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Average Number of Freeze Days (1971-2000):

(The 30-year normals for the period 1971-2000
are calculated by the National Climatic Data Center.)

 

 First and Last Occurrences (1902-2007*):
  • Average date of first freeze: November 23
  • Average date of last freeze: March 11
  • Earliest freeze: Oct 24, 1917 (32°F)
  • Latest freeze: Apr 15, 1983 (31°F)
  • Latest first freeze: Dec 22, 1967 (32°F)
  • Earliest last freeze: Feb 5, 2000 (27°F)

      * data through the winter of 2006-2007
Most and Fewest:
  • Most in a season: 51 (1909-10)
  • Most in a calendar year: 55 (1978)
  • Fewest in a season: 11 (1952-53, 1902-03)
  • Fewest in a calendar year: 8 (1931, 1921)
  • Most in a month: 25 (Jan 1940, Dec 1909)
  • Most by month...
    • October - 3 (1917)
    • November - 12 (1959)
    • December - 25 (1909)
    • January - 25 (1940)
    • February - 17 (1936)
    • March - 9 (1965, 1932)
    • April - 2 (1987)
  • Only month to record both 32°F and 100°F: Mar 1971 (29°F on the 3rd and 100°F on the 28th)

 


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