Last Frost Day

Frost history / Allegan 5NE, MI

Allegan 5NE, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00200128, 1951 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 750 ft, 42.580, -85.789. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 6Oct 7
EarliestApr 15 (1957)Sep 14 (1985)
LatestJun 11 (1980)Nov 1 (1971)
Trend1.6 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4649

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 18.

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 29196019701980199020001951: May 121952: Apr 161953: Apr 211954: May 101955: May 91956: Apr 301957: Apr 151958: May 51959: Apr 221960: Apr 191961: May 271962: Apr 201963: May 241964: Apr 241966: May 101967: May 61969: Apr 301970: May 71971: May 131972: Jun 111974: May 101975: Apr 221976: May 81977: May 111978: May 31979: May 221980: Jun 111981: May 201982: Apr 291983: May 271984: May 171985: May 31986: May 41987: May 61988: Apr 251989: May 81990: May 21991: May 71994: May 291996: May 141997: May 172000: Apr 272002: May 212003: Apr 252004: May 42006: Apr 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Sep 291952: Oct 31953: Oct 71954: Oct 71955: Oct 221956: Oct 101957: Sep 271958: Oct 121959: Oct 191960: Oct 11961: Oct 271962: Sep 211963: Oct 141964: Sep 281967: Oct 201969: Oct 151970: Oct 111971: Nov 11972: Oct 71973: Sep 201974: Oct 21975: Oct 71976: Sep 241977: Oct 71978: Sep 281979: Sep 231980: Sep 271981: Sep 231982: Oct 171983: Sep 241984: Sep 301985: Sep 141986: Oct 101987: Oct 11988: Oct 61989: Sep 231990: Oct 121991: Sep 221992: Sep 291993: Sep 301997: Oct 181999: Oct 142000: Oct 72001: Oct 82002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 52005: Oct 262006: 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
2006Apr 29Oct 12Apr 29Oct 15
2005no dataOct 26no dataOct 27
2004May 4Oct 5Apr 15Oct 5
2003Apr 25Oct 2Apr 25Oct 3
2002May 21Oct 14Apr 28Oct 17
2001no dataOct 8no dataOct 28
2000Apr 27Oct 7Apr 13Nov 17
1999no dataOct 14no dataOct 23
1997May 17Oct 18Apr 27Oct 23
1996May 14no dataMay 14no data
1994May 29no dataMay 29no data
1993no dataSep 30no dataOct 13
1992no dataSep 29no dataOct 18
1991May 7Sep 22May 7Sep 27
1990May 2Oct 12Apr 19Oct 23
1989May 8Sep 23May 7Sep 27
1988Apr 25Oct 6Apr 25Oct 12
1987May 6Oct 1Apr 25Oct 3
1986May 4Oct 10May 3Oct 18
1985May 3Sep 14Apr 10Oct 17
1984May 17Sep 30May 16Sep 30
1983May 27Sep 24May 11Oct 11
1982Apr 29Oct 17Apr 29Oct 17
1981May 20Sep 23May 12Oct 3
1980Jun 11Sep 27May 10Oct 6
1979May 22Sep 23May 5Oct 14
1978May 3Sep 28May 3Oct 17
1977May 11Oct 7May 10Oct 7
1976May 8Sep 24Apr 13Oct 17
1975Apr 22Oct 7Apr 14Oct 27
1974May 10Oct 2May 7Oct 3
1973no dataSep 20no dataNov 6
1972Jun 11Oct 7Apr 26Oct 18
1971May 13Nov 1May 4Nov 7
1970May 7Oct 11May 3Nov 16
1969Apr 30Oct 15Apr 11Oct 23
1967May 6Oct 20Apr 26Nov 5
1966May 10no dataMay 10no data
1964Apr 24Sep 28Apr 9Oct 7
1963May 24Oct 14Apr 10Oct 30
1962Apr 20Sep 21Apr 17Oct 25
1961May 27Oct 27Apr 16Nov 4
1960Apr 19Oct 1Apr 11Oct 1
1959Apr 22Oct 19Apr 22Nov 3
1958May 5Oct 12Apr 26Nov 3
1957Apr 15Sep 27Apr 15Oct 12
1956Apr 30Oct 10Apr 23Oct 10
1955May 9Oct 22Mar 30Nov 5
1954May 10Oct 7Apr 9Nov 15
1953Apr 21Oct 7Apr 21Nov 5
1952Apr 16Oct 3Apr 11Oct 18
1951May 12Sep 29Apr 20Oct 29

"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.