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Frost history / Elmira Corning Rgnl Ap, NY

Elmira Corning Rgnl Ap, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00014748, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 955 ft, 42.159, -76.892. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 14Oct 7
EarliestApr 18 (1954)Sep 17 (1959)
LatestJun 1 (2001)Nov 3 (2021)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.9 days later per decade
Years with data3636

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 30 and the median first fall date is Oct 17.

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 141953: Apr 291954: Apr 181955: May 181956: May 251957: May 171958: May 271959: May 91998: Apr 291999: May 132000: May 162001: Jun 12002: May 232003: May 42004: May 62005: May 192006: May 232007: May 222008: May 292009: May 262010: May 112011: Apr 222012: Apr 302013: May 272014: May 72015: May 232016: May 192017: May 92018: May 12019: Apr 292020: May 212021: May 142022: May 102023: May 272024: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 291952: Oct 31953: Sep 241954: Oct 71955: Oct 221956: Sep 211957: Sep 271958: Oct 11959: Sep 171998: Oct 21999: Oct 52000: Sep 282001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 42005: Oct 202006: Oct 72007: Oct 132008: Sep 192009: Oct 112010: Oct 92011: Oct 62012: Oct 82013: Oct 242014: Oct 52015: Oct 172016: Oct 102017: Oct 172018: Oct 162019: Oct 52020: Sep 182021: Nov 32022: Oct 92023: Oct 232024: Oct 18

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 26Oct 18Apr 26Oct 25
2023May 27Oct 23May 18Nov 1
2022May 10Oct 9May 8Oct 18
2021May 14Nov 3Apr 6Nov 4
2020May 21Sep 18May 13Sep 21
2019Apr 29Oct 5Apr 29Nov 6
2018May 1Oct 16Apr 23Oct 19
2017May 9Oct 17Apr 9Nov 7
2016May 19Oct 10May 16Oct 31
2015May 23Oct 17Apr 26Oct 18
2014May 7Oct 5Apr 25Oct 5
2013May 27Oct 24May 14Oct 28
2012Apr 30Oct 8Apr 30Oct 12
2011Apr 22Oct 6Apr 22Oct 30
2010May 11Oct 9May 11Nov 1
2009May 26Oct 11May 19Oct 12
2008May 29Sep 19May 1Oct 7
2007May 22Oct 13May 14Nov 2
2006May 23Oct 7May 7Oct 15
2005May 19Oct 20May 17Oct 27
2004May 6Oct 4Apr 28Nov 3
2003May 4Oct 2Apr 27Oct 3
2002May 23Oct 14May 4Oct 15
2001Jun 1Oct 7May 14Oct 8
2000May 16Sep 28May 16Sep 28
1999May 13Oct 5Apr 29Oct 7
1998Apr 29Oct 2Apr 29Oct 22
1959May 9Sep 17Apr 22Oct 20
1958May 27Oct 1May 10Oct 6
1957May 17Sep 27Apr 16Sep 27
1956May 25Sep 21May 25Oct 11
1955May 18Oct 22Apr 9Oct 22
1954Apr 18Oct 7Apr 9Oct 7
1953Apr 29Sep 24Apr 20Oct 9
1952May 14Oct 3May 2Oct 4
1951May 14Sep 29Apr 24Oct 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.