Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bradford Rgnl Ap, PA

Bradford Rgnl Ap, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00004751, 1957 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,117 ft, 41.803, -78.640. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 27Sep 22
EarliestApr 30 (2022)Aug 5 (1972)
LatestJun 25 (1979)Oct 23 (2023)
Trend2.5 days earlier per decade4.2 days later per decade
Years with data6565

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 and the median first fall date is Oct 7.

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 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201958: Jun 71959: May 251960: May 251961: Jun 161962: May 101963: May 251964: Jun 51965: Jun 41966: Jun 21967: May 311968: Jun 211969: May 271970: May 281971: May 281972: Jun 111973: May 191974: May 271975: May 81976: May 131977: Jun 81978: Jun 151979: Jun 251980: Jun 171981: Jun 11982: May 111983: Jun 91984: May 311985: May 221986: Jun 31987: May 161988: Jun 101989: May 281990: Jun 51991: May 81992: Jun 231993: May 301994: Jun 91997: May 281998: May 231999: Jun 182000: May 162001: May 312002: May 232003: May 222004: May 302005: May 192006: Jun 112007: May 192008: May 302009: Jun 12010: May 112011: May 102012: May 172013: May 272014: May 192015: May 232016: May 162017: May 92018: May 12019: Jun 42020: May 212021: May 152022: Apr 302023: May 262024: May 11

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201957: Sep 61958: Sep 91959: Sep 161960: Oct 11961: Sep 171962: Sep 71963: Sep 141964: Sep 131965: Aug 301966: Sep 161967: Sep 251968: Aug 281969: Sep 291970: Sep 291971: Sep 221972: Aug 51973: Sep 191974: Sep 231975: Sep 101976: Aug 311977: Oct 71978: Sep 231979: Sep 91980: Oct 41981: Sep 211982: Aug 221983: Sep 151984: Sep 171985: Sep 141986: Aug 291987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Sep 241990: Sep 171991: Sep 211992: Sep 121993: Sep 201997: Sep 211998: Sep 241999: Sep 222000: Sep 62001: Sep 302002: Oct 62003: Oct 22004: Sep 202005: Sep 302006: Sep 212007: Sep 162008: Oct 32009: Oct 12010: Oct 22011: Oct 62012: Oct 82013: Sep 172014: Oct 92015: Oct 172016: Sep 252017: Sep 302018: Oct 182019: Oct 102020: Sep 192021: Oct 192022: Sep 302023: Oct 232024: Oct 11

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
2024May 11Oct 11Apr 22Oct 25
2023May 26Oct 23May 18Nov 11
2022Apr 30Sep 30Apr 18Oct 21
2021May 15Oct 19Apr 26Nov 4
2020May 21Sep 19May 13Oct 17
2019Jun 4Oct 10Apr 29Oct 13
2018May 1Oct 18Apr 30Nov 10
2017May 9Sep 30May 9Oct 1
2016May 16Sep 25Apr 24Oct 11
2015May 23Oct 17May 23Oct 18
2014May 19Oct 9Apr 24Oct 12
2013May 27Sep 17May 14Oct 27
2012May 17Oct 8Apr 30Oct 12
2011May 10Oct 6Apr 22Oct 23
2010May 11Oct 2May 11Oct 13
2009Jun 1Oct 1May 19Oct 2
2008May 30Oct 3May 20Oct 3
2007May 19Sep 16May 14Oct 28
2006Jun 11Sep 21May 7Oct 7
2005May 19Sep 30May 18Oct 23
2004May 30Sep 20May 6Oct 5
2003May 22Oct 2Apr 25Oct 3
2002May 23Oct 6May 22Oct 8
2001May 31Sep 30Apr 29Oct 8
2000May 16Sep 6May 16Sep 29
1999Jun 18Sep 22Apr 27Oct 7
1998May 23Sep 24Apr 29Oct 16
1997May 28Sep 21May 18Oct 2
1994Jun 9no dataMay 28no data
1993May 30Sep 20May 21Oct 1
1992Jun 23Sep 12Apr 29Oct 6
1991May 8Sep 21May 4Sep 28
1990Jun 5Sep 17May 12Sep 18
1989May 28Sep 24Apr 24Sep 28
1988Jun 10Oct 6Jun 10Oct 7
1987May 16Oct 4May 5Oct 13
1986Jun 3Aug 29May 10Aug 29
1985May 22Sep 14May 4Sep 14
1984May 31Sep 17May 17Oct 25
1983Jun 9Sep 15Jun 9Sep 15
1982May 11Aug 22Apr 29Aug 29
1981Jun 1Sep 21Jun 1Oct 10
1980Jun 17Oct 4May 15Oct 6
1979Jun 25Sep 9May 17Sep 20
1978Jun 15Sep 23May 11Sep 28
1977Jun 8Oct 7Jun 8Oct 13
1976May 13Aug 31May 13Sep 23
1975May 8Sep 10Apr 28Oct 27
1974May 27Sep 23May 11Sep 23
1973May 19Sep 19May 19Nov 5
1972Jun 11Aug 5Jun 11Oct 1
1971May 28Sep 22May 28Nov 7
1970May 28Sep 29May 7Oct 5
1969May 27Sep 29May 27Oct 22
1968Jun 21Aug 28May 7Oct 6
1967May 31Sep 25May 23Oct 13
1966Jun 2Sep 16May 30Sep 16
1965Jun 4Aug 30Apr 19Oct 5
1964Jun 5Sep 13Apr 16Oct 6
1963May 25Sep 14May 24Sep 22
1962May 10Sep 7May 10Sep 7
1961Jun 16Sep 17May 5Oct 23
1960May 25Oct 1May 2Oct 26
1959May 25Sep 16May 16Sep 16
1958Jun 7Sep 9May 10Oct 1
1957no dataSep 6no dataSep 26

"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.