Last Frost Day

Frost history / S Hero, VT

S Hero, VT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00437607, 1969 to 2022, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 110 ft, 44.626, -73.303. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 15
EarliestApr 12 (1976)Sep 9 (1990)
LatestMay 16 (1987)Nov 7 (2017)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.9 days later per decade
Years with data4947

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 18 and the median first fall date is Oct 31.

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 301970198019902000201020201970: Apr 201971: Apr 281972: May 81974: May 51975: Apr 281976: Apr 121977: Apr 291978: May 11979: Apr 201980: Apr 221981: Apr 231982: Apr 231983: Apr 271984: May 31985: May 91986: May 101987: May 161988: Apr 231989: Apr 291990: Apr 221991: Apr 141992: May 61993: Apr 281994: Apr 281995: May 71996: Apr 151997: Apr 231998: Apr 271999: Apr 252000: Apr 262001: May 62002: Apr 292004: May 82005: May 132006: Apr 302007: Apr 202008: Apr 302009: Apr 202010: May 132011: Apr 222012: Apr 302013: Apr 272014: Apr 202015: Apr 162016: May 92017: May 92018: Apr 232019: Apr 182022: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261970198019902000201020201969: Oct 241970: Oct 191971: Nov 51972: Oct 101973: Oct 281974: Sep 241975: Sep 151976: Oct 121977: Oct 81978: Oct 161979: Oct 101980: Sep 291981: Oct 111982: Oct 241983: Oct 101984: Oct 51985: Oct 291986: Oct 101987: Oct 121988: Oct 141989: Oct 101990: Sep 91991: Sep 301992: Oct 311993: Oct 11994: Oct 151995: Oct 301996: Oct 51997: Oct 181998: Oct 61999: Oct 82000: Sep 292001: Oct 292002: Oct 152004: Oct 282007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 152010: Oct 192012: Oct 132013: Oct 242014: Nov 22015: Oct 182016: Oct 272017: Nov 72018: Oct 182019: Nov 2

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
2022Apr 18no dataMar 30no data
2019Apr 18Nov 2Apr 11Nov 2
2018Apr 23Oct 18Apr 22Oct 26
2017May 9Nov 7Apr 9Nov 8
2016May 9Oct 27Apr 29Nov 7
2015Apr 16Oct 18Apr 16Oct 19
2014Apr 20Nov 2Apr 20Nov 14
2013Apr 27Oct 24Apr 22Oct 29
2012Apr 30Oct 13Apr 1Nov 6
2011Apr 22no dataApr 16no data
2010May 13Oct 19Mar 27Nov 3
2009Apr 20Oct 15Apr 20Oct 16
2008Apr 30Oct 19Apr 15Oct 23
2007Apr 20Oct 29Apr 11Nov 9
2006Apr 30no dataApr 26no data
2005May 13no dataApr 22no data
2004May 8Oct 28Apr 12Nov 4
2002Apr 29Oct 15Apr 22Oct 29
2001May 6Oct 29Apr 29Oct 31
2000Apr 26Sep 29Apr 13Oct 29
1999Apr 25Oct 8Apr 11Oct 19
1998Apr 27Oct 6Apr 26Nov 16
1997Apr 23Oct 18Apr 15Oct 23
1996Apr 15Oct 5Apr 6Nov 2
1995May 7Oct 30Apr 11Nov 5
1994Apr 28Oct 15Apr 23Nov 17
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 28Oct 11
1992May 6Oct 31Apr 16Nov 1
1991Apr 14Sep 30Apr 14Oct 29
1990Apr 22Sep 9Apr 18Oct 20
1989Apr 29Oct 10Apr 29Oct 10
1988Apr 23Oct 14Apr 13Oct 31
1987May 16Oct 12Apr 2Oct 26
1986May 10Oct 10Apr 22Oct 31
1985May 9Oct 29Apr 18Nov 1
1984May 3Oct 5Apr 10Oct 6
1983Apr 27Oct 10Apr 19Oct 21
1982Apr 23Oct 24Apr 15Nov 14
1981Apr 23Oct 11Apr 22Nov 8
1980Apr 22Sep 29Apr 20Oct 24
1979Apr 20Oct 10Apr 9Nov 15
1978May 1Oct 16May 1Oct 16
1977Apr 29Oct 8Apr 11Nov 14
1976Apr 12Oct 12Apr 12Oct 19
1975Apr 28Sep 15Apr 22Oct 31
1974May 5Sep 24Apr 20Oct 18
1973no dataOct 28no dataNov 6
1972May 8Oct 10Apr 28Oct 18
1971Apr 28Nov 5Apr 18Nov 8
1970Apr 20Oct 19Apr 20Nov 8
1969no dataOct 24no dataOct 24

"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.