Last Frost Day

Frost history / Herman, MI

Herman, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00203744, 1968 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,717 ft, 46.665, -88.377. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 4Sep 15
EarliestMay 1 (1995)Aug 2 (1976)
LatestJul 30 (1978)Oct 18 (2021)
Trend5.8 days earlier per decade8.4 days later per decade
Years with data5452

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 26 and the median first fall date is Sep 26.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131970198019902000201020201969: Jul 61970: Jul 51971: Jul 301972: Jul 41973: May 301974: Jun 251975: Jun 91976: May 251977: Jun 221978: Jul 301979: Jul 171980: Jun 161981: Jun 261982: Jun 301983: Jun 101984: Jun 31985: Jun 31986: Jun 21987: May 241989: Jun 151990: Jun 41991: May 191992: Jun 221993: Jun 41994: Jun 81995: May 11996: Jun 51997: May 221999: May 252000: Jul 192002: May 252003: Jun 12004: Jun 32005: May 162006: Jun 112007: Jun 302008: May 292009: Jun 62010: Jun 72011: Jun 122012: Jun 22013: Jun 182014: May 192015: Jun 12016: Jun 82017: Jun 12018: May 202019: Jun 32020: Jun 132021: May 292022: May 232023: May 172024: May 102025: Jun 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 14Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201968: Aug 111969: Aug 201970: Aug 41971: Aug 41972: Aug 41973: Sep 91974: Aug 301975: Aug 61976: Aug 21977: Aug 181978: Sep 221979: Aug 151980: Sep 171981: Aug 171982: Aug 111983: Sep 131984: Sep 261985: Sep 121986: Aug 261987: Oct 21988: Oct 31989: Sep 131990: Oct 71991: Sep 191992: Aug 131994: Oct 21995: Sep 81996: Sep 301997: Oct 11999: Sep 212001: Sep 142002: Sep 272003: Sep 52004: Aug 132005: Sep 232006: Sep 92009: Oct 12010: Sep 142011: Sep 152012: Sep 152014: Sep 122015: Sep 122016: Oct 92017: Sep 302018: Sep 292019: Oct 52020: Sep 182021: Oct 182022: Sep 232023: Oct 82024: Oct 92025: 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
2025Jun 1Oct 8May 8Oct 8
2024May 10Oct 9May 10Oct 9
2023May 17Oct 8Apr 26Oct 8
2022May 23Sep 23May 5Oct 10
2021May 29Oct 18May 29Oct 22
2020Jun 13Sep 18May 13Sep 18
2019Jun 3Oct 5Jun 3Oct 13
2018May 20Sep 29May 12Oct 12
2017Jun 1Sep 30May 19Oct 25
2016Jun 8Oct 9May 18Oct 9
2015Jun 1Sep 12May 31Sep 30
2014May 19Sep 12May 18Sep 12
2013Jun 18no dataMay 25no data
2012Jun 2Sep 15May 31Sep 25
2011Jun 12Sep 15May 27Sep 16
2010Jun 7Sep 14May 10Oct 3
2009Jun 6Oct 1May 31Oct 1
2008May 29no dataMay 28no data
2007Jun 30no dataMay 21no data
2006Jun 11Sep 9Jun 10Sep 9
2005May 16Sep 23May 12Oct 9
2004Jun 3Aug 13May 28Sep 29
2003Jun 1Sep 5May 3Sep 29
2002May 25Sep 27May 21Oct 7
2001no dataSep 14no dataSep 25
2000Jul 19no dataMay 19no data
1999May 25Sep 21May 9Oct 3
1997May 22Oct 1May 22Oct 16
1996Jun 5Sep 30May 13Oct 3
1995May 1Sep 8Apr 20Sep 8
1994Jun 8Oct 2Jun 3Oct 2
1993Jun 4no dataMay 17no data
1992Jun 22Aug 13Jun 21Sep 23
1991May 19Sep 19May 8Sep 27
1990Jun 4Oct 7May 30Oct 8
1989Jun 15Sep 13May 11Sep 24
1988no dataOct 3no dataOct 6
1987May 24Oct 2May 12Oct 3
1986Jun 2Aug 26Jun 2Oct 9
1985Jun 3Sep 12May 21Sep 25
1984Jun 3Sep 26May 29Sep 27
1983Jun 10Sep 13Jun 7Sep 13
1982Jun 30Aug 11Jun 18Sep 7
1981Jun 26Aug 17May 31Sep 22
1980Jun 16Sep 17Jun 16Sep 17
1979Jul 17Aug 15May 26Sep 19
1978Jul 30Sep 22Jun 14Sep 22
1977Jun 22Aug 18Jun 9Aug 24
1976May 25Aug 2May 25Aug 15
1975Jun 9Aug 6May 16Sep 9
1974Jun 25Aug 30Jun 24Sep 1
1973May 30Sep 9May 30Sep 17
1972Jul 4Aug 4Jul 4Sep 3
1971Jul 30Aug 4Jun 9Sep 17
1970Jul 5Aug 4Jun 20Sep 14
1969Jul 6Aug 20Jul 6Sep 9
1968no dataAug 11no dataAug 27

"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.