 5Sep 29May 5Oct 16
1977May 16Oct 18Apr 11Oct 24
1976May 14Oct 11May 6Oct 19
1975Apr 29Oct 3Apr 24Oct 31
1974May 9Sep 24May 9Sep 24
1973May 19Oct 19Apr 16Nov 6
1972May 12Oct 1May 11Oct 10
1971May 15Oct 19May 5Nov 5
1970May 8Oct 5May 8Oct 20
1969May 28Oct 16Apr 21Oct 23
1968May 9Oct 6May 8Oct 31
1967May 24Oct 14May 13Oct 27
1966May 12Oct 7May 12Oct 13
1965May 1Sep 28Apr 25Oct 6
1964May 4Sep 14Apr 12Sep 16
1963May 25Sep 23May 24Sep 24
1962May 12Sep 21May 11Sep 22
1961May 6Oct 5May 1Oct 17
1960May 10Oct 2Apr 20Nov 7
1959May 9Sep 17Apr 23Oct 19
1958no dataOct 2no dataOct 6
1951May 14no dataMay 14no data

"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.