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Frost history / Bayview Model Basin, ID

Bayview Model Basin, ID: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00100667, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,087 ft, 47.980, -116.559. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 26Sep 17
EarliestApr 24 (1993)Aug 6 (1987)
LatestJul 7 (1971)Oct 12 (2010)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade0.7 days later per decade
Years with data6164

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 4.

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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 21952: May 301953: May 281954: Jun 71955: May 281956: Jun 301957: Apr 271958: May 151959: May 301960: May 281961: Jun 81962: Jun 111963: May 171964: May 261965: May 191966: May 181967: May 251968: May 311969: May 51970: May 181971: Jul 71972: May 31973: Jun 191974: May 171975: May 261976: Jun 41977: May 301978: May 311981: May 71982: Jun 81983: May 211986: May 241987: Apr 271989: May 251990: May 271991: May 311992: May 181993: Apr 241994: May 21995: May 41996: May 211997: May 201998: May 271999: Jun 102000: Jun 202001: Jun 52002: May 232003: May 202006: May 102007: Jun 192009: Jun 82010: May 282011: May 42012: Jun 72013: May 262014: May 132015: May 82016: May 202017: May 152018: Jun 22025: May 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 241952: Sep 141953: Sep 201954: Sep 301955: Sep 191957: Sep 101958: Sep 31959: Aug 301960: Sep 61961: Sep 121962: Sep 61963: Sep 181964: Sep 101965: Sep 161966: Oct 31967: Sep 231968: Oct 21969: Sep 61970: Sep 91971: Sep 131972: Sep 101973: Aug 181974: Sep 131975: Sep 201976: Sep 71977: Sep 231978: Sep 171979: Oct 21980: Sep 241985: Sep 201986: Sep 71987: Aug 61988: Sep 121989: Oct 31990: Oct 61991: Sep 231992: Aug 251993: Sep 191994: Oct 61995: Sep 211996: Sep 221997: Oct 61998: Oct 61999: Aug 92001: Aug 272002: Sep 42003: Sep 132004: Sep 62005: Sep 212006: Sep 242007: Sep 92008: Oct 92009: Aug 72010: Oct 122011: Sep 202012: Sep 132013: Oct 32014: Sep 122015: Sep 232016: Sep 132017: Sep 162018: Sep 182024: Sep 232025: Oct 5

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
2025May 9Oct 5Apr 24Oct 5
2024no dataSep 23no dataOct 3
2018Jun 2Sep 18Apr 24Oct 5
2017May 15Sep 16May 15Oct 9
2016May 20Sep 13Mar 30Oct 12
2015May 8Sep 23May 3Sep 27
2014May 13Sep 12May 12Sep 12
2013May 26Oct 3May 2Oct 4
2012Jun 7Sep 13May 12Oct 5
2011May 4Sep 20Apr 24Oct 25
2010May 28Oct 12May 24Oct 12
2009Jun 8Aug 7May 28Oct 6
2008no dataOct 9no dataOct 12
2007Jun 19Sep 9May 28Sep 9
2006May 10Sep 24May 10Oct 9
2005no dataSep 21no dataSep 24
2004no dataSep 6no dataOct 2
2003May 20Sep 13May 20Sep 13
2002May 23Sep 4May 16Sep 21
2001Jun 5Aug 27May 30Sep 6
2000Jun 20no dataJun 1no data
1999Jun 10Aug 9May 12Sep 1
1998May 27Oct 6May 27Oct 16
1997May 20Oct 6Apr 19Oct 8
1996May 21Sep 22May 8Sep 23
1995May 4Sep 21Apr 22Oct 19
1994May 2Oct 6Apr 30Oct 9
1993Apr 24Sep 19Apr 21Oct 21
1992May 18Aug 25May 18Aug 31
1991May 31Sep 23Apr 14Sep 23
1990May 27Oct 6May 1Oct 6
1989May 25Oct 3Apr 19Oct 4
1988no dataSep 12no dataOct 18
1987Apr 27Aug 6Apr 21Oct 10
1986May 24Sep 7May 23Sep 7
1985no dataSep 20no dataSep 23
1983May 21no dataMay 21no data
1982Jun 8no dataApr 27no data
1981May 7no dataMay 6no data
1980no dataSep 24no dataOct 3
1979no dataOct 2no dataOct 20
1978May 31Sep 17Apr 18Oct 5
1977May 30Sep 23May 6Oct 3
1976Jun 4Sep 7Apr 21Oct 16
1975May 26Sep 20Apr 30Oct 23
1974May 17Sep 13May 3Oct 5
1973Jun 19Aug 18May 27Sep 16
1972May 3Sep 10May 1Sep 29
1971Jul 7Sep 13Apr 26Sep 21
1970May 18Sep 9Apr 29Sep 14
1969May 5Sep 6May 4Oct 13
1968May 31Oct 2May 3Oct 2
1967May 25Sep 23May 4Oct 15
1966May 18Oct 3May 18Oct 9
1965May 19Sep 16May 18Sep 17
1964May 26Sep 10May 25Oct 18
1963May 17Sep 18May 11Oct 19
1962Jun 11Sep 6May 5Sep 8
1961Jun 8Sep 12May 3Sep 27
1960May 28Sep 6May 22Sep 21
1959May 30Aug 30May 7Oct 1
1958May 15Sep 3Apr 29Oct 9
1957Apr 27Sep 10Apr 16Sep 19
1956Jun 30no dataMay 13no data
1955May 28Sep 19Apr 28Sep 22
1954Jun 7Sep 30May 2Sep 30
1953May 28Sep 20May 3Sep 21
1952May 30Sep 14May 5Oct 13
1951Jun 2Sep 24May 29Oct 25

"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.