Your nature year
Concord, New Hampshirethrough the year
Also for Dover, NH, Rochester, NH: the same nearby places.
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Concord?
For a day trip, Great Bay Refuge is 37 miles off; its fall foliage is Oct 11–20 (local timing). At some 314 feet up, Concord is on low ground. At the nearest NOAA station, Concord ASOS, the average first fall frost is Oct 3 and the last spring frost May 8, which leaves Concord some 148 growing days. Spring takes about 4 weeks to go from leaf to bloom. The USA-NPN spring index puts first leaf here around Apr 17 and first bloom around May 16. Head east for the closest of the 25 places we follow around Concord. Statewide, New Hampshire's fall color is usually well under way by early 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)
Best this weekend nearby
- Nulhegan Basin · 115 mi · Fall foliage
Usually Oct 1–10
Sat Oct 3: Mostly Sunny, 55°F · Sun Oct 4: Mostly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers, 58°F
No report yet - Missisquoi Refuge · 142 mi · Fall foliage
Usually Oct 1–10
Sat Oct 3: Mostly Sunny, 62°F · Sun Oct 4: Chance Rain Showers, 63°F
No report yet
Places in their own usual window that weekend; reports are the latest official ones, forecasts from the National Weather Service. 7 more nearby places have only regional or statewide timing, so they aren't listed.
Concord's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~May 8 to ~Oct 3
- First leaf ~Apr 17
- First bloom ~May 16
- Fall color under way ~Oct 7 (NH)
- Today
Near Concord right now
- Fall color is usually well under way by early October in New HampshireStatewide · USA-NPN volunteer observations, 2020–2025 · not a forecast~9 days
- First fall frost usually around Oct 3 · last spring frost around May 8NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Concord ASOS (3.5 mi, 50% dates)~5 days
- Fall foliage · Great Bay Refuge · 37 miLocal timing: Oct 11–20~13 days
Concord's nature year
- Spring green-upApr
- Last spring frostMay
- Fall color (NH)Oct
- First fall frostOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Great Bay Refuge · 37 miLocal timing: Oct 11–20~13 days
- Parker River Refuge · 47 miLocal timing: Oct 11–31~13 days
- Waterville Valley · 50 miStatewide: usually well under way by early October~6 days
Snow in Concord
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 23 (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 Concord ASOS (3.5 mi away): 68 inches of snow in an average year, about 16.5 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 8
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 3
About 148 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 17
First bloom around May 16
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Concord ASOS (3.5 mi from Concord), 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 Concord?
On average around Oct 3, and the last spring frost around May 8: about 148 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Concord ASOS, 3.5 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Concord?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 17 and first bloom around May 16, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Concord?
Great Bay Refuge, 37 miles (local timing: Oct 11–20); Parker River Refuge, 47 miles (local timing: Oct 11–31); Waterville Valley, 50 miles (statewide: usually well under way by early October). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Concord?
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 23: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Concord ASOS. An average year brings 68 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)