Frost history / Essex Junction 1 N, VT
Essex Junction 1 N, VT: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00432843, 1985 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 340 ft, 44.508, -73.115. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 14 | Oct 4 |
| Earliest | Apr 22 (2011) | Sep 19 (1995) |
| Latest | Jun 3 (1986) | Oct 24 (2013) |
| Trend | 2.9 days earlier per decade | 4.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 28 | 29 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 30 and the median first fall date is Oct 13.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | May 14 | Oct 24 | Apr 22 | Oct 29 |
| 2012 | May 6 | Oct 13 | Apr 30 | Oct 13 |
| 2011 | Apr 22 | Oct 6 | Apr 22 | Oct 28 |
| 2010 | May 13 | Oct 3 | May 11 | Oct 19 |
| 2009 | Jun 1 | Oct 12 | Apr 20 | Oct 12 |
| 2008 | May 28 | Sep 23 | Apr 30 | Oct 18 |
| 2007 | May 6 | Oct 13 | May 4 | Oct 29 |
| 2006 | May 7 | Oct 6 | Apr 29 | Oct 22 |
| 2005 | May 13 | Oct 21 | May 13 | Oct 21 |
| 2004 | May 8 | Oct 6 | May 8 | Oct 20 |
| 2003 | May 24 | Oct 3 | Apr 25 | Oct 19 |
| 2002 | May 25 | Oct 9 | May 4 | Oct 15 |
| 2001 | May 15 | Oct 9 | Apr 30 | Oct 9 |
| 2000 | May 20 | Sep 29 | Apr 26 | Sep 29 |
| 1999 | May 13 | Oct 6 | May 13 | Oct 8 |
| 1998 | Apr 28 | Oct 4 | Apr 27 | Oct 6 |
| 1997 | May 8 | Sep 22 | May 8 | Oct 2 |
| 1996 | May 14 | Oct 4 | May 7 | Oct 4 |
| 1995 | May 8 | Sep 19 | May 7 | Nov 5 |
| 1994 | May 28 | Oct 1 | May 14 | Oct 12 |
| 1993 | May 14 | Sep 20 | Apr 28 | Oct 1 |
| 1992 | May 25 | Sep 24 | May 25 | Sep 24 |
| 1991 | May 19 | Sep 22 | Apr 14 | Sep 30 |
| 1990 | May 24 | Oct 20 | Apr 19 | Oct 20 |
| 1989 | Apr 29 | Sep 28 | Apr 29 | Oct 10 |
| 1988 | May 12 | Sep 29 | Apr 23 | Oct 14 |
| 1987 | May 19 | Sep 27 | May 16 | Oct 9 |
| 1986 | Jun 3 | Oct 7 | May 4 | Oct 11 |
| 1985 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Oct 21 |
"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.