Last Frost Day

Frost history / Morrisville 4 Ssw, VT

Morrisville 4 Ssw, VT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00435376, 1963 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 760 ft, 44.514, -72.624. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 26Sep 24
EarliestApr 27 (2024)Aug 31 (1976)
LatestJun 14 (1970)Oct 31 (2023)
Trend2.9 days earlier per decade2.6 days later per decade
Years with data3737

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 15 and the median first fall date is Oct 6.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291970198019902000201020201963: May 251964: Jun 61965: Jun 31966: Jun 21967: Jun 11968: May 271969: May 271970: Jun 141971: Jun 111972: Jun 111973: Jun 31974: May 211977: May 151978: May 81979: May 81980: May 281988: Jun 111997: May 281999: May 152000: May 212001: Jun 22002: Jun 52003: May 192004: Jun 12005: May 212006: May 92007: May 232008: May 262009: May 272018: May 182019: May 122020: May 142021: May 282022: May 102023: May 262024: Apr 272025: May 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111970198019902000201020201963: Sep 141964: Sep 131965: Sep 271966: Sep 161967: Sep 111968: Oct 61969: Sep 191970: Oct 61971: Sep 251972: Sep 71973: Sep 171974: Sep 171976: Aug 311977: Oct 81978: Sep 131979: Sep 201989: Sep 251996: Sep 241998: Sep 241999: Oct 52000: Sep 252001: Sep 152002: Sep 292003: Oct 32004: Oct 42005: Oct 212006: Sep 112007: Oct 132008: Sep 192018: Sep 92019: Sep 192020: Sep 182021: Oct 222022: Sep 302023: Oct 312024: Oct 162025: Sep 20

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
2025May 1Sep 20May 1Oct 10
2024Apr 27Oct 16Apr 27Oct 17
2023May 26Oct 31May 18Oct 31
2022May 10Sep 30May 9Oct 3
2021May 28Oct 22May 7Oct 23
2020May 14Sep 18May 14Sep 19
2019May 12Sep 19May 9Oct 5
2018May 18Sep 9May 13Oct 18
2009May 27no dataMay 27no data
2008May 26Sep 19May 6Oct 7
2007May 23Oct 13May 23Oct 17
2006May 9Sep 11May 9Oct 7
2005May 21Oct 21May 14Oct 21
2004Jun 1Oct 4May 9Oct 6
2003May 19Oct 3May 10Oct 19
2002Jun 5Sep 29May 25Oct 9
2001Jun 2Sep 15May 15Sep 30
2000May 21Sep 25May 21Sep 29
1999May 15Oct 5May 15Oct 8
1998no dataSep 24no dataOct 4
1997May 28no dataMay 27no data
1996no dataSep 24no dataOct 4
1989no dataSep 25no dataSep 28
1988Jun 11no dataMay 15no data
1980May 28no dataApr 22no data
1979May 8Sep 20May 7Sep 20
1978May 8Sep 13May 4Sep 26
1977May 15Oct 8May 15Oct 8
1976no dataAug 31no dataOct 12
1974May 21Sep 17May 20Sep 23
1973Jun 3Sep 17May 8Sep 21
1972Jun 11Sep 7May 26Sep 20
1971Jun 11Sep 25Jun 1Sep 25
1970Jun 14Oct 6May 29Oct 17
1969May 27Sep 19May 27Sep 20
1968May 27Oct 6May 8Oct 6
1967Jun 1Sep 11May 22Oct 7
1966Jun 2Sep 16May 14Oct 13
1965Jun 3Sep 27May 24Sep 28
1964Jun 6Sep 13May 21Sep 16
1963May 25Sep 14May 24Sep 14

"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.