Last Frost Day

Frost history / York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, PA

York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00369933, 1951 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 390 ft, 39.917, -76.750. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 1Oct 10
EarliestApr 8 (1955)Sep 21 (1956)
LatestMay 25 (1967)Nov 4 (1971)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data5859

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301960197019801990200020101951: Apr 241952: Apr 121953: Apr 221954: May 51955: Apr 81956: May 251957: May 51958: Apr 131959: Apr 241960: May 21961: May 51962: May 101963: May 241964: Apr 251965: Apr 251966: May 111967: May 251968: May 81969: May 11970: May 71971: May 11972: May 111973: May 181974: May 81975: Apr 231976: May 91977: Apr 291978: May 11979: May 21980: Apr 221981: May 91982: Apr 291983: May 171984: May 171985: May 41986: May 41987: May 51988: Apr 261989: Apr 241991: Apr 131992: Apr 151993: Apr 281994: May 21995: May 81996: May 141997: May 81998: Apr 281999: Apr 262000: Apr 142001: Apr 292002: May 222003: Apr 142004: Apr 162005: May 72006: May 12007: Apr 142008: Apr 302014: Apr 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 81953: Oct 81954: Oct 81955: Oct 231956: Sep 211957: Sep 271958: Oct 61959: Oct 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 51962: Sep 211963: Sep 231964: Oct 61965: Oct 51966: Oct 71967: Oct 131968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Oct 191974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 121977: Oct 181978: Sep 291979: Oct 151980: Oct 231981: Oct 91982: Oct 171983: Oct 161984: Nov 31985: Oct 261986: Oct 111987: Oct 91988: Oct 81989: Oct 81990: Oct 201991: Oct 141992: Oct 61993: Oct 11994: Oct 111995: Oct 161996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Oct 231999: Oct 82000: Oct 92001: Oct 82002: Oct 182003: Oct 32004: Oct 182005: Oct 272006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 192013: Oct 24

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
2014Apr 21no dataApr 17no data
2013no dataOct 24no dataOct 26
2008Apr 30Oct 19Apr 3Oct 20
2007Apr 14Oct 29Apr 14Nov 8
2006May 1Oct 13Apr 10Oct 14
2005May 7Oct 27Apr 17Oct 30
2004Apr 16Oct 18Apr 16Nov 10
2003Apr 14Oct 3Apr 1Nov 9
2002May 22Oct 18Apr 7Nov 2
2001Apr 29Oct 8Apr 19Oct 9
2000Apr 14Oct 9Apr 13Oct 30
1999Apr 26Oct 8Mar 27Nov 5
1998Apr 28Oct 23Apr 11Nov 5
1997May 8Oct 2Apr 15Oct 23
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 8Nov 3
1995May 8Oct 16Apr 16Nov 5
1994May 2Oct 11Apr 8Nov 12
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 7Oct 11
1992Apr 15Oct 6Apr 6Oct 20
1991Apr 13Oct 14Apr 4Oct 21
1990no dataOct 20no dataOct 27
1989Apr 24Oct 8Apr 24Nov 4
1988Apr 26Oct 8Apr 20Oct 13
1987May 5Oct 9Apr 1Oct 13
1986May 4Oct 11Apr 14Oct 19
1985May 4Oct 26Apr 10Oct 29
1984May 17Nov 3Apr 11Nov 3
1983May 17Oct 16Apr 17Oct 22
1982Apr 29Oct 17Apr 23Oct 18
1981May 9Oct 9Apr 22Oct 13
1980Apr 22Oct 23Apr 17Oct 23
1979May 2Oct 15Apr 20Nov 4
1978May 1Sep 29May 1Oct 30
1977Apr 29Oct 18Apr 10Oct 18
1976May 9Oct 12Apr 14Oct 19
1975Apr 23Oct 3Apr 22Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24Apr 20Oct 3
1973May 18Oct 19Apr 15Nov 4
1972May 11Oct 10Apr 28Oct 11
1971May 1Nov 4Apr 15Nov 5
1970May 7Oct 17May 7Nov 17
1969May 1Oct 15Apr 7Oct 23
1968May 8Oct 5Apr 17Oct 30
1967May 25Oct 13Apr 29Oct 29
1966May 11Oct 7May 11Oct 31
1965Apr 25Oct 5Apr 5Oct 29
1964Apr 25Oct 6Apr 10Oct 8
1963May 24Sep 23Apr 25Sep 24
1962May 10Sep 21Apr 17Oct 25
1961May 5Oct 5Apr 30Oct 28
1960May 2Oct 21Apr 11Oct 26
1959Apr 24Oct 19Mar 29Oct 29
1958Apr 13Oct 6Apr 9Oct 20
1957May 5Sep 27May 4Oct 12
1956May 25Sep 21Apr 25Oct 11
1955Apr 8Oct 23Apr 5Nov 6
1954May 5Oct 8Apr 4Nov 1
1953Apr 22Oct 8Apr 22Oct 8
1952Apr 12Oct 8Mar 30Oct 21
1951Apr 24Sep 29Mar 27Nov 4

"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.