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Frost history / Paul 1ENE, ID

Paul 1ENE, ID: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00106877, 1951 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,150 ft, 42.612, -113.763. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 12Sep 22
EarliestApr 16 (1980)Aug 27 (1976)
LatestJul 9 (1959)Oct 28 (2015)
Trend3.1 days earlier per decade3.8 days later per decade
Years with data5959

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 30 and the median first fall date is Oct 6.

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 141960197019801990200020101951: Jun 61952: May 101953: May 251954: Jun 21955: May 291956: May 11957: Apr 291958: May 131959: Jul 91960: May 241961: May 61962: May 121963: Apr 241964: May 71965: May 181966: May 231967: May 141968: Jun 301969: May 31970: May 151971: May 171972: May 121973: May 111974: Jun 81975: May 261976: Jun 141977: May 281978: May 311979: May 301980: Apr 161981: May 61982: May 81984: May 71986: Jun 81987: May 31988: Jun 51989: May 251990: May 161991: Apr 291992: May 11993: May 81994: Apr 291995: Jun 61996: May 31997: May 11998: Apr 261999: May 132000: May 112001: May 32003: May 192006: May 32008: May 132009: May 92011: Jun 42012: May 72013: May 32014: Apr 302015: Apr 172016: Apr 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 121952: Sep 141953: Sep 251954: Sep 61955: Sep 181956: Sep 221957: Sep 201958: Sep 211959: Sep 91960: Sep 221961: Sep 221962: Sep 91963: Oct 201964: Sep 271965: Aug 291966: Oct 11967: Sep 131968: Sep 221969: Oct 31970: Sep 141971: Sep 181972: Sep 241973: Oct 31974: Sep 141975: Sep 31976: Aug 271977: Sep 91978: Sep 181979: Oct 41980: Sep 221981: Sep 261982: Oct 21983: Sep 201984: Sep 241985: Sep 201987: Sep 171988: Sep 121989: Oct 51990: Oct 71991: Oct 41992: Oct 61993: Sep 131994: Oct 141995: Sep 211996: Sep 221998: Oct 41999: Sep 262000: Sep 232001: Oct 92002: Oct 12003: Sep 142009: Oct 12010: Oct 132011: Oct 72012: Oct 72013: Oct 52014: Oct 222015: Oct 282016: Oct 12

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
2016Apr 16Oct 12Mar 30Nov 4
2015Apr 17Oct 28Apr 16Nov 4
2014Apr 30Oct 22Apr 15Oct 28
2013May 3Oct 5May 3Oct 15
2012May 7Oct 7Apr 9Oct 8
2011Jun 4Oct 7May 3Oct 27
2010no dataOct 13no dataNov 9
2009May 9Oct 1Apr 30Oct 6
2008May 13no dataMay 1no data
2006May 3no dataMay 2no data
2003May 19Sep 14May 18Oct 10
2002no dataOct 1no dataOct 10
2001May 3Oct 9May 2Oct 20
2000May 11Sep 23Apr 8Sep 23
1999May 13Sep 26May 10Sep 29
1998Apr 26Oct 4Apr 25Oct 10
1997May 1no dataApr 13no data
1996May 3Sep 22Apr 28Oct 16
1995Jun 6Sep 21Apr 29Sep 21
1994Apr 29Oct 14Apr 9Oct 22
1993May 8Sep 13May 8Sep 13
1992May 1Oct 6Apr 23Nov 2
1991Apr 29Oct 4Apr 19Oct 24
1990May 16Oct 7May 1Oct 7
1989May 25Oct 5Apr 26Oct 16
1988Jun 5Sep 12Jun 5Oct 31
1987May 3Sep 17Apr 20Oct 11
1986Jun 8no dataApr 19no data
1985no dataSep 20no dataSep 29
1984May 7Sep 24May 7Sep 25
1983no dataSep 20no dataOct 16
1982May 8Oct 2May 8Oct 6
1981May 6Sep 26Apr 14Oct 5
1980Apr 16Sep 22Apr 16Oct 23
1979May 30Oct 4Apr 22Oct 30
1978May 31Sep 18May 5Sep 20
1977May 28Sep 9May 5Sep 23
1976Jun 14Aug 27Apr 27Sep 8
1975May 26Sep 3May 25Sep 20
1974Jun 8Sep 14May 13Oct 6
1973May 11Oct 3May 2Oct 3
1972May 12Sep 24May 9Sep 30
1971May 17Sep 18Apr 13Oct 15
1970May 15Sep 14May 14Sep 25
1969May 3Oct 3Apr 30Oct 4
1968Jun 30Sep 22May 16Oct 3
1967May 14Sep 13May 2Oct 14
1966May 23Oct 1May 23Oct 1
1965May 18Aug 29May 6Sep 17
1964May 7Sep 27May 6Oct 2
1963Apr 24Oct 20Apr 22Oct 27
1962May 12Sep 9Apr 30Oct 16
1961May 6Sep 22May 5Sep 24
1960May 24Sep 22Apr 23Oct 14
1959Jul 9Sep 9Jul 8Sep 29
1958May 13Sep 21Apr 30Oct 21
1957Apr 29Sep 20Apr 27Oct 6
1956May 1Sep 22Apr 30Sep 22
1955May 29Sep 18May 4Sep 23
1954Jun 2Sep 6May 28Sep 19
1953May 25Sep 25May 13Oct 3
1952May 10Sep 14Apr 22Oct 15
1951Jun 6Sep 12Apr 25Oct 6

"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.