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Frost history / New York Laguardia Ap, NY

New York Laguardia Ap, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00014732, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 11 ft, 40.779, -73.880. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 29Nov 20
EarliestMar 1 (2020)Oct 20 (1972)
LatestApr 17 (1980)Dec 23 (2001)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.3 days later per decade
Years with data7474, 1 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 21 and the median first fall date is Dec 1.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Mar 271952: Mar 181953: Mar 111954: Apr 41955: Mar 291956: Mar 281957: Mar 111958: Apr 91959: Mar 291960: Mar 261961: Mar 211962: Mar 101963: Mar 231964: Apr 51965: Apr 11966: Mar 291967: Apr 121968: Apr 61969: Apr 11970: Mar 301971: Mar 271972: Apr 91973: Mar 211974: Apr 101975: Apr 81976: Apr 121977: Apr 91978: Apr 31979: Apr 81980: Apr 171981: Mar 211982: Apr 81983: Mar 301984: Mar 291985: Apr 101986: Mar 231987: Apr 11988: Mar 231989: Mar 221990: Mar 271991: Mar 311992: Mar 241993: Mar 231994: Mar 191995: Apr 61996: Mar 281997: Apr 101998: Mar 221999: Mar 142000: Apr 92001: Mar 282002: Apr 72003: Apr 82004: Apr 52005: Mar 152006: Mar 212007: Apr 82008: Mar 302009: Mar 242010: Mar 272011: Mar 292012: Mar 272013: Mar 222014: Apr 162015: Mar 292016: Apr 62017: Mar 232018: Apr 22019: Mar 132020: Mar 12021: Apr 22022: Mar 302023: Mar 302024: Mar 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 31952: Nov 291953: Nov 61954: Nov 101955: Nov 191956: Nov 101957: Nov 111958: Nov 291959: Nov 171960: Nov 81961: Nov 281962: Nov 71963: Dec 11964: Nov 211965: Nov 21966: Nov 201967: Nov 91968: Nov 211969: Oct 231970: Nov 231971: Nov 81972: Oct 201973: Nov 101974: Nov 221975: Dec 31976: Nov 81977: Nov 141978: Nov 251979: Nov 291980: Nov 171981: Nov 251982: Nov 251983: Nov 131984: Nov 191985: Dec 21986: Nov 131987: Nov 111988: Dec 41989: Nov 191990: Nov 191991: Nov 271992: Nov 81993: Nov 251994: Nov 231995: Nov 251996: Nov 131997: Nov 161998: Dec 221999: Nov 302000: Nov 212001: Dec 232002: Nov 272003: Nov 92004: Nov 102005: Nov 232006: Dec 52007: Nov 232008: Nov 182009: Dec 102010: Dec 52011: Dec 112012: Dec 62013: Nov 122014: Nov 182016: Dec 92017: Nov 102018: Nov 152019: Nov 82020: Dec 82021: Dec 192022: Nov 192023: Nov 252024: Nov 30

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
2024Mar 24Nov 30Feb 25Dec 14
2023Mar 30Nov 25Feb 25Dec 22
2022Mar 30Nov 19Mar 29Dec 13
2021Apr 2Dec 19Mar 15Dec 20
2020Mar 1Dec 8Mar 1Dec 17
2019Mar 13Nov 8Mar 8Nov 12
2018Apr 2Nov 15Feb 13Nov 22
2017Mar 23Nov 10Mar 23Nov 10
2016Apr 6Dec 9Apr 5Dec 15
2015Mar 29noneMar 29none
2014Apr 16Nov 18Mar 27Nov 18
2013Mar 22Nov 12Feb 22Nov 24
2012Mar 27Dec 6Mar 6none
2011Mar 29Dec 11Mar 28Dec 18
2010Mar 27Dec 5Feb 26Dec 9
2009Mar 24Dec 10Mar 13Dec 10
2008Mar 30Nov 18Mar 30Nov 19
2007Apr 8Nov 23Mar 21Nov 24
2006Mar 21Dec 5Mar 21Dec 8
2005Mar 15Nov 23Mar 11Nov 24
2004Apr 5Nov 10Mar 23Dec 14
2003Apr 8Nov 9Mar 14Dec 2
2002Apr 7Nov 27Mar 23Nov 28
2001Mar 28Dec 23Mar 27Dec 27
2000Apr 9Nov 21Mar 18Nov 23
1999Mar 14Nov 30Mar 12Dec 1
1998Mar 22Dec 22Mar 13Dec 22
1997Apr 10Nov 16Mar 24Dec 15
1996Mar 28Nov 13Mar 11Nov 16
1995Apr 6Nov 25Apr 5Nov 30
1994Mar 19Nov 23Mar 18Nov 23
1993Mar 23Nov 25Mar 20Nov 25
1992Mar 24Nov 8Mar 24Dec 6
1991Mar 31Nov 27Mar 12Dec 4
1990Mar 27Nov 19Mar 27Dec 25
1989Mar 22Nov 19Mar 13Nov 21
1988Mar 23Dec 4Mar 22Dec 10
1987Apr 1Nov 11Mar 11Nov 21
1986Mar 23Nov 13Mar 22Nov 13
1985Apr 10Dec 2Mar 19Dec 3
1984Mar 29Nov 19Mar 15Nov 20
1983Mar 30Nov 13Mar 25Dec 18
1982Apr 8Nov 25Apr 8Nov 28
1981Mar 21Nov 25Mar 20Dec 10
1980Apr 17Nov 17Mar 16Dec 3
1979Apr 8Nov 29Mar 16Nov 30
1978Apr 3Nov 25Mar 8Nov 26
1977Apr 9Nov 14Apr 9Dec 7
1976Apr 12Nov 8Mar 18Nov 29
1975Apr 8Dec 3Apr 5Dec 8
1974Apr 10Nov 22Mar 29Nov 23
1973Mar 21Nov 10Feb 28Dec 16
1972Apr 9Oct 20Apr 8Nov 22
1971Mar 27Nov 8Mar 25Nov 9
1970Mar 30Nov 23Mar 30Nov 23
1969Apr 1Oct 23Apr 1Nov 21
1968Apr 6Nov 21Mar 14Dec 8
1967Apr 12Nov 9Mar 23Nov 15
1966Mar 29Nov 20Mar 28Dec 2
1965Apr 1Nov 2Mar 22Dec 19
1964Apr 5Nov 21Mar 31Nov 22
1963Mar 23Dec 1Mar 1Dec 12
1962Mar 10Nov 7Mar 4Dec 10
1961Mar 21Nov 28Mar 18Dec 14
1960Mar 26Nov 8Mar 26Dec 1
1959Mar 29Nov 17Mar 29Nov 17
1958Apr 9Nov 29Mar 9Nov 29
1957Mar 11Nov 11Mar 11Nov 27
1956Mar 28Nov 10Mar 25Nov 23
1955Mar 29Nov 19Mar 28Nov 20
1954Apr 4Nov 10Apr 4Dec 3
1953Mar 11Nov 6Mar 11Dec 16
1952Mar 18Nov 29Mar 16Dec 1
1951Mar 27Nov 3Mar 26Nov 19

"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.