Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mio Hydro Plt, MI

Mio Hydro Plt, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00205531, 1951 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 960 ft, 44.661, -84.132. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 27Sep 24
EarliestApr 29 (2001)Aug 29 (1986)
LatestJun 21 (1969)Oct 10 (2002)
Trend1.6 days earlier per decade3.0 days later per decade
Years with data4944

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Oct 4.

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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29196019701980199020001951: May 131952: Jun 21953: May 151954: May 261955: May 211956: Jun 21957: Jun 91958: Jun 141959: May 181961: May 301962: Jun 31963: May 261964: Jun 161965: Jun 41966: Jun 21967: May 311968: May 251969: Jun 211970: May 181971: May 221972: Jun 171973: May 201974: May 271975: May 131976: May 191977: Jun 81978: Jun 101979: May 221980: Jun 101981: May 311982: Jun 41983: Jun 81984: May 271985: May 291987: May 131988: May 261990: Jun 51995: May 81996: May 301997: May 281998: Jun 51999: May 142000: May 222001: Apr 292002: May 252003: May 222004: May 292005: May 202006: May 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27196019701980199020001951: Sep 91952: Sep 271953: Sep 141954: Sep 241955: Sep 121956: Sep 91957: Sep 241958: Sep 21959: Sep 151960: Sep 161961: Sep 281962: Sep 211963: Sep 141964: Sep 61965: Sep 271966: Sep 161967: Sep 111968: Oct 61969: Sep 291970: Sep 291971: Sep 241972: Sep 221973: Sep 171974: Sep 221975: Sep 141976: Sep 241977: Oct 51978: Sep 261979: Sep 191980: Sep 271981: Sep 221983: Sep 241986: Aug 291996: Sep 301997: Sep 241998: Oct 41999: Sep 222000: Sep 252001: Oct 72002: Oct 102003: Oct 12004: Sep 302005: Oct 92006: Sep 29

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
2006May 22Sep 29Apr 28Oct 13
2005May 20Oct 9May 5Oct 21
2004May 29Sep 30May 4Oct 4
2003May 22Oct 1May 4Oct 6
2002May 25Oct 10May 25Oct 14
2001Apr 29Oct 7Apr 29Oct 8
2000May 22Sep 25May 20Sep 28
1999May 14Sep 22May 14Oct 3
1998Jun 5Oct 4Apr 28Oct 4
1997May 28Sep 24May 18Oct 18
1996May 30Sep 30May 13Oct 4
1995May 8no dataMay 8no data
1990Jun 5no dataMay 12no data
1988May 26no dataMay 14no data
1987May 13no dataMay 5no data
1986no dataAug 29no dataOct 7
1985May 29no dataMay 2no data
1984May 27no dataMay 13no data
1983Jun 8Sep 24May 27Sep 24
1982Jun 4no dataApr 30no data
1981May 31Sep 22May 18Sep 24
1980Jun 10Sep 27Apr 24Sep 27
1979May 22Sep 19May 22Oct 11
1978Jun 10Sep 26May 7Oct 9
1977Jun 8Oct 5May 10Oct 6
1976May 19Sep 24May 13Sep 24
1975May 13Sep 14Apr 28Oct 26
1974May 27Sep 22May 10Oct 2
1973May 20Sep 17May 18Oct 19
1972Jun 17Sep 22May 10Oct 10
1971May 22Sep 24May 14Nov 1
1970May 18Sep 29May 6Sep 29
1969Jun 21Sep 29May 26Oct 15
1968May 25Oct 6May 11Oct 21
1967May 31Sep 11May 23Oct 7
1966Jun 2Sep 16May 12Oct 2
1965Jun 4Sep 27May 5Sep 27
1964Jun 16Sep 6Apr 26Sep 15
1963May 26Sep 14May 24Oct 28
1962Jun 3Sep 21May 10Sep 30
1961May 30Sep 28May 22Sep 28
1960no dataSep 16no dataOct 1
1959May 18Sep 15May 17Sep 17
1958Jun 14Sep 2May 26Oct 5
1957Jun 9Sep 24May 17Sep 27
1956Jun 2Sep 9May 25Oct 1
1955May 21Sep 12May 17Sep 26
1954May 26Sep 24May 26Oct 7
1953May 15Sep 14May 15Oct 7
1952Jun 2Sep 27May 2Oct 3
1951May 13Sep 9May 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.