Last Frost Day

Frost history / Sunbury, PA

Sunbury, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00368668, 1957 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 575 ft, 40.853, -76.789. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 1Oct 14
EarliestApr 13 (1970)Sep 14 (1963)
LatestMay 25 (1963)Nov 18 (1970)
Trend0.6 days earlier per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data3639

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 27.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201958: May 101959: Apr 241960: May 31961: May 51962: May 111963: May 251964: May 41966: May 121967: May 131969: Apr 251970: Apr 131971: May 11972: Apr 301973: May 161974: May 91975: Apr 292006: Apr 292007: May 152008: Apr 162009: May 202010: May 122011: Apr 222012: May 12013: May 152014: Apr 282015: Apr 262016: Apr 242017: May 92018: Apr 242019: Apr 302020: May 212021: Apr 242022: May 12023: May 192024: Apr 272025: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201957: Sep 271958: Oct 21959: Oct 201960: Oct 221961: Oct 51962: Sep 211963: Sep 141964: Sep 141965: Oct 61966: Oct 71967: Oct 231968: Oct 61969: Oct 231970: Nov 181971: Nov 51972: Oct 111973: Oct 201974: Oct 31975: Oct 312006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 72009: Oct 142010: Oct 202011: Oct 282012: Oct 132013: Oct 222014: Oct 202015: Oct 192016: Oct 112017: Oct 172018: Oct 192019: Oct 192020: Sep 212021: Nov 32022: Oct 92023: Oct 242024: Oct 122025: Oct 10

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 18Oct 10Apr 10Oct 27
2024Apr 27Oct 12Apr 22Oct 28
2023May 19Oct 24Apr 11Nov 2
2022May 1Oct 9Apr 19Oct 29
2021Apr 24Nov 3Apr 23Nov 3
2020May 21Sep 21Apr 19Nov 17
2019Apr 30Oct 19Apr 4Nov 3
2018Apr 24Oct 19Apr 21Nov 12
2017May 9Oct 17Apr 9Nov 8
2016Apr 24Oct 11Apr 10Oct 26
2015Apr 26Oct 19Apr 12Oct 19
2014Apr 28Oct 20Apr 18Nov 13
2013May 15Oct 22Apr 5Oct 26
2012May 1Oct 13Apr 13Oct 13
2011Apr 22Oct 28Apr 6Oct 30
2010May 12Oct 20Mar 27Oct 23
2009May 20Oct 14Apr 17Oct 19
2008Apr 16Oct 7Apr 16Oct 19
2007May 15Oct 29Apr 14Oct 29
2006Apr 29Oct 13Apr 11Oct 13
1975Apr 29Oct 31Apr 23Nov 16
1974May 9Oct 3Apr 21Oct 4
1973May 16Oct 20Apr 15Nov 8
1972Apr 30Oct 11Apr 10Oct 18
1971May 1Nov 5Apr 12Nov 9
1970Apr 13Nov 18Apr 12Nov 18
1969Apr 25Oct 23Apr 2Oct 23
1968no dataOct 6no dataOct 31
1967May 13Oct 23Apr 12Oct 29
1966May 12Oct 7May 11Oct 31
1965no dataOct 6no dataOct 6
1964May 4Sep 14Apr 10Oct 6
1963May 25Sep 14May 24Sep 24
1962May 11Sep 21May 10Oct 25
1961May 5Oct 5Apr 20Oct 28
1960May 3Oct 22Apr 12Oct 26
1959Apr 24Oct 20Apr 7Oct 20
1958May 10Oct 2Apr 13Oct 6
1957no dataSep 27no dataSep 28

"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.