Last Frost Day

Frost history / Matamoras, PA

Matamoras, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00365470, 1963 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 459 ft, 41.391, -74.717. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 6Oct 10
EarliestApr 10 (1984)Sep 16 (1964)
LatestMay 20 (2008)Nov 4 (1971)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.9 days later per decade
Years with data4344

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 21.

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 30197019801990200020101964: Apr 261965: Apr 251966: May 111967: May 171968: May 71969: May 121970: May 71971: May 151972: May 111973: May 191974: May 81975: Apr 281976: May 91977: May 151978: May 31979: Apr 211980: May 101981: Apr 221982: Apr 291984: Apr 101985: May 91986: May 51988: Apr 271989: Apr 261990: Apr 201991: Apr 121992: Apr 161995: May 71996: May 151997: May 181998: Apr 301999: Apr 292000: May 22001: May 82002: May 182003: Apr 262004: May 52006: Apr 302007: May 142008: May 202009: Apr 252010: May 122011: May 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11197019801990200020101963: Sep 241964: Sep 161965: Sep 281966: Oct 71967: Oct 141968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 51971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Oct 191974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 111977: Oct 181978: Oct 91979: Oct 141980: Oct 101981: Oct 101982: Oct 181983: Oct 211984: Oct 61987: Oct 91988: Oct 121989: Oct 101990: Oct 211991: Oct 11995: Oct 171996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Sep 241999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 172005: Oct 272006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 182009: Oct 122010: Oct 102011: 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
2011May 6Oct 28Apr 22Oct 28
2010May 12Oct 10May 11Oct 23
2009Apr 25Oct 12Apr 24Oct 19
2008May 20Oct 18May 2Oct 19
2007May 14Oct 29Apr 12Nov 8
2006Apr 30Oct 13Apr 27Oct 13
2005no dataOct 27no dataNov 3
2004May 5Oct 17Apr 17Nov 4
2003Apr 26Oct 3Apr 15Oct 24
2002May 18Oct 15Apr 28Oct 22
2001May 8Oct 8Apr 29Oct 8
2000May 2Sep 29Apr 14Oct 9
1999Apr 29Oct 7Apr 26Oct 8
1998Apr 30Sep 24Apr 12Sep 24
1997May 18Oct 2May 8Oct 2
1996May 15Oct 4May 14Oct 4
1995May 7Oct 17Apr 18Nov 5
1992Apr 16no dataApr 14no data
1991Apr 12Oct 1Apr 5Oct 21
1990Apr 20Oct 21Apr 20Oct 28
1989Apr 26Oct 10Apr 25Nov 4
1988Apr 27Oct 12Apr 20Oct 14
1987no dataOct 9no dataOct 16
1986May 5no dataApr 13no data
1985May 9no dataApr 10no data
1984Apr 10Oct 6Mar 27Nov 15
1983no dataOct 21no dataOct 31
1982Apr 29Oct 18Apr 23Oct 18
1981Apr 22Oct 10Apr 22Oct 20
1980May 10Oct 10Apr 17Oct 23
1979Apr 21Oct 14Apr 20Oct 27
1978May 3Oct 9Apr 23Oct 9
1977May 15Oct 18Apr 10Oct 24
1976May 9Oct 11May 5Oct 19
1975Apr 28Oct 3Apr 28Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24May 8Sep 24
1973May 19Oct 19Apr 15Nov 8
1972May 11Oct 10Apr 28Oct 10
1971May 15Nov 4Apr 24Nov 6
1970May 7Oct 5May 7Oct 20
1969May 12Oct 15Apr 7Oct 23
1968May 7Oct 5Apr 7Oct 31
1967May 17Oct 14Apr 26Oct 29
1966May 11Oct 7May 11Oct 21
1965Apr 25Sep 28Apr 25Oct 6
1964Apr 26Sep 16Apr 10Oct 6
1963no dataSep 24no dataSep 24

"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.