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Frost history / Lawrence Muni Ap, MA

Lawrence Muni Ap, MA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094723, 1998 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 149 ft, 42.717, -71.124. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 22Oct 22
EarliestMar 28 (2010)Sep 29 (2000)
LatestMay 18 (2023)Nov 10 (2014)
Trend2.6 days earlier per decade9.2 days later per decade
Years with data2727

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 2 and the median first fall date is Nov 7.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020201998: Apr 261999: Apr 162000: Apr 292001: May 72002: May 182003: Apr 252004: Apr 172005: Apr 222006: Apr 302007: Apr 202008: May 12009: Apr 202010: Mar 282011: Apr 222012: Apr 62013: Apr 222014: Apr 202015: Apr 92016: Apr 272017: Apr 32018: Apr 112019: Apr 112020: Apr 232021: Apr 222022: Apr 212023: May 182024: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 262000201020201998: Oct 61999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Oct 92002: Oct 152003: Oct 202004: Oct 62005: Oct 292006: Oct 222007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 142010: Nov 12011: Oct 312012: Oct 132013: Oct 262014: Nov 102015: Oct 182016: Oct 272017: Nov 82018: Oct 222019: Nov 22020: Oct 302021: Nov 42022: Oct 292023: Nov 22024: 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 26Oct 17Mar 24Nov 4
2023May 18Nov 2Apr 9Nov 12
2022Apr 21Oct 29Mar 30Nov 14
2021Apr 22Nov 4Apr 4Nov 7
2020Apr 23Oct 30Apr 1Oct 30
2019Apr 11Nov 2Apr 2Nov 8
2018Apr 11Oct 22Apr 6Nov 12
2017Apr 3Nov 8Mar 26Nov 9
2016Apr 27Oct 27Apr 6Nov 28
2015Apr 9Oct 18Apr 2Oct 19
2014Apr 20Nov 10Apr 18Nov 15
2013Apr 22Oct 26Apr 7Oct 29
2012Apr 6Oct 13Mar 27Nov 6
2011Apr 22Oct 31Mar 29Dec 11
2010Mar 28Nov 1Mar 27Nov 3
2009Apr 20Oct 14Mar 26Nov 7
2008May 1Oct 19Apr 8Oct 31
2007Apr 20Oct 29Apr 11Nov 8
2006Apr 30Oct 22Mar 21Nov 4
2005Apr 22Oct 29Apr 16Nov 11
2004Apr 17Oct 6Apr 6Nov 4
2003Apr 25Oct 20Apr 18Oct 24
2002May 18Oct 15Apr 7Oct 22
2001May 7Oct 9Mar 29Oct 29
2000Apr 29Sep 29Mar 23Nov 19
1999Apr 16Oct 7Mar 27Nov 8
1998Apr 26Oct 6Mar 25Nov 6

"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.