Last Frost Day

Frost history / Boise 7 N, ID

Boise 7 N, ID: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00101017, 1973 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,885 ft, 43.738, -116.202. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 21Oct 5
EarliestApr 16 (2016)Sep 13 (1992)
LatestJun 26 (1976)Nov 16 (2016)
Trend2.7 days earlier per decade2.5 days later per decade
Years with data4949

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 1 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14198019902000201020201974: May 211975: May 251976: Jun 261977: May 171978: May 311979: May 291980: Apr 301981: May 171982: May 291983: May 121984: May 311985: May 121986: May 221987: May 211988: May 21989: May 251990: Jun 11991: May 291992: May 121993: May 51994: Jun 81995: Jun 71996: Jun 191997: May 21998: May 181999: Jun 72000: Jun 12001: May 62002: Jun 92003: May 192004: May 132005: Apr 192006: May 92007: May 62008: Jun 72009: May 152010: May 232011: May 282012: May 242013: May 232014: Jun 172015: Apr 302016: Apr 162017: May 172018: Apr 232019: May 22020: May 72024: May 242025: May 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26198019902000201020201973: Oct 21974: Oct 41975: Oct 81976: Oct 41977: Oct 11978: Oct 221979: Oct 291980: Oct 161981: Oct 41982: Oct 51983: Sep 201984: Sep 231985: Sep 281986: Oct 111987: Oct 161988: Oct 271989: Oct 151990: Oct 61991: Oct 181992: Sep 131993: Sep 211994: Oct 41995: Sep 211996: Sep 231997: Oct 81998: Oct 51999: Sep 262000: Sep 232001: Oct 92002: Oct 12003: Oct 302004: Oct 242005: Oct 42006: Oct 172007: Oct 52008: Oct 92009: Oct 12010: Oct 122011: Oct 252012: Oct 52013: Oct 22014: Oct 272015: Nov 42016: Nov 162017: Oct 22018: Oct 142019: Sep 292023: Oct 262024: Oct 18

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 20no dataApr 18no data
2024May 24Oct 18May 1Nov 6
2023no dataOct 26no dataOct 28
2020May 7no dataMay 7no data
2019May 2Sep 29May 1Oct 9
2018Apr 23Oct 14Apr 17Oct 14
2017May 17Oct 2Apr 15Oct 9
2016Apr 16Nov 16Mar 28Nov 16
2015Apr 30Nov 4Apr 26Nov 5
2014Jun 17Oct 27Apr 23Nov 11
2013May 23Oct 2May 23Nov 4
2012May 24Oct 5May 6Oct 24
2011May 28Oct 25May 1Oct 25
2010May 23Oct 12May 7Nov 9
2009May 15Oct 1May 13Oct 1
2008Jun 7Oct 9May 12Oct 9
2007May 6Oct 5May 4Nov 14
2006May 9Oct 17Apr 18Oct 30
2005Apr 19Oct 4Apr 18Nov 14
2004May 13Oct 24Apr 1Nov 1
2003May 19Oct 30May 19Oct 30
2002Jun 9Oct 1May 8Oct 11
2001May 6Oct 9May 6Oct 24
2000Jun 1Sep 23Apr 7Sep 25
1999Jun 7Sep 26May 14Oct 16
1998May 18Oct 5Apr 16Oct 17
1997May 2Oct 8May 2Oct 25
1996Jun 19Sep 23May 4Oct 17
1995Jun 7Sep 21Jun 7Oct 19
1994Jun 8Oct 4Apr 5Oct 29
1993May 5Sep 21Mar 13Oct 29
1992May 12Sep 13Apr 23Oct 15
1991May 29Oct 18Apr 28Oct 28
1990Jun 1Oct 6May 8Oct 7
1989May 25Oct 15Apr 10Oct 28
1988May 2Oct 27May 2Nov 15
1987May 21Oct 16Apr 20Nov 15
1986May 22Oct 11Apr 26Nov 7
1985May 12Sep 28May 12Oct 8
1984May 31Sep 23May 6Sep 24
1983May 12Sep 20Apr 14Sep 20
1982May 29Oct 5May 5Oct 19
1981May 17Oct 4May 8Nov 25
1980Apr 30Oct 16Apr 7Oct 22
1979May 29Oct 29Apr 12Oct 30
1978May 31Oct 22Apr 22Oct 22
1977May 17Oct 1Apr 19Nov 3
1976Jun 26Oct 4Apr 21Oct 18
1975May 25Oct 8May 25Oct 23
1974May 21Oct 4May 19Nov 16
1973no dataOct 2no dataOct 3

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.