Last Frost Day

Frost history / May 2SSE, ID

May 2SSE, ID: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00105685, 1951 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,050 ft, 44.566, -113.895. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 17Sep 3
EarliestMay 3 (1987)Aug 17 (1978)
LatestJul 8 (1981)Oct 10 (1963)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4345

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 22 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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 141960197019801990200020101951: Jun 231952: Jun 171953: Jun 261954: Jun 191955: Jul 51956: Jun 221957: May 251958: Jun 11959: Jul 81960: Jun 271961: May 111965: May 311966: Jun 251967: Jun 31968: Jun 301970: Jun 131971: Jun 291972: Jun 191973: Jun 191974: Jul 31975: Jun 281976: Jun 271977: May 301978: Jun 201979: Jun 91980: Jun 131981: Jul 81982: Jun 91983: Jun 201984: Jun 101985: May 311986: May 241987: May 32008: Jun 132009: May 212010: Jun 192011: Jun 102012: Jun 272013: Jun 152014: May 302016: Jun 172017: Jun 112018: Jun 12

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101951: Aug 311952: Sep 11953: Sep 31954: Aug 271955: Sep 171956: Sep 31957: Sep 101958: Aug 301959: Sep 91961: Sep 121962: Aug 311963: Oct 101964: Aug 271965: Aug 281966: Sep 121967: Sep 131968: Sep 31969: Sep 11970: Sep 91971: Sep 71972: Sep 71973: Sep 21974: Sep 21975: Aug 291976: Aug 271977: Aug 271978: Aug 171979: Sep 221980: Aug 281981: Sep 201982: Sep 111983: Sep 101984: Sep 121985: Sep 121986: Sep 191987: Sep 172008: Sep 22009: Sep 82010: Sep 32011: Sep 32012: Sep 32013: Sep 192014: Sep 42015: Sep 62016: Aug 23

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
2018Jun 12no dataJun 12no data
2017Jun 11no dataJun 11no data
2016Jun 17Aug 23May 24Sep 13
2015no dataSep 6no dataSep 6
2014May 30Sep 4May 14Sep 12
2013Jun 15Sep 19May 3Oct 1
2012Jun 27Sep 3May 13Sep 12
2011Jun 10Sep 3Jun 4Oct 9
2010Jun 19Sep 3May 22Sep 6
2009May 21Sep 8May 16Sep 21
2008Jun 13Sep 2May 14Sep 2
1987May 3Sep 17May 3Sep 17
1986May 24Sep 19May 23Sep 21
1985May 31Sep 12May 13Sep 19
1984Jun 10Sep 12Jun 1Sep 13
1983Jun 20Sep 10May 14Sep 10
1982Jun 9Sep 11May 20Sep 11
1981Jul 8Sep 20Jul 8Sep 23
1980Jun 13Aug 28Apr 17Sep 22
1979Jun 9Sep 22Jun 8Oct 3
1978Jun 20Aug 17May 31Aug 17
1977May 30Aug 27May 30Aug 31
1976Jun 27Aug 27Jun 26Sep 7
1975Jun 28Aug 29Jun 28Sep 2
1974Jul 3Sep 2Jun 8Sep 10
1973Jun 19Sep 2Jun 19Sep 16
1972Jun 19Sep 7May 2Sep 20
1971Jun 29Sep 7May 20Sep 15
1970Jun 13Sep 9May 17Sep 14
1969no dataSep 1no dataSep 4
1968Jun 30Sep 3May 19Oct 3
1967Jun 3Sep 13May 14Sep 13
1966Jun 25Sep 12Jun 25Oct 1
1965May 31Aug 28May 27Aug 28
1964no dataAug 27no dataSep 3
1963no dataOct 10no dataOct 17
1962no dataAug 31no dataSep 8
1961May 11Sep 12May 11Sep 24
1960Jun 27no dataMay 18no data
1959Jul 8Sep 9May 21Sep 9
1958Jun 1Aug 30May 3Sep 20
1957May 25Sep 10May 22Sep 10
1956Jun 22Sep 3May 13Sep 22
1955Jul 5Sep 17Jul 5Sep 22
1954Jun 19Aug 27Jun 6Aug 27
1953Jun 26Sep 3May 25Sep 25
1952Jun 17Sep 1Apr 23Sep 14
1951Jun 23Aug 31Jun 3Sep 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.