Last Frost Day

Frost history / Pittsburgh Intl Ap, PA

Pittsburgh Intl Ap, PA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094823, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,203 ft, 40.485, -80.214. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 18
EarliestApr 2 (2019)Sep 19 (1959)
LatestMay 24 (1963)Nov 11 (1994)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade1.5 days later per decade
Years with data7474

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 201952: Apr 111953: Apr 211954: Apr 91955: Apr 81956: May 241957: May 41958: Apr 301959: Apr 221960: May 21961: May 51962: Apr 211963: May 241964: Apr 161965: Apr 171966: May 111967: May 81968: May 71969: Apr 201970: May 71971: May 41972: Apr 261973: Apr 151974: May 71975: Apr 271976: May 81977: Apr 301978: May 31979: May 51980: May 91981: May 31982: Apr 291983: May 101984: May 161985: Apr 171986: May 31987: May 11988: Apr 221989: Apr 241990: Apr 191991: Apr 121992: Apr 131993: Apr 271994: Apr 231995: Apr 261996: May 141997: Apr 291998: Apr 281999: Apr 252000: Apr 272001: Apr 292002: May 222003: Apr 242004: May 42005: May 52006: Apr 262007: Apr 142008: Apr 162009: Apr 132010: May 102011: Apr 32012: Apr 292013: May 142014: Apr 242015: Apr 242016: Apr 132017: Apr 82018: Apr 292019: Apr 22020: May 92021: May 12022: Apr 292023: Apr 252024: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 11952: Oct 201953: Oct 81954: Oct 71955: Oct 251956: Oct 101957: Oct 121958: Oct 21959: Sep 191960: Oct 251961: Nov 71962: Oct 251963: Oct 141964: Oct 61965: Oct 51966: Oct 211967: Oct 131968: Oct 261969: Oct 151970: Oct 161971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Nov 41974: Oct 41975: Oct 31976: Oct 121977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Oct 261980: Oct 231981: Oct 41982: Oct 171983: Oct 271984: Nov 21985: Oct 171986: Oct 101987: Oct 81988: Oct 81989: Oct 91990: Oct 201991: Oct 171992: Oct 181993: Oct 111994: Nov 111995: Oct 261996: Oct 41997: Oct 211998: Oct 301999: Oct 72000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Oct 172003: Oct 22004: Oct 182005: Oct 312006: Oct 302007: Oct 292008: Oct 202009: Oct 182010: Nov 12011: Oct 292012: Oct 92013: Oct 262014: Nov 32015: Oct 182016: Oct 262017: Oct 312018: Oct 192019: Oct 192020: Oct 172021: Nov 32022: Oct 292023: Nov 12024: Oct 27

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 7Oct 27Mar 24Nov 29
2023Apr 25Nov 1Apr 8Nov 2
2022Apr 29Oct 29Mar 29Nov 18
2021May 1Nov 3Apr 3Nov 4
2020May 9Oct 17Mar 5Oct 31
2019Apr 2Oct 19Apr 2Nov 2
2018Apr 29Oct 19Apr 20Nov 10
2017Apr 8Oct 31Mar 23Nov 9
2016Apr 13Oct 26Apr 10Nov 12
2015Apr 24Oct 18Apr 1Nov 22
2014Apr 24Nov 3Apr 16Nov 13
2013May 14Oct 26Apr 6Nov 12
2012Apr 29Oct 9Mar 27Nov 7
2011Apr 3Oct 29Mar 29Nov 18
2010May 10Nov 1Mar 27Nov 1
2009Apr 13Oct 18Mar 31Oct 19
2008Apr 16Oct 20Mar 29Oct 30
2007Apr 14Oct 29Apr 10Nov 3
2006Apr 26Oct 30Apr 9Nov 2
2005May 5Oct 31Mar 18Nov 17
2004May 4Oct 18Apr 6Nov 13
2003Apr 24Oct 2Apr 1Nov 8
2002May 22Oct 17Apr 7Nov 2
2001Apr 29Oct 7Apr 19Oct 29
2000Apr 27Oct 8Apr 13Nov 6
1999Apr 25Oct 7Mar 26Nov 8
1998Apr 28Oct 30Apr 6Nov 4
1997Apr 29Oct 21Apr 20Oct 23
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 10Nov 4
1995Apr 26Oct 26Apr 15Nov 4
1994Apr 23Nov 11Apr 8Nov 12
1993Apr 27Oct 11Mar 19Nov 2
1992Apr 13Oct 18Apr 13Oct 19
1991Apr 12Oct 17Apr 3Oct 17
1990Apr 19Oct 20Apr 18Oct 27
1989Apr 24Oct 9Apr 23Nov 3
1988Apr 22Oct 8Apr 20Oct 13
1987May 1Oct 8Apr 3Oct 14
1986May 3Oct 10Mar 28Oct 19
1985Apr 17Oct 17Apr 10Nov 21
1984May 16Nov 2Apr 1Nov 3
1983May 10Oct 27May 10Oct 30
1982Apr 29Oct 17Apr 12Oct 24
1981May 3Oct 4Apr 21Oct 24
1980May 9Oct 23Apr 17Oct 29
1979May 5Oct 26Apr 10Oct 26
1978May 3Oct 15Mar 20Nov 2
1977Apr 30Oct 14Apr 30Nov 13
1976May 8Oct 12Apr 12Oct 18
1975Apr 27Oct 3Apr 14Oct 30
1974May 7Oct 4Apr 10Nov 15
1973Apr 15Nov 4Apr 14Nov 4
1972Apr 26Oct 10Apr 9Oct 19
1971May 4Nov 4Apr 27Nov 5
1970May 7Oct 16May 7Nov 17
1969Apr 20Oct 15Apr 1Oct 23
1968May 7Oct 26May 7Oct 31
1967May 8Oct 13Apr 12Oct 29
1966May 11Oct 21May 10Oct 30
1965Apr 17Oct 5Apr 4Oct 6
1964Apr 16Oct 6Apr 11Oct 7
1963May 24Oct 14May 2Nov 2
1962Apr 21Oct 25Apr 17Oct 26
1961May 5Nov 7Apr 8Nov 9
1960May 2Oct 25Apr 19Nov 7
1959Apr 22Sep 19Apr 14Oct 19
1958Apr 30Oct 2Apr 9Nov 22
1957May 4Oct 12Apr 15Oct 28
1956May 24Oct 10Apr 25Nov 17
1955Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Nov 6
1954Apr 9Oct 7Apr 9Nov 1
1953Apr 21Oct 8Apr 21Nov 5
1952Apr 11Oct 20Mar 18Oct 20
1951Apr 20Nov 1Apr 17Nov 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.