Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lifton Pumping Stn, ID

Lifton Pumping Stn, ID: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00105275, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,935 ft, 42.123, -111.313. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 18Sep 17
EarliestApr 19 (1980)Aug 20 (1964)
LatestJul 19 (1987)Oct 21 (1963)
Trend0.6 days later per decade1.5 days later per decade
Years with data7270

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 and the median first fall date is Sep 27.

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 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 2919601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 21952: Apr 231953: May 311954: Jun 21955: May 281956: May 151957: May 11958: May 31959: May 221960: Jun 211961: May 171962: Jun 71963: May 131964: May 121965: May 91966: May 231967: May 131968: May 161969: Apr 301970: May 151971: May 181972: May 21973: May 31974: May 201975: May 261976: May 11977: May 281978: Jun 11979: May 311980: Apr 191981: May 131982: May 281983: May 161984: May 81985: May 151986: May 231987: Jul 191988: May 71989: May 251990: May 151991: May 191992: Apr 251993: May 101994: May 171995: Jun 81996: May 241997: May 41998: May 181999: May 172003: May 192004: May 302005: Jun 82006: Jun 162007: May 292008: Jun 112009: May 142010: May 252011: May 62012: May 242013: May 42014: May 152015: May 112016: May 132017: May 202018: May 42019: Jun 102020: May 242021: May 122022: Jun 162023: May 92024: May 252025: May 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 121952: Sep 141953: Sep 251954: Sep 181955: Sep 221956: Sep 51957: Sep 201958: Sep 211959: Sep 221960: Aug 231961: Sep 31962: Aug 311963: Oct 211964: Aug 201965: Sep 171966: Oct 11967: Sep 131968: Sep 171969: Sep 221970: Sep 101971: Sep 151972: Sep 211973: Sep 171974: Sep 121975: Sep 181976: Sep 81977: Sep 91978: Sep 171979: Sep 111980: Sep 201981: Sep 261982: Sep 141983: Sep 201985: Sep 131986: Sep 211987: Sep 171988: Sep 121989: Sep 111990: Oct 41991: Sep 151992: Aug 241993: Aug 301994: Oct 71995: Sep 211997: Sep 281998: Oct 51999: Sep 82003: Sep 132004: Sep 152005: Sep 132006: Sep 22007: Sep 112008: Sep 22009: Sep 222010: Sep 72011: Oct 62012: Sep 132013: Sep 202014: Oct 12015: Sep 62016: Sep 112017: Sep 202018: Sep 252019: Sep 302020: Sep 92021: Sep 212022: Oct 132023: Oct 162024: Oct 192025: Oct 6

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 20Oct 6Apr 21Oct 13
2024May 25Oct 19May 4Oct 25
2023May 9Oct 16May 2Oct 27
2022Jun 16Oct 13May 12Oct 15
2021May 12Sep 21May 10Sep 22
2020May 24Sep 9Apr 19Sep 10
2019Jun 10Sep 30May 4Sep 30
2018May 4Sep 25Apr 20Oct 12
2017May 20Sep 20Apr 29Oct 9
2016May 13Sep 11Apr 18Oct 8
2015May 11Sep 6Apr 18Oct 28
2014May 15Oct 1May 2Oct 2
2013May 4Sep 20May 3Oct 4
2012May 24Sep 13May 7Oct 6
2011May 6Oct 6May 5Oct 26
2010May 25Sep 7May 8Oct 13
2009May 14Sep 22May 9Oct 1
2008Jun 11Sep 2May 14Oct 10
2007May 29Sep 11May 4Sep 26
2006Jun 16Sep 2May 11Sep 18
2005Jun 8Sep 13May 2Oct 5
2004May 30Sep 15Apr 30Oct 25
2003May 19Sep 13May 19Sep 18
1999May 17Sep 8May 17Sep 27
1998May 18Oct 5Apr 27Oct 5
1997May 4Sep 28May 2Oct 6
1996May 24no dataApr 29no data
1995Jun 8Sep 21Apr 21Sep 22
1994May 17Oct 7Apr 30Oct 20
1993May 10Aug 30May 9Sep 14
1992Apr 25Aug 24Apr 24Sep 26
1991May 19Sep 15May 1Oct 4
1990May 15Oct 4May 9Oct 4
1989May 25Sep 11May 25Oct 17
1988May 7Sep 12May 2Sep 19
1987Jul 19Sep 17Apr 21Sep 27
1986May 23Sep 21Apr 26Sep 22
1985May 15Sep 13Apr 25Sep 23
1984May 8no dataMay 7no data
1983May 16Sep 20May 13Sep 20
1982May 28Sep 14May 5Oct 6
1981May 13Sep 26May 13Sep 26
1980Apr 19Sep 20Apr 17Sep 22
1979May 31Sep 11May 9Sep 13
1978Jun 1Sep 17May 5Sep 18
1977May 28Sep 9May 5Oct 1
1976May 1Sep 8Apr 27Sep 8
1975May 26Sep 18May 25Sep 19
1974May 20Sep 12Apr 15Sep 13
1973May 3Sep 17May 2Oct 3
1972May 2Sep 21May 1Sep 25
1971May 18Sep 15Apr 13Sep 19
1970May 15Sep 10May 11Sep 15
1969Apr 30Sep 22Apr 30Oct 3
1968May 16Sep 17May 7Sep 22
1967May 13Sep 13May 13Oct 7
1966May 23Oct 1May 23Oct 4
1965May 9Sep 17May 7Sep 17
1964May 12Aug 20May 7Sep 19
1963May 13Oct 21Apr 25Oct 24
1962Jun 7Aug 31May 1Sep 9
1961May 17Sep 3May 8Sep 22
1960Jun 21Aug 23Apr 26Oct 13
1959May 22Sep 22May 5Sep 22
1958May 3Sep 21May 1Sep 25
1957May 1Sep 20Apr 28Sep 20
1956May 15Sep 5May 14Sep 22
1955May 28Sep 22Apr 29Sep 22
1954Jun 2Sep 18May 28Sep 19
1953May 31Sep 25May 29Oct 3
1952Apr 23Sep 14Apr 19Oct 6
1951Jun 2Sep 12Apr 24Sep 12

"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.