Last Frost Day

Frost history / Utica Oneida Co Ap, NY

Utica Oneida Co Ap, NY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094794, 1951 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 711 ft, 43.145, -75.384. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 9
EarliestApr 13 (2000)Sep 20 (1993)
LatestMay 27 (1969)Nov 7 (1971)
Trend0.9 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5654

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 19 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

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 14196019701980199020001951: Apr 211952: May 51953: Apr 291954: May 51955: May 171956: May 251957: May 171958: May 101959: Apr 221960: May 21961: May 11962: May 121963: May 241964: Apr 161965: Apr 251966: May 101967: May 231968: Apr 291969: May 271970: May 71971: Apr 251972: Apr 281973: Apr 301974: May 21975: Apr 281976: May 191977: May 91978: May 41979: Apr 201980: Apr 221981: May 181982: Apr 231983: May 181984: May 31985: May 91986: May 41987: May 81988: May 141989: Apr 281990: May 121991: Apr 141992: May 251993: Apr 281994: May 31995: May 81996: May 141997: Apr 161998: Apr 291999: Apr 272000: Apr 132001: Apr 302002: May 202003: Apr 252004: Apr 282005: May 132006: May 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Oct 101952: Oct 111953: Oct 81954: Oct 71955: Oct 21956: Oct 111957: Sep 271958: Oct 61959: Oct 181960: Nov 61961: Oct 51962: Oct 241963: Sep 241964: Oct 61965: Oct 41966: Oct 261967: Oct 71968: Oct 91969: Oct 221970: Oct 171971: Nov 71972: Oct 11973: Oct 221974: Sep 241975: Oct 271976: Oct 111978: Sep 261979: Oct 101980: Oct 91981: Sep 301982: Oct 231983: Oct 161984: Oct 51985: Oct 121986: Oct 71987: Oct 111989: Sep 271990: Oct 201991: Sep 301992: Sep 241993: Sep 201994: Oct 111995: Oct 301996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Nov 41999: Oct 72000: Sep 292001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 32004: Oct 52005: Oct 252006: Oct 12

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
2006May 7Oct 12Apr 29Oct 13
2005May 13Oct 25May 13Nov 11
2004Apr 28Oct 5Apr 16Nov 3
2003Apr 25Oct 3Apr 25Oct 20
2002May 20Oct 14May 20Oct 23
2001Apr 30Oct 7Apr 29Oct 8
2000Apr 13Sep 29Apr 13Nov 1
1999Apr 27Oct 7Apr 11Oct 7
1998Apr 29Nov 4Apr 12Nov 6
1997Apr 16Oct 2Apr 15Oct 17
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 15Oct 5
1995May 8Oct 30Apr 25Oct 30
1994May 3Oct 11Apr 8Oct 16
1993Apr 28Sep 20Apr 27Oct 1
1992May 25Sep 24Apr 29Oct 5
1991Apr 14Sep 30Apr 12Sep 30
1990May 12Oct 20Apr 19Oct 26
1989Apr 28Sep 27Apr 24Nov 3
1988May 14no dataApr 23no data
1987May 8Oct 11Apr 2Oct 12
1986May 4Oct 7Apr 14Oct 10
1985May 9Oct 12Apr 17Oct 21
1984May 3Oct 5Apr 22Oct 6
1983May 18Oct 16Apr 19Oct 30
1982Apr 23Oct 23Apr 15Oct 24
1981May 18Sep 30Apr 22Oct 10
1980Apr 22Oct 9Apr 17Oct 10
1979Apr 20Oct 10Apr 11Nov 15
1978May 4Sep 26May 4Oct 9
1977May 9no dataApr 29no data
1976May 19Oct 11Apr 12Oct 18
1975Apr 28Oct 27Apr 22Oct 30
1974May 2Sep 24Apr 25Oct 19
1973Apr 30Oct 22Apr 15Nov 9
1972Apr 28Oct 1Apr 26Oct 10
1971Apr 25Nov 7Apr 15Nov 8
1970May 7Oct 17May 7Nov 8
1969May 27Oct 22Apr 20Oct 22
1968Apr 29Oct 9Apr 6Oct 30
1967May 23Oct 7Apr 12Oct 30
1966May 10Oct 26May 10Oct 30
1965Apr 25Oct 4Apr 6Oct 27
1964Apr 16Oct 6Apr 10Oct 7
1963May 24Sep 24May 24Sep 24
1962May 12Oct 24Apr 18Oct 25
1961May 1Oct 5Apr 20Nov 2
1960May 2Nov 6Apr 20Nov 7
1959Apr 22Oct 18Apr 22Oct 19
1958May 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1957May 17Sep 27May 3Sep 28
1956May 25Oct 11May 25Oct 11
1955May 17Oct 2Apr 9Nov 17
1954May 5Oct 7Apr 9Oct 7
1953Apr 29Oct 8Apr 19Oct 13
1952May 5Oct 11Apr 12Oct 20
1951Apr 21Oct 10Mar 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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.