Frost history / Rochester Skyhaven Ap, NH
Rochester Skyhaven Ap, NH: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00054791, 2000 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 323 ft, 43.278, -70.922. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 3 | Oct 14 |
| Earliest | Apr 16 (2011) | Sep 20 (2014) |
| Latest | May 20 (2002) | Oct 31 (2023) |
| Trend | 3.1 days earlier per decade | 3.6 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 25 | 25 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 15 and the median first fall date is Oct 29.
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 | Apr 27 | Oct 17 | Apr 25 | Nov 3 |
| 2023 | May 18 | Oct 31 | Apr 9 | Nov 11 |
| 2022 | May 9 | Oct 21 | Mar 30 | Nov 9 |
| 2021 | Apr 22 | Oct 29 | Apr 4 | Nov 4 |
| 2020 | May 9 | Sep 21 | Apr 21 | Oct 30 |
| 2019 | Apr 18 | Oct 5 | Apr 5 | Nov 8 |
| 2018 | May 1 | Oct 15 | Apr 15 | Oct 19 |
| 2017 | May 9 | Oct 17 | Apr 3 | Nov 8 |
| 2016 | Apr 30 | Oct 11 | Apr 10 | Oct 27 |
| 2015 | May 2 | Oct 18 | Apr 6 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | Apr 25 | Sep 20 | Apr 18 | Nov 15 |
| 2013 | May 6 | Oct 25 | Apr 7 | Oct 26 |
| 2012 | Apr 30 | Oct 12 | Apr 6 | Nov 5 |
| 2011 | Apr 16 | Oct 7 | Apr 16 | Oct 30 |
| 2010 | May 11 | Oct 18 | May 11 | Oct 19 |
| 2009 | Apr 20 | Oct 11 | Apr 20 | Oct 15 |
| 2008 | May 2 | Oct 18 | May 1 | Oct 20 |
| 2007 | May 7 | Oct 17 | Apr 11 | Nov 10 |
| 2006 | Apr 30 | Oct 14 | Apr 6 | Nov 5 |
| 2005 | May 13 | Oct 21 | Apr 22 | Oct 29 |
| 2004 | May 5 | Oct 5 | Apr 25 | Oct 6 |
| 2003 | May 18 | Oct 6 | Apr 19 | Oct 20 |
| 2002 | May 20 | Oct 14 | Apr 22 | Oct 15 |
| 2001 | May 7 | Oct 9 | Apr 29 | Oct 19 |
| 2000 | May 3 | Sep 29 | Apr 14 | Sep 29 |
"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.