Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bergland Dam, MI

Bergland Dam, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00200718, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,300 ft, 46.587, -89.547. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 31Sep 21
EarliestMay 12 (2001)Aug 15 (1976)
LatestJul 10 (1968)Oct 17 (2021)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade2.8 days later per decade
Years with data6767

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 15 and the median first fall date is Oct 2.

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 2919601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 81952: Jun 11953: May 271954: Jun 61955: Jun 11956: Jun 21957: Jun 21958: Jun 141959: May 151960: May 141961: Jun 151962: Jun 211963: May 231964: Jun 161966: May 311967: May 311968: Jul 101969: Jul 61970: May 181971: May 281972: Jul 41973: May 301974: May 271975: May 171976: May 261977: Jun 101978: May 211979: Jun 251980: Jun 161981: May 311982: Jun 41983: May 271984: May 291985: Jun 31987: May 231988: Jun 291989: Jun 151990: Jun 51991: May 191993: Jun 41994: Jun 81995: Jun 81996: May 301997: May 271998: Jun 51999: May 152000: Jun 62001: May 122004: May 292006: May 232007: May 212008: May 292009: Jun 22010: May 162011: Jun 32012: Jun 12013: Jun 32014: May 182015: Jun 22017: May 202018: May 202019: Jun 32020: Jun 132021: May 312022: May 232023: May 262025: May 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 71952: Sep 71953: Sep 141955: Sep 121956: Sep 71957: Sep 171958: Sep 111959: Sep 111960: Sep 291961: Sep 251962: Sep 201964: Sep 121966: Sep 151967: Aug 221968: Oct 41969: Sep 181970: Sep 141971: Sep 171972: Sep 221974: Sep 11975: Sep 91976: Aug 151977: Oct 31978: Oct 81981: Sep 221982: Aug 281983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 111986: Sep 61987: Sep 261988: Oct 31989: Sep 241990: Sep 171991: Sep 241992: Sep 231993: Sep 191994: Oct 31995: Sep 81996: Sep 191997: Oct 11998: Sep 221999: Sep 212000: Sep 252001: Sep 142002: Sep 272003: Sep 292004: Sep 292007: Sep 152008: Oct 32009: Sep 302010: Sep 202011: Sep 152012: Sep 162013: Sep 162014: Sep 122015: Sep 302016: Oct 92017: Oct 102018: Sep 302019: Oct 82020: Sep 182021: Oct 172022: Sep 232023: Oct 82024: Oct 42025: Oct 8

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 25Oct 8May 9Oct 25
2024no dataOct 4no dataOct 9
2023May 26Oct 8May 3Oct 29
2022May 23Sep 23May 5Oct 10
2021May 31Oct 17May 31Oct 22
2020Jun 13Sep 18May 13Oct 17
2019Jun 3Oct 8May 7Oct 15
2018May 20Sep 30May 12Oct 16
2017May 20Oct 10May 19Oct 11
2016no dataOct 9no dataOct 14
2015Jun 2Sep 30May 20Oct 2
2014May 18Sep 12May 17Oct 11
2013Jun 3Sep 16May 25Oct 29
2012Jun 1Sep 16Apr 30Sep 27
2011Jun 3Sep 15May 28Sep 16
2010May 16Sep 20May 11Oct 3
2009Jun 2Sep 30Apr 29Oct 1
2008May 29Oct 3May 27Oct 4
2007May 21Sep 15Apr 19Sep 15
2006May 23no dataMay 7no data
2004May 29Sep 29May 15Oct 5
2003no dataSep 29no dataSep 29
2002no dataSep 27no dataOct 14
2001May 12Sep 14May 5Oct 17
2000Jun 6Sep 25May 20Sep 28
1999May 15Sep 21Apr 24Sep 21
1998Jun 5Sep 22Apr 29Oct 4
1997May 27Oct 1May 22Oct 16
1996May 30Sep 19May 14Oct 3
1995Jun 8Sep 8Apr 30Sep 23
1994Jun 8Oct 3May 27Oct 3
1993Jun 4Sep 19May 17Sep 19
1992no dataSep 23no dataSep 23
1991May 19Sep 24May 18Sep 27
1990Jun 5Sep 17May 12Oct 8
1989Jun 15Sep 24May 11Sep 24
1988Jun 29Oct 3May 25Oct 6
1987May 23Sep 26May 12Oct 3
1986no dataSep 6no dataSep 7
1985Jun 3Sep 11May 2Sep 25
1984May 29Sep 26May 29Sep 28
1983May 27Sep 23May 26Oct 9
1982Jun 4Aug 28Apr 30Oct 17
1981May 31Sep 22May 19Sep 22
1980Jun 16no dataApr 29no data
1979Jun 25no dataMay 16no data
1978May 21Oct 8May 7Oct 8
1977Jun 10Oct 3May 10Oct 7
1976May 26Aug 15May 24Sep 2
1975May 17Sep 9May 13Sep 14
1974May 27Sep 1May 14Sep 23
1973May 30no dataMay 18no data
1972Jul 4Sep 22May 9Sep 22
1971May 28Sep 17May 27Sep 22
1970May 18Sep 14May 17Sep 28
1969Jul 6Sep 18May 26Oct 18
1968Jul 10Oct 4May 10Oct 5
1967May 31Aug 22May 22Sep 10
1966May 31Sep 15May 12Oct 1
1964Jun 16Sep 12Jun 1Sep 15
1963May 23no dataMay 22no data
1962Jun 21Sep 20May 9Sep 20
1961Jun 15Sep 25May 22Sep 26
1960May 14Sep 29May 12Oct 18
1959May 15Sep 11May 15Sep 17
1958Jun 14Sep 11May 23Oct 5
1957Jun 2Sep 17May 20Sep 26
1956Jun 2Sep 7May 25Sep 8
1955Jun 1Sep 12May 17Oct 1
1954Jun 6no dataMay 26no data
1953May 27Sep 14May 17Oct 7
1952Jun 1Sep 7May 18Sep 7
1951Jun 8Sep 7May 13Sep 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.