Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lebanon 2 W, PA

Lebanon 2 W, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00364896, 1966 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 450 ft, 40.333, -76.467. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 26Oct 21
EarliestApr 2 (1987)Oct 1 (1993)
LatestMay 22 (2002)Nov 17 (1970)
Trend2.5 days earlier per decade1.6 days later per decade
Years with data5654

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 9 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301970198019902000201020201966: May 111967: May 131968: May 71969: May 11970: Apr 131971: May 11972: Apr 281973: May 191974: May 81978: May 51979: Apr 301981: Apr 211982: Apr 151983: May 171984: May 11985: May 41986: May 41987: Apr 21988: Apr 261989: Apr 241990: Apr 191991: Apr 231992: Apr 131993: Apr 281994: Apr 231995: Apr 171996: May 151997: May 81998: Apr 281999: Apr 262000: Apr 142001: Apr 292002: May 222003: Apr 142004: Apr 162005: May 52006: Apr 262007: Apr 142008: Apr 162009: Apr 172010: Apr 142011: Apr 62012: Apr 292013: May 142014: Apr 172015: Apr 252016: Apr 142017: Apr 92018: Apr 212019: Apr 122020: May 102021: Apr 232022: Apr 302023: Apr 252024: Apr 222025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261970198019902000201020201966: Oct 181967: Oct 231968: Oct 61969: Oct 231970: Nov 171971: Nov 51973: Oct 171976: Oct 121977: Oct 71981: Oct 131982: Oct 181983: Oct 231984: Nov 31985: Oct 291986: Oct 191987: Oct 91988: Oct 91989: Oct 91990: Oct 201991: Oct 141992: Oct 61993: Oct 11994: Oct 121995: Oct 301996: Oct 41997: Oct 211998: Oct 301999: Oct 82000: Oct 82001: Oct 82002: Oct 222003: Oct 32004: Oct 232005: Oct 312006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 192010: Oct 232011: Oct 292012: Oct 132013: Oct 252014: Nov 82015: Oct 182016: Oct 262017: Nov 82018: Nov 102019: Nov 22020: Oct 312021: Nov 32022: Oct 212023: Nov 12024: Oct 172025: Oct 25

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
2025Apr 9Oct 25Apr 9Oct 27
2024Apr 22Oct 17Mar 24Nov 13
2023Apr 25Nov 1Apr 9Nov 2
2022Apr 30Oct 21Apr 18Nov 15
2021Apr 23Nov 3Apr 3Nov 4
2020May 10Oct 31Apr 19Nov 18
2019Apr 12Nov 2Apr 3Nov 8
2018Apr 21Nov 10Apr 8Nov 11
2017Apr 9Nov 8Mar 23Nov 10
2016Apr 14Oct 26Apr 10Oct 26
2015Apr 25Oct 18Apr 1Oct 19
2014Apr 17Nov 8Apr 16Nov 8
2013May 14Oct 25Apr 4Nov 4
2012Apr 29Oct 13Mar 27Nov 6
2011Apr 6Oct 29Mar 30Oct 30
2010Apr 14Oct 23Mar 27Nov 2
2009Apr 17Oct 19Apr 13Nov 6
2008Apr 16Oct 19Apr 15Oct 20
2007Apr 14Oct 29Apr 11Oct 29
2006Apr 26Oct 13Apr 9Oct 15
2005May 5Oct 31May 4Nov 12
2004Apr 16Oct 23Apr 6Nov 9
2003Apr 14Oct 3Apr 1Oct 24
2002May 22Oct 22Apr 7Nov 1
2001Apr 29Oct 8Apr 19Oct 9
2000Apr 14Oct 8Apr 13Oct 9
1999Apr 26Oct 8Apr 26Nov 5
1998Apr 28Oct 30Mar 25Nov 4
1997May 8Oct 21Apr 15Oct 23
1996May 15Oct 4Apr 9Nov 3
1995Apr 17Oct 30Apr 6Nov 5
1994Apr 23Oct 12Mar 31Nov 11
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 7Oct 11
1992Apr 13Oct 6Apr 13Oct 20
1991Apr 23Oct 14Apr 4Oct 21
1990Apr 19Oct 20Apr 19Oct 27
1989Apr 24Oct 9Apr 24Nov 4
1988Apr 26Oct 9Mar 23Oct 14
1987Apr 2Oct 9Apr 2Oct 13
1986May 4Oct 19Apr 14Nov 13
1985May 4Oct 29Apr 10Nov 24
1984May 1Nov 3Apr 2Nov 3
1983May 17Oct 23Apr 1Oct 30
1982Apr 15Oct 18Apr 10Oct 18
1981Apr 21Oct 13Apr 16Nov 13
1979Apr 30no dataApr 20no data
1978May 5no dataApr 23no data
1977no dataOct 7no dataOct 18
1976no dataOct 12no dataOct 19
1974May 8no dataApr 25no data
1973May 19Oct 17Mar 28Oct 19
1972Apr 28no dataApr 9no data
1971May 1Nov 5Apr 24Nov 8
1970Apr 13Nov 17Apr 12Nov 17
1969May 1Oct 23Apr 7Oct 24
1968May 7Oct 6Apr 6Oct 31
1967May 13Oct 23Apr 12Oct 29
1966May 11Oct 18May 11Oct 31

"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.