LATEST SPRING FROST - FIRST FALL FROST -LENGTH OF GROWING SEASON
LENGTH LENGTH
YEAR SPRING FALL in DAYS YEAR SPRING FALL in DAYS
1873 27-Mar 23-Oct 210 1923 8-Apr 31-Oct 206
1874 29-Apr 31-Oct 185 1924 2-Apr 8-Nov 220
1875 2-May 31-Oct 182 1925 16-Mar 27-Oct 225
1876 30-Mar 15-Oct 199 1926 15-Apr 2-Nov 201
1877 3-Apr 5-Nov 216 1927 21-Mar 5-Nov 229
1878 27-Feb 27-Oct 242 1928 15-Apr 20-Nov 219
1879 5-Apr 31-Oct 209 1929 10-Mar 20-Nov 255
1880 7-Apr 18-Oct 194 1930 30-Mar 19-Oct 203
1881 14-Apr 15-Nov 215 1931 5-Apr 6-Nov 215
1882 12-Apr 12-Nov 214 1932 13-Apr 30-Oct 200
1883 2-Apr 12-Nov 224 1933 26-Mar 7-Nov 226
1884 14-Mar 4-Nov 235 1934 25-Apr 28-Oct 186
1885 8-Apr 13-Nov 219 1935 16-Apr 6-Oct 173
1886 6-Apr 6-Nov 214 1936 22-Apr 24-Oct 185
1887 5-Apr 20-Oct 198 1937 11-Apr 14-Oct 186
1888 29-Mar 11-Nov 227 1938 10-Apr 7-Nov 211
1889 6-Apr 5-Nov 213 1939 12-Apr 31-Oct 202
1890 1-Apr 31-Oct 213 1940 13-Apr 6-Nov 207
1891 7-Apr 13-Nov 220 1941 29-Mar 28-Oct 213
1892 9-Apr 25-Oct 199 1942 30-Mar 28-Sep 182
1893 15-Apr 13-Nov 212 1943 15-Apr 16-Oct 184
1894 30-Mar 6-Nov 221 1944 5-Apr 24-Nov 233
1895 21-Mar 29-Oct 222 1945 5-Apr 3-Nov 212
1896 3-Apr 8-Nov 219 1946 11-Mar 12-Nov 246
1897 27-Mar 16-Nov 234 1947 30-Mar 8-Nov 223
1898 6-Apr 31-Oct 208 1948 28-Mar 18-Oct 204
1899 5-Apr 2-Nov 211 1949 19-Apr 27-Oct 191
1900 12-Apr 8-Nov 210 1950 14-Apr 4-Nov 204
1901 1-Apr 4-Nov 217 1951 17-Apr 1-Nov 198
1902 8-Apr 26-Nov 232 1952 11-Apr 6-Oct 178
1903 3-Apr 6-Nov 217 1953 20-Apr 5-Nov 199
1904 21-Apr 11-Nov 204 1954 3-Apr 29-Oct 209
1905 16-Apr 28-Oct 195 1955 29-Mar 2-Nov 218
1906 1-Apr 31-Oct 213 1956 24-Apr 8-Nov 198
1907 17-Apr 28-Oct 194 1957 14-Apr 27-Oct 196
1908 3-Apr 5-Nov 216 1958 26-Mar 25-Nov 244
1909 10-Apr 12-Oct 185 1959 28-Mar 5-Nov 222
1910 24-Apr 28-Oct 187 1960 10-Apr 20-Oct 193
1911 7-Apr 1-Nov 208 1961 2-May 3-Nov 185
1912 25-Mar 2-Nov 222 1962 16-Apr 24-Oct 191
1913 28-Mar 21-Oct 207 1963 22-Mar 2-Nov 225
1914 9-Apr 27-Oct 201 1964 9-Apr 10-Oct 184
1915 3-Apr 14-Nov 225 1965 31-Mar 24-Oct 207
1916 9-Apr 20-Oct 194 1966 10-May 17-Oct 160
1917 13-Apr 23-Oct 193 1967 24-Apr 3-Nov 193
1918 10-Apr 23-Nov 227 1968 6-Apr 8-Nov 216
1919 1-Apr 12-Nov 225 1969 31-Mar 23-Oct 206
1920 13-Apr 10-Nov 211 1970 5-Apr 17-Oct 195
1921 17-Apr 10-Nov 207 1971 7-Apr 4-Nov 211
1922 8-Mar 24-Nov 261 1972 9-Apr 18-Oct 192
LENGTH
YEAR SPRING FALL in DAYS
1973 13-Apr 5-Nov 206
1974 8-Apr 2-Oct 177
1975 7-Apr 26-Oct 202
1976 3-May 17-Oct 167
1977 24-Mar 11-Nov 232
1978 28-Mar 24-Oct 210
1979 8-Apr 14-Oct 189
1980 14-Apr 26-Oct 195
1981 24-Mar 23-Oct 213
1982 11-Apr 22-Oct 194
1983 20-Apr 11-Nov 205
1984 9-Apr 1-Nov 206
1985 9-Apr 5-Nov 210
1986 22-Apr 10-Nov 202
1987 4-Apr 12-Oct 191
1988 30-Mar 31-Oct 214
1989 11-Apr 3-Nov 206
1990 12-Apr 8-Nov 210
1991 30-Mar 1-Nov 216
1992 2-Apr 7-Nov 219
1993 2-Apr 31-Oct 212
1994 7-Apr 22-Nov 229
1995 5-Apr 3-Nov 212
1996 9-Apr 2-Nov 207
1997 17-Apr 28-Oct 194
1998 24-Mar 6-Nov 227
1999 27-Mar 24-Oct 211
2000 8-Apr 7-Oct 182
2001 1-Apr 27-Oct 209
2002 5-Apr 1-Nov 210
2003 1-Mar 7-Nov 251
2004 22-Mar 25-Nov 248
2005 20-Mar 16-Nov 241
           
GROWING SEASON  
Start Date SPRING FALL LENGTH in DAYS
AVG 6-Apr 31-Oct

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AVG  
LATEST 10-May 26-Nov 261 LONGEST in 1922
EARLIEST 27-Feb 28-Sep 160 SHORTEST in 1966

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