Your nature year
Auburn, New Yorkthrough the year
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Auburn?
Head southwest for the closest of the 17 places we follow around Auburn. The closest place we follow is Finger Lakes National Forest, 34 miles away, for fall foliage, usually well under way by mid-October (statewide). Frost usually lets go around May 2 and comes back around Oct 18, according to the Auburn weather station (1.1 mi): roughly 169 days without it. Spring green-up reaches town around Apr 11, with first blooms around May 11. Statewide, New York's fall color is usually well under way by mid-October.
Updated Sep 28. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Auburn's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~May 2 to ~Oct 18
- First leaf ~Apr 11
- First bloom ~May 11
- Fall color under way ~Oct 20 (NY)
- Today
Near Auburn right now
- Fall color is usually well under way by mid-October in New YorkStatewide · USA-NPN volunteer observations, 2020–2025 · not a forecast~3 weeks
- First fall frost usually around Oct 18 · last spring frost around May 2NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Auburn (1.1 mi, 50% dates)~3 weeks
- Fall foliage · Finger Lakes National Forest · 34 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
Auburn's nature year
- Spring green-upApr
- Last spring frostMay
- Fall color (NY)Oct
- First fall frostOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Finger Lakes National Forest · 34 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
- Ithaca · 34 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
- Letchworth State Park · 79 miStatewide: usually well under way by mid-October~3 weeks
Snow in Auburn
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 7 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Auburn (1.1 mi away): 109 inches of snow in an average year, about 31.9 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
May 2
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 18
About 169 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 11
First bloom around May 11
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Auburn (1.1 mi from Auburn), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Auburn?
On average around Oct 18, and the last spring frost around May 2: about 169 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Auburn, 1.1 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Auburn?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 11 and first bloom around May 11, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Auburn?
Finger Lakes National Forest, 34 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October); Ithaca, 34 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October); Letchworth State Park, 79 miles (statewide: usually well under way by mid-October). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Auburn?
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 7: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Auburn. An average year brings 109 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, colored leaves observations (opens in a new tab) (Sep 28)