Last Frost Day

Frost history / Albany Ap, NY

Albany Ap, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00014735, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 312 ft, 42.743, -73.809. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 7
EarliestApr 9 (1955)Sep 14 (1963)
LatestMay 27 (1969)Nov 3 (2019)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade3.5 days later per decade
Years with data7474

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 17 and the median first fall date is Oct 21.

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 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 141952: May 171953: May 41954: May 131955: Apr 91956: May 251957: May 171958: May 141959: May 171960: May 21961: May 61962: May 121963: May 241964: Apr 171965: Apr 251966: May 141967: May 71968: May 271969: May 271970: Apr 231971: May 151972: Apr 301973: Apr 151974: May 51975: Apr 291976: May 131977: May 151978: May 41979: Apr 211980: Apr 231981: May 201982: Apr 291983: May 181984: May 181985: May 91986: May 31987: Apr 271988: Apr 261989: Apr 261990: Apr 191991: Apr 141992: Apr 281993: Apr 281994: Apr 231995: May 71996: May 141997: May 51998: Apr 271999: Apr 282000: Apr 252001: Apr 292002: May 202003: May 42004: Apr 162005: May 132006: Apr 292007: Apr 262008: May 12009: May 192010: May 132011: May 62012: Apr 302013: May 152014: Apr 252015: Apr 252016: Apr 212017: Apr 92018: Apr 232019: Apr 292020: May 132021: May 72022: Apr 212023: May 182024: Apr 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 301952: Oct 71953: Sep 241954: Oct 71955: Sep 231956: Sep 211957: Sep 271958: Oct 21959: Sep 171960: Oct 21961: Oct 51962: Sep 211963: Sep 141964: Sep 161965: Sep 281966: Sep 261967: Oct 71968: Oct 91969: Oct 51970: Oct 171971: Oct 131972: Oct 11973: Sep 211974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Sep 251977: Oct 71978: Sep 261979: Sep 201980: Oct 91981: Sep 301982: Oct 111983: Oct 101984: Oct 51985: Oct 121986: Oct 71987: Oct 51988: Oct 91989: Sep 251990: Oct 201991: Sep 291992: Oct 11993: Sep 201994: Oct 31995: Sep 291996: Oct 31997: Oct 171998: Oct 51999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 242005: Oct 212006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 72009: Oct 122010: Oct 192011: Oct 272012: Oct 122013: Oct 242014: Oct 122015: Oct 172016: Oct 152017: Oct 172018: Oct 182019: Nov 32020: Sep 212021: Nov 22022: Oct 212023: Oct 312024: Oct 17

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
2024Apr 25Oct 17Mar 26Nov 10
2023May 18Oct 31Apr 3Nov 2
2022Apr 21Oct 21Apr 18Nov 9
2021May 7Nov 2Apr 22Nov 4
2020May 13Sep 21Apr 17Oct 30
2019Apr 29Nov 3Apr 5Nov 8
2018Apr 23Oct 18Apr 11Oct 26
2017Apr 9Oct 17Apr 9Nov 8
2016Apr 21Oct 15Apr 10Nov 1
2015Apr 25Oct 17Apr 5Oct 18
2014Apr 25Oct 12Apr 18Nov 13
2013May 15Oct 24Apr 15Nov 4
2012Apr 30Oct 12Mar 27Oct 13
2011May 6Oct 27Apr 22Oct 31
2010May 13Oct 19Mar 27Nov 2
2009May 19Oct 12Apr 13Oct 14
2008May 1Oct 7May 1Oct 20
2007Apr 26Oct 29Apr 11Nov 4
2006Apr 29Oct 13Apr 10Oct 27
2005May 13Oct 21Mar 27Nov 11
2004Apr 16Oct 24Apr 8Nov 4
2003May 4Oct 3Apr 17Oct 20
2002May 20Oct 15Apr 26Oct 23
2001Apr 29Oct 8Apr 20Oct 9
2000Apr 25Sep 29Apr 11Oct 9
1999Apr 28Oct 7Apr 15Oct 28
1998Apr 27Oct 5Apr 12Nov 4
1997May 5Oct 17Apr 16Oct 26
1996May 14Oct 3Apr 28Oct 4
1995May 7Sep 29Apr 17Nov 5
1994Apr 23Oct 3Apr 5Nov 11
1993Apr 28Sep 20Apr 7Oct 1
1992Apr 28Oct 1Apr 16Oct 6
1991Apr 14Sep 29Apr 14Sep 30
1990Apr 19Oct 20Apr 19Oct 27
1989Apr 26Sep 25Apr 23Nov 4
1988Apr 26Oct 9Apr 26Oct 14
1987Apr 27Oct 5Apr 2Oct 13
1986May 3Oct 7Apr 13Oct 7
1985May 9Oct 12May 9Oct 21
1984May 18Oct 5Apr 22Oct 6
1983May 18Oct 10Apr 2Oct 21
1982Apr 29Oct 11Apr 15Oct 23
1981May 20Sep 30Apr 22Oct 11
1980Apr 23Oct 9Apr 22Oct 10
1979Apr 21Sep 20Apr 21Oct 17
1978May 4Sep 26May 4Oct 15
1977May 15Oct 7Apr 29Oct 24
1976May 13Sep 25Apr 12Oct 12
1975Apr 29Oct 3Apr 28Oct 31
1974May 5Sep 24Apr 27Sep 24
1973Apr 15Sep 21Apr 15Oct 22
1972Apr 30Oct 1Apr 28Oct 10
1971May 15Oct 13Apr 28Nov 6
1970Apr 23Oct 17Apr 13Oct 18
1969May 27Oct 5Apr 21Oct 16
1968May 27Oct 9May 8Oct 27
1967May 7Oct 7Apr 26Oct 23
1966May 14Sep 26Apr 27Oct 21
1965Apr 25Sep 28Apr 25Oct 5
1964Apr 17Sep 16Apr 12Oct 6
1963May 24Sep 14Apr 27Sep 24
1962May 12Sep 21Apr 18Oct 25
1961May 6Oct 5May 1Oct 25
1960May 2Oct 2Apr 20Oct 21
1959May 17Sep 17Apr 22Oct 19
1958May 14Oct 2May 10Oct 6
1957May 17Sep 27Apr 16Oct 12
1956May 25Sep 21May 9Oct 11
1955Apr 9Sep 23Apr 9Oct 22
1954May 13Oct 7Apr 10Oct 8
1953May 4Sep 24Apr 22Oct 9
1952May 17Oct 7Apr 12Oct 8
1951May 14Sep 30Mar 27Oct 13

"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.