Frost history / Fryeburg E Slopes Ap, ME
Fryeburg E Slopes Ap, ME: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00054772, 1996 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 445 ft, 43.991, -70.948. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 18 | Sep 23 |
| Earliest | May 2 (2011) | Sep 1 (2002) |
| Latest | Jun 4 (2002) | Oct 26 (2005) |
| Trend | 3.6 days earlier per decade | 4.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 28 | 29 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 7 and the median first fall date is Oct 8.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | May 11 | Oct 10 | Apr 27 | Oct 16 |
| 2023 | May 26 | Oct 13 | May 18 | Oct 31 |
| 2022 | May 11 | Sep 29 | May 10 | Oct 3 |
| 2021 | May 8 | Oct 23 | Apr 27 | Oct 28 |
| 2020 | Jun 2 | Sep 15 | May 6 | Sep 20 |
| 2019 | May 9 | Sep 19 | May 9 | Oct 5 |
| 2018 | May 19 | Sep 23 | Apr 24 | Oct 22 |
| 2017 | May 21 | Oct 1 | May 9 | Oct 17 |
| 2016 | May 11 | Sep 25 | Apr 30 | Oct 11 |
| 2015 | May 15 | Sep 26 | Apr 16 | Oct 5 |
| 2014 | May 29 | Sep 15 | Apr 20 | Sep 19 |
| 2013 | May 15 | Sep 17 | Apr 26 | Oct 26 |
| 2012 | May 7 | Sep 17 | Apr 30 | Oct 12 |
| 2011 | May 2 | Sep 17 | May 1 | Oct 6 |
| 2010 | May 13 | Oct 3 | May 11 | Oct 10 |
| 2009 | May 26 | Sep 20 | Apr 30 | Oct 14 |
| 2008 | May 25 | Sep 19 | May 2 | Oct 17 |
| 2007 | May 22 | Oct 13 | Apr 26 | Oct 17 |
| 2006 | May 8 | Sep 11 | May 8 | Oct 7 |
| 2005 | May 20 | Oct 26 | May 13 | Oct 27 |
| 2004 | May 31 | Sep 30 | May 8 | Oct 5 |
| 2003 | May 18 | Oct 2 | May 17 | Oct 6 |
| 2002 | Jun 4 | Sep 1 | May 20 | Oct 8 |
| 2001 | May 14 | Sep 15 | May 14 | Oct 9 |
| 2000 | May 20 | Sep 5 | May 20 | Sep 27 |
| 1999 | May 17 | Sep 19 | May 13 | Oct 7 |
| 1998 | Jun 2 | Sep 24 | Apr 27 | Oct 4 |
| 1997 | May 28 | Sep 22 | May 27 | Sep 24 |
| 1996 | no data | Sep 24 | no data | Oct 3 |
"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.