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Frost history / Arrowrock Dam, ID

Arrowrock Dam, ID: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00100448, 1951 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,235 ft, 43.594, -115.924. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 8
EarliestApr 9 (1994)Sep 13 (1992)
LatestMay 30 (1977)Oct 30 (1979)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4443

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14196019701980199020001951: Apr 221952: Apr 121953: May 101954: May 21955: Apr 281956: May 121957: Apr 261958: Apr 281959: May 41960: May 221961: Apr 261962: Apr 301963: Apr 211964: May 61965: May 61966: May 231967: May 131968: May 71969: May 31970: May 141971: Apr 191972: May 21973: Apr 201974: May 171975: May 271976: Apr 231977: May 301978: Apr 231979: Apr 221980: Apr 111981: May 81982: May 61983: May 91984: May 81985: May 131986: May 151989: May 201990: May 161991: May 41992: Apr 261994: Apr 91995: Apr 222005: Apr 222008: May 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Oct 161952: Oct 151953: Oct 201954: Sep 291955: Sep 291956: Oct 141957: Oct 61958: Sep 241959: Oct 11960: Oct 91961: Sep 221962: Oct 161963: Oct 241964: Oct 171965: Sep 171966: Oct 141967: Oct 151968: Oct 81969: Oct 31970: Sep 141971: Sep 281972: Sep 241973: Oct 41974: Oct 51975: Oct 231977: Sep 221978: Oct 231979: Oct 301980: Oct 221981: Oct 51982: Oct 181983: Sep 211984: Sep 241989: Oct 161990: Oct 71991: Oct 51992: Sep 131993: Oct 281994: Oct 151997: Oct 81999: Sep 292001: Oct 102003: Oct 10

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2008May 5no dataApr 22no data
2005Apr 22no dataApr 14no data
2003no dataOct 10no dataOct 29
2001no dataOct 10no dataOct 11
1999no dataSep 29no dataOct 18
1997no dataOct 8no dataOct 25
1995Apr 22no dataApr 16no data
1994Apr 9Oct 15Mar 26Oct 29
1993no dataOct 28no dataNov 5
1992Apr 26Sep 13Apr 8Oct 15
1991May 4Oct 5Apr 27Oct 28
1990May 16Oct 7Mar 24Oct 17
1989May 20Oct 16Mar 21Oct 16
1986May 15no dataFeb 14no data
1985May 13no dataApr 20no data
1984May 8Sep 24Mar 8Sep 25
1983May 9Sep 21Apr 11Nov 8
1982May 6Oct 18Apr 21Oct 19
1981May 8Oct 5Apr 8Oct 5
1980Apr 11Oct 22Mar 26Oct 23
1979Apr 22Oct 30Apr 13Nov 9
1978Apr 23Oct 23Apr 12Oct 30
1977May 30Sep 22May 8Oct 11
1976Apr 23no dataApr 19no data
1975May 27Oct 23May 25Oct 23
1974May 17Oct 5Apr 12Oct 6
1973Apr 20Oct 4Apr 19Oct 27
1972May 2Sep 24May 1Sep 25
1971Apr 19Sep 28Apr 6Oct 16
1970May 14Sep 14Apr 22Oct 15
1969May 3Oct 3Mar 26Oct 5
1968May 7Oct 8May 7Oct 8
1967May 13Oct 15Apr 16Oct 23
1966May 23Oct 14Apr 27Oct 14
1965May 6Sep 17Mar 28Sep 18
1964May 6Oct 17Apr 18Oct 17
1963Apr 21Oct 24Apr 21Oct 26
1962Apr 30Oct 16Mar 30Nov 17
1961Apr 26Sep 22Apr 20Oct 8
1960May 22Oct 9Apr 23Oct 13
1959May 4Oct 1Apr 10Nov 5
1958Apr 28Sep 24Mar 31Nov 11
1957Apr 26Oct 6Mar 27Oct 19
1956May 12Oct 14Apr 8Oct 28
1955Apr 28Sep 29Apr 27Oct 6
1954May 2Sep 29Apr 10Sep 29
1953May 10Oct 20May 2Oct 21
1952Apr 12Oct 15Apr 9Nov 1
1951Apr 22Oct 16Apr 21Oct 30

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.