Last Frost Day

Frost history / Brunswick Nas, ME

Brunswick Nas, ME: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00014611, 1952 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 70 ft, 43.900, -69.933. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 3Oct 9
EarliestApr 13 (1954)Sep 22 (1973)
LatestMay 26 (1972)Nov 5 (1971)
Trend0.9 days later per decade1.1 days earlier per decade
Years with data5454

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 16 and the median first fall date is Oct 20.

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 30Jun 14196019701980199020001952: May 61953: Apr 181954: Apr 131955: Apr 171956: May 111957: May 171958: May 31959: Apr 281960: May 31961: Apr 211962: May 131963: May 241964: Apr 211965: May 31966: May 111967: May 71968: May 81969: Apr 261970: Apr 161971: Apr 241972: May 261973: May 81974: May 51975: Apr 301976: May 11977: Apr 201978: May 11979: Apr 211980: Apr 221981: May 181982: Apr 301983: May 181984: May 31985: May 91986: May 41987: Apr 281988: May 91989: Apr 291990: Apr 191991: Apr 241992: May 81993: Apr 291994: Apr 231995: May 71996: May 141997: May 91998: May 142001: Apr 302002: May 202003: Apr 252004: May 82007: May 142008: May 22009: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001952: Oct 91953: Oct 91954: Oct 81955: Oct 231956: Oct 61957: Oct 211958: Oct 61959: Oct 141960: Oct 131961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Sep 241964: Oct 81965: Sep 281966: Oct 221967: Oct 201968: Oct 61969: Oct 221970: Oct 191971: Nov 51972: Oct 101973: Sep 221974: Sep 251975: Oct 31976: Oct 121977: Oct 71978: Oct 151979: Oct 111980: Sep 291981: Oct 121982: Oct 111983: Oct 111984: Oct 51985: Oct 121986: Oct 81987: Oct 121988: Oct 61989: Sep 251990: Oct 211991: Oct 81992: Oct 11993: Oct 11994: Oct 121995: Oct 181996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Oct 41999: Oct 62001: Oct 82003: Oct 62005: Oct 202007: Oct 172008: Oct 72009: Sep 26

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
2009Apr 30Sep 26Apr 20Oct 16
2008May 2Oct 7Apr 16Oct 20
2007May 14Oct 17Apr 12Oct 29
2005no dataOct 20no dataOct 22
2004May 8no dataApr 25no data
2003Apr 25Oct 6Apr 20Oct 6
2002May 20no dataMay 20no data
2001Apr 30Oct 8Apr 20Oct 9
1999no dataOct 6no dataOct 8
1998May 14Oct 4Apr 26Oct 26
1997May 9Oct 2Apr 27Oct 21
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 1Oct 12
1995May 7Oct 18Apr 11Nov 6
1994Apr 23Oct 12Apr 23Nov 12
1993Apr 29Oct 1Apr 8Oct 11
1992May 8Oct 1Apr 16Oct 18
1991Apr 24Oct 8Apr 14Oct 21
1990Apr 19Oct 21Apr 18Oct 27
1989Apr 29Sep 25Apr 25Oct 10
1988May 9Oct 6Apr 21Oct 7
1987Apr 28Oct 12Apr 15Oct 13
1986May 4Oct 8Apr 6Oct 11
1985May 9Oct 12May 9Oct 12
1984May 3Oct 5Apr 9Oct 6
1983May 18Oct 11Apr 7Oct 20
1982Apr 30Oct 11Apr 23Oct 25
1981May 18Oct 12Apr 22Oct 31
1980Apr 22Sep 29Apr 22Oct 15
1979Apr 21Oct 11Apr 21Oct 17
1978May 1Oct 15Apr 10Oct 16
1977Apr 20Oct 7Apr 11Oct 8
1976May 1Oct 12Apr 15Oct 24
1975Apr 30Oct 3Apr 30Oct 31
1974May 5Sep 25Apr 20Oct 14
1973May 8Sep 22Apr 15Oct 28
1972May 26Oct 10Apr 27Oct 11
1971Apr 24Nov 5Apr 16Nov 6
1970Apr 16Oct 19Apr 10Oct 20
1969Apr 26Oct 22Apr 21Oct 23
1968May 8Oct 6Apr 12Nov 1
1967May 7Oct 20Apr 13Nov 6
1966May 11Oct 22May 3Oct 30
1965May 3Sep 28Apr 25Sep 28
1964Apr 21Oct 8Apr 6Oct 12
1963May 24Sep 24Apr 5Nov 16
1962May 13Oct 24Apr 21Oct 25
1961Apr 21Oct 15Mar 31Oct 17
1960May 3Oct 13Apr 11Oct 21
1959Apr 28Oct 14Apr 23Oct 15
1958May 3Oct 6Apr 9Oct 14
1957May 17Oct 21Apr 16Oct 28
1956May 11Oct 6Apr 15Oct 12
1955Apr 17Oct 23Apr 12Oct 23
1954Apr 13Oct 8Apr 10Nov 7
1953Apr 18Oct 9Apr 16Oct 14
1952May 6Oct 9Apr 12Oct 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.