Frost history / Chatham Exp Farm 2, MI
Chatham Exp Farm 2, MI: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00201486, 1987 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 870 ft, 46.341, -86.924. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 31 | Sep 28 |
| Earliest | May 11 (1989) | Aug 18 (2007) |
| Latest | Jul 19 (2000) | Oct 18 (2021) |
| Trend | 1.6 days earlier per decade | 1.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 37 | 39 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 19 and the median first fall date is Oct 9.
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.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jun 1 | Oct 9 | May 20 | Oct 9 |
| 2024 | May 30 | Oct 4 | Apr 26 | Oct 10 |
| 2023 | Jun 12 | Oct 12 | May 25 | Oct 23 |
| 2022 | May 24 | Sep 23 | May 7 | Oct 10 |
| 2021 | May 30 | Oct 18 | May 29 | Oct 27 |
| 2020 | May 31 | Sep 18 | May 13 | Oct 11 |
| 2019 | Jun 3 | Oct 5 | May 13 | Oct 18 |
| 2018 | May 18 | Sep 30 | May 13 | Oct 13 |
| 2017 | May 20 | Oct 6 | May 20 | Oct 26 |
| 2016 | May 18 | Oct 14 | May 18 | Oct 14 |
| 2015 | Jun 1 | Sep 13 | May 22 | Oct 1 |
| 2014 | May 18 | Sep 22 | May 17 | Oct 11 |
| 2013 | Jun 4 | Sep 23 | May 13 | Oct 14 |
| 2012 | May 31 | Sep 19 | May 17 | Oct 8 |
| 2011 | May 27 | Sep 6 | May 27 | Sep 6 |
| 2010 | May 16 | Sep 19 | May 10 | Oct 12 |
| 2009 | Jun 6 | Sep 19 | May 17 | Oct 1 |
| 2008 | May 28 | Oct 4 | May 28 | Oct 17 |
| 2007 | Jun 29 | Aug 18 | May 21 | Oct 14 |
| 2006 | Jun 23 | Sep 10 | May 23 | Oct 10 |
| 2005 | May 20 | Oct 7 | May 17 | Oct 9 |
| 2004 | Jun 4 | Sep 29 | May 3 | Sep 29 |
| 2003 | Jun 28 | Sep 1 | May 22 | Oct 1 |
| 2002 | Jun 3 | Sep 28 | May 25 | Oct 8 |
| 2001 | May 12 | Sep 29 | Apr 28 | Oct 6 |
| 2000 | Jul 19 | Aug 20 | May 19 | Sep 25 |
| 1999 | no data | Sep 30 | no data | Oct 3 |
| 1998 | Jun 5 | Oct 4 | Jun 5 | Oct 4 |
| 1997 | May 28 | Sep 4 | May 22 | Oct 15 |
| 1996 | May 29 | Sep 30 | May 29 | Oct 4 |
| 1995 | Jun 9 | Sep 10 | Apr 26 | Sep 23 |
| 1994 | Jun 9 | Oct 3 | May 27 | Nov 2 |
| 1993 | Jun 4 | Sep 19 | May 17 | Sep 19 |
| 1992 | Jun 22 | Sep 23 | Jun 22 | Oct 17 |
| 1991 | May 20 | Sep 28 | May 19 | Sep 28 |
| 1990 | Jun 4 | Oct 8 | May 11 | Oct 8 |
| 1989 | May 11 | Sep 24 | May 8 | Oct 4 |
| 1988 | May 25 | Oct 3 | May 25 | Oct 7 |
| 1987 | no data | Oct 10 | no data | Oct 11 |
"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.