Frost history / Elk Rvr, ID
Elk Rvr, ID: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00102892, 1952 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 2,866 ft, 46.782, -116.180. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 2 | Sep 7 |
| Earliest | May 4 (1988) | Aug 6 (1969) |
| Latest | Jul 28 (1959) | Oct 9 (2011) |
| Trend | 4.8 days earlier per decade | 3.3 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 47 | 44 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Sep 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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | May 26 | Oct 9 | May 4 | Oct 25 |
| 2010 | May 24 | no data | May 21 | no data |
| 2009 | May 22 | no data | May 21 | no data |
| 2008 | Jun 11 | Sep 2 | May 13 | Oct 8 |
| 2007 | May 29 | Sep 20 | May 6 | Sep 25 |
| 2006 | no data | Sep 15 | no data | Oct 8 |
| 2005 | Jun 14 | no data | May 2 | no data |
| 2004 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Oct 25 |
| 1998 | May 28 | no data | Apr 30 | no data |
| 1995 | Jun 7 | no data | May 15 | no data |
| 1994 | May 14 | Sep 6 | May 1 | Oct 7 |
| 1993 | May 9 | no data | Apr 28 | no data |
| 1990 | May 26 | Oct 6 | May 9 | Oct 6 |
| 1989 | Jun 17 | Sep 12 | May 20 | Oct 3 |
| 1988 | May 4 | no data | May 2 | no data |
| 1987 | Jun 2 | Sep 17 | May 18 | Sep 18 |
| 1986 | May 23 | Sep 12 | May 17 | Oct 11 |
| 1985 | Jun 24 | Sep 7 | May 12 | Sep 21 |
| 1984 | Jul 9 | Aug 20 | Jul 9 | Sep 25 |
| 1983 | May 22 | Sep 10 | May 13 | Sep 20 |
| 1982 | May 30 | Sep 11 | May 5 | Sep 30 |
| 1981 | May 12 | Sep 23 | May 6 | Sep 24 |
| 1980 | May 11 | Aug 29 | Apr 4 | Oct 9 |
| 1979 | Jun 7 | Sep 12 | May 29 | Oct 3 |
| 1978 | May 30 | Sep 16 | May 30 | Sep 16 |
| 1977 | May 30 | Sep 23 | Apr 18 | Oct 4 |
| 1976 | Jul 1 | Aug 20 | May 1 | Oct 4 |
| 1975 | Jun 28 | Aug 25 | May 26 | Aug 26 |
| 1974 | Jun 1 | Aug 13 | May 31 | Sep 13 |
| 1973 | Jun 16 | Sep 1 | May 27 | Sep 16 |
| 1972 | Jul 1 | Sep 10 | May 4 | Sep 26 |
| 1971 | Jul 7 | Aug 24 | May 22 | Sep 14 |
| 1970 | May 31 | Sep 9 | May 14 | Sep 14 |
| 1969 | Jul 15 | Aug 6 | May 4 | Sep 6 |
| 1968 | May 31 | Sep 28 | May 31 | Oct 2 |
| 1967 | no data | Aug 25 | no data | Oct 15 |
| 1966 | Jun 5 | Sep 1 | May 23 | Oct 3 |
| 1965 | Jun 28 | Aug 30 | May 18 | Aug 30 |
| 1964 | Jun 28 | Sep 9 | May 25 | Sep 19 |
| 1963 | May 17 | Sep 18 | May 11 | Oct 20 |
| 1962 | Jul 8 | Sep 8 | May 5 | Sep 9 |
| 1961 | May 18 | Sep 6 | Apr 24 | Sep 24 |
| 1960 | Jun 8 | Aug 28 | May 23 | Sep 21 |
| 1959 | Jul 28 | Aug 30 | May 12 | Oct 1 |
| 1958 | May 13 | Sep 3 | May 13 | Sep 26 |
| 1957 | no data | Aug 15 | no data | Sep 19 |
| 1956 | Jun 26 | Sep 2 | May 14 | Sep 22 |
| 1955 | Jul 2 | Aug 27 | May 9 | Sep 22 |
| 1954 | Jun 18 | Sep 30 | May 14 | Sep 30 |
| 1953 | Jun 2 | Sep 17 | May 12 | Sep 18 |
| 1952 | Jul 7 | Aug 24 | Apr 29 | Oct 7 |
"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.