Last Frost Date Manchester: Frost Dates, Late Frost Risk & Growing Season
When is the last spring frost and the first autumn frost in Manchester? Frost dates from 30 years of data, the risk of late frost, frost-free days and planting dates.
The frost season in Manchester
- Last frost (average): April 29
- In 1 year out of 10 it still freezes on May 12.
- First frost: October 13
- Frost-free season: 164 days
- Frost after 15 May: in 3 % of years
Frost days per month in Manchester
- January: 30.2 · -11 °C
- February: 27.4 · -10 °C
- March: 27.1 · -5 °C
- April: 13.7 · 1 °C
- May: 0.6 · 7 °C
- June: 0 · 12 °C
- July: 0 · 15 °C
- August: 0 · 14 °C
- September: 0.2 · 10 °C
- October: 6.9 · 3 °C
- November: 20.8 · -2 °C
- December: 29 · -7 °C
- Matched to the average lows of a weather station 22 km away – accurate to about ±1–2 weeks.
- Daily minimum temperatures 2 m above ground over 30 years (1991–2020), NASA POWER; station data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Ground frost can form while the air at 2 m is still +2 to +3 °C.