Last Frost Day

Frost history / Laurelton Ctr, PA

Laurelton Ctr, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00364853, 1965 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 800 ft, 40.902, -77.214. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 6Oct 10
EarliestApr 14 (2000)Sep 20 (1993)
LatestJun 11 (1972)Nov 4 (1971)
Trend2.5 days earlier per decade0.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data3837

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 22.

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 2919701980199020001965: Apr 231966: May 121967: May 251968: May 81969: May 11970: May 71971: May 11972: Jun 111973: May 191974: May 81975: Apr 281976: May 131977: May 121978: May 41979: May 21980: Apr 171981: May 81982: Apr 291983: May 181984: Apr 221985: May 91986: May 31987: May 11988: Apr 281989: May 41990: May 121991: Apr 231992: May 71993: Apr 281994: May 281996: May 151997: May 81999: Apr 292000: Apr 142002: May 212003: Apr 142004: Apr 162005: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119701980199020001965: Sep 281966: Oct 141967: Oct 201968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Oct 181974: Sep 231975: Oct 31976: Sep 231977: Oct 141978: Sep 261979: Oct 111980: Oct 101981: Oct 101982: Oct 181983: Oct 211984: Oct 61985: Oct 121986: Oct 81988: Oct 91989: Sep 241990: Oct 201991: Sep 221993: Sep 201994: Oct 111995: Oct 171996: Oct 41997: Oct 21999: Oct 62001: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 122005: Oct 28

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
2005May 14Oct 28Apr 14Nov 12
2004Apr 16Oct 12Apr 6Nov 9
2003Apr 14Oct 3Apr 1Nov 9
2002May 21Oct 15Apr 8Oct 29
2001no dataOct 8no dataOct 8
2000Apr 14no dataApr 13no data
1999Apr 29Oct 6Apr 25Oct 6
1997May 8Oct 2Apr 16Oct 21
1996May 15Oct 4May 14Oct 4
1995no dataOct 17no dataNov 5
1994May 28Oct 11May 3Nov 11
1993Apr 28Sep 20Apr 28Oct 1
1992May 7no dataMay 7no data
1991Apr 23Sep 22Apr 23Oct 14
1990May 12Oct 20Apr 18Oct 27
1989May 4Sep 24Apr 24Oct 10
1988Apr 28Oct 9Apr 22Oct 14
1987May 1no dataMay 1no data
1986May 3Oct 8Apr 24Oct 10
1985May 9Oct 12Apr 10Oct 29
1984Apr 22Oct 6Apr 22Nov 3
1983May 18Oct 21Apr 20Oct 22
1982Apr 29Oct 18Apr 12Oct 18
1981May 8Oct 10Apr 22Oct 20
1980Apr 17Oct 10Apr 17Oct 23
1979May 2Oct 11Apr 19Oct 26
1978May 4Sep 26May 1Oct 18
1977May 12Oct 14Apr 16Oct 14
1976May 13Sep 23May 4Oct 11
1975Apr 28Oct 3Apr 22Oct 3
1974May 8Sep 23May 8Oct 3
1973May 19Oct 18Apr 15Nov 4
1972Jun 11Oct 10Apr 26Oct 10
1971May 1Nov 4Apr 16Nov 5
1970May 7Oct 17May 7Nov 18
1969May 1Oct 15Apr 12Oct 18
1968May 8Oct 5Apr 7Oct 31
1967May 25Oct 20Apr 29Oct 29
1966May 12Oct 14May 11Oct 31
1965Apr 23Sep 28Apr 5Oct 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.