Last Frost Day

Frost history / Milanville, PA

Milanville, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00365738, 1963 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 760 ft, 41.672, -75.064. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 18Oct 5
EarliestApr 29 (2019)Aug 30 (1965)
LatestJul 21 (1965)Oct 28 (2011)
Trend4.8 days earlier per decade5.6 days later per decade
Years with data2223

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 3 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29197019801990200020101964: Jun 61965: Jul 211966: Jun 31967: Jun 21968: May 261969: May 281970: May 81971: May 241972: Jun 111973: May 201974: May 91975: May 82010: May 112011: May 62012: Apr 302013: May 272014: May 202015: May 142016: May 162017: May 42018: May 12019: Apr 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11197019801990200020101963: Sep 141964: Sep 141965: Aug 301966: Sep 161967: Sep 11968: Sep 291969: Sep 191970: Oct 51971: Sep 261972: Oct 11973: Sep 211974: Sep 232009: Oct 122010: Oct 102011: Oct 282012: Oct 132013: Oct 212014: Oct 52015: Oct 172016: Oct 102017: Oct 172018: Oct 192019: Oct 5

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
2019Apr 29Oct 5Apr 5Nov 1
2018May 1Oct 19Apr 23Oct 19
2017May 4Oct 17Apr 8Oct 17
2016May 16Oct 10Apr 14Oct 26
2015May 14Oct 17Apr 27Oct 18
2014May 20Oct 5Apr 25Oct 31
2013May 27Oct 21Apr 23Oct 24
2012Apr 30Oct 13Apr 30Oct 13
2011May 6Oct 28Apr 22Oct 28
2010May 11Oct 10May 11Oct 23
2009no dataOct 12no dataOct 19
1975May 8no dataApr 29no data
1974May 9Sep 23May 9Sep 24
1973May 20Sep 21May 1Oct 22
1972Jun 11Oct 1May 11Oct 10
1971May 24Sep 26May 15Nov 5
1970May 8Oct 5May 8Oct 18
1969May 28Sep 19May 28Oct 15
1968May 26Sep 29May 9Oct 5
1967Jun 2Sep 1May 31Sep 11
1966Jun 3Sep 16May 12Sep 17
1965Jul 21Aug 30May 14Sep 28
1964Jun 6Sep 14May 5Sep 14
1963no dataSep 14no dataSep 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.