Last Frost Day

Frost history / Idaho City, ID

Idaho City, ID: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00104442, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,965 ft, 43.838, -115.832. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 24Sep 3
EarliestMay 14 (1958)Aug 6 (1969)
LatestJul 22 (1954)Oct 17 (1963)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data5956

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 25 and the median first fall date is Sep 13.

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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 291960197019801990200020101951: Jun 91952: Jul 21953: Jun 251954: Jul 221955: Jul 81956: Jul 31957: Jun 211958: May 141959: Jul 81960: Jun 211961: May 191962: Jul 191963: Jun 301964: Jun 201965: Jun 281966: Jul 31967: Jun 31968: Jun 301969: Jul 51970: Jun 111971: Jul 71972: Jun 121973: Jul 21974: Jul 121975: Jun 281976: Jun 271977: Jul 81978: Jun 171979: Jun 91980: Jun 271981: Jul 91982: Jun 101983: Jul 31984: Jun 91985: Jun 261986: Jul 171987: Jun 31988: Jun 301989: Jun 211990: Jun 131991: Jun 211992: Jun 141993: Jul 181994: Jun 171995: Jun 201996: Jun 201997: Jun 241998: Jun 271999: Jul 52000: Jun 12001: Jun 192002: Jun 202003: Jun 232004: Jun 162006: May 312009: Jun 232010: Jun 182011: Jul 92012: Jun 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101951: Aug 301952: Aug 201953: Aug 251954: Aug 171955: Aug 281957: Sep 91958: Sep 41959: Sep 91960: Aug 161961: Sep 31962: Aug 291963: Oct 171964: Aug 201965: Aug 301966: Sep 271967: Sep 121968: Sep 31969: Aug 61970: Sep 91971: Sep 11972: Sep 71973: Sep 21974: Sep 111975: Aug 291976: Aug 91977: Aug 311978: Aug 171979: Sep 111981: Sep 31982: Sep 111983: Sep 101984: Sep 121985: Aug 91986: Sep 171987: Aug 171988: Sep 81989: Sep 31990: Oct 31991: Sep 151992: Aug 231993: Aug 251994: Sep 51995: Aug 91996: Aug 191997: Sep 191998: Sep 201999: Sep 12000: Sep 32001: Sep 82002: Sep 82005: Aug 312006: Aug 312009: Sep 82010: Aug 302011: Sep 12012: Aug 25

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
2012Jun 29Aug 25Jun 7Sep 12
2011Jul 9Sep 1May 17Oct 9
2010Jun 18Aug 30Jun 17Sep 6
2009Jun 23Sep 8May 21Sep 8
2006May 31Aug 31May 11Aug 31
2005no dataAug 31no dataSep 11
2004Jun 16no dataMay 15no data
2003Jun 23no dataMay 20no data
2002Jun 20Sep 8May 24Sep 9
2001Jun 19Sep 8May 21Sep 8
2000Jun 1Sep 3Jun 1Sep 23
1999Jul 5Sep 1Jun 11Sep 2
1998Jun 27Sep 20Apr 27Oct 4
1997Jun 24Sep 19May 8Oct 5
1996Jun 20Aug 19Jun 19Sep 6
1995Jun 20Aug 9Apr 25Sep 21
1994Jun 17Sep 5Jun 8Oct 3
1993Jul 18Aug 25May 10Aug 25
1992Jun 14Aug 23May 12Aug 24
1991Jun 21Sep 15Jun 15Sep 21
1990Jun 13Oct 3May 16Oct 3
1989Jun 21Sep 3Jun 21Sep 10
1988Jun 30Sep 8May 19Sep 11
1987Jun 3Aug 17May 22Sep 16
1986Jul 17Sep 17May 23Sep 22
1985Jun 26Aug 9May 14Sep 19
1984Jun 9Sep 12Jun 1Sep 13
1983Jul 3Sep 10May 17Sep 10
1982Jun 10Sep 11Jun 10Sep 11
1981Jul 9Sep 3Jul 9Sep 20
1980Jun 27no dataApr 30no data
1979Jun 9Sep 11Jun 7Sep 12
1978Jun 17Aug 17May 31Sep 19
1977Jul 8Aug 31May 30Sep 23
1976Jun 27Aug 9Jun 26Sep 7
1975Jun 28Aug 29May 26Sep 19
1974Jul 12Sep 11Jun 8Sep 12
1973Jul 2Sep 2Jun 18Oct 3
1972Jun 12Sep 7May 25Sep 20
1971Jul 7Sep 1May 20Sep 15
1970Jun 11Sep 9May 15Sep 9
1969Jul 5Aug 6May 3Sep 4
1968Jun 30Sep 3Jun 30Oct 3
1967Jun 3Sep 12May 26Sep 13
1966Jul 3Sep 27Jun 25Oct 3
1965Jun 28Aug 30May 18Aug 30
1964Jun 20Aug 20May 25Aug 29
1963Jun 30Oct 17May 11Oct 24
1962Jul 19Aug 29Jun 4Sep 9
1961May 19Sep 3May 15Sep 22
1960Jun 21Aug 16Jun 21Aug 26
1959Jul 8Sep 9Jun 10Sep 9
1958May 14Sep 4Apr 30Sep 20
1957Jun 21Sep 9Apr 28Sep 21
1956Jul 3no dataMay 15no data
1955Jul 8Aug 28Jul 2Sep 21
1954Jul 22Aug 17Jun 18Sep 6
1953Jun 25Aug 25Jun 24Sep 24
1952Jul 2Aug 20Jun 16Sep 13
1951Jun 9Aug 30Jun 3Aug 31

"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.