Last Frost Day

Frost history / S Haven, MI

S Haven, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00207690, 1951 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 590 ft, 42.401, -86.282. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 23Oct 25
EarliestMar 30 (2010)Sep 24 (1976)
LatestMay 23 (1963)Dec 10 (2001)
Trend3.6 days earlier per decade3.7 days later per decade
Years with data5456

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301960197019801990200020101951: May 121952: Apr 161953: Apr 211954: May 41955: May 91956: Apr 301957: Apr 151958: Apr 291959: Apr 221960: Apr 281961: Apr 171962: Apr 201963: May 231964: Apr 241965: Apr 181966: May 101967: May 61968: May 61969: Apr 301970: May 61971: May 131972: May 101973: May 171974: May 101975: Apr 211976: May 191977: May 111978: May 61979: May 131980: Apr 241981: Apr 211982: Apr 221983: May 91984: Apr 111985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 91988: Apr 211989: Apr 111990: Apr 181991: Apr 111992: Apr 131994: Apr 81995: Apr 151996: Apr 171997: Apr 261998: Apr 62002: Apr 232004: Apr 122005: Apr 242006: Apr 262007: Apr 112010: Mar 302011: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 261960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 181953: Nov 51954: Oct 71955: Nov 51956: Oct 101957: Oct 131958: Oct 291959: Oct 191960: Oct 251961: Nov 41962: Oct 241963: Nov 31964: Oct 71965: Sep 271966: Oct 251967: Oct 221968: Oct 281969: Oct 231970: Oct 171971: Nov 51972: Oct 181973: Nov 51974: Oct 31975: Oct 21976: Sep 241977: Oct 71978: Oct 171979: Oct 101980: Oct 281981: Oct 231982: Oct 171983: Nov 41984: Nov 31985: Nov 101986: Nov 111987: Nov 91988: Oct 301989: Oct 91990: Oct 261991: Oct 161992: Nov 61993: Oct 131994: Nov 111995: Nov 31996: Oct 111997: Nov 31998: Nov 32001: Dec 102002: Nov 32003: Nov 82004: Nov 132005: Nov 162006: Oct 122009: Nov 122010: Nov 1

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
2011Apr 18no dataApr 1no data
2010Mar 30Nov 1Mar 26Nov 29
2009no dataNov 12no dataDec 4
2007Apr 11no dataApr 10no data
2006Apr 26Oct 12Apr 9Dec 3
2005Apr 24Nov 16Mar 27Nov 17
2004Apr 12Nov 13Apr 5Nov 13
2003no dataNov 8no dataNov 8
2002Apr 23Nov 3Apr 6Nov 16
2001no dataDec 10no dataDec 23
1998Apr 6Nov 3Mar 23Dec 14
1997Apr 26Nov 3Apr 10Nov 13
1996Apr 17Oct 11Apr 8Nov 11
1995Apr 15Nov 3Apr 9Nov 5
1994Apr 8Nov 11Apr 7Nov 26
1993no dataOct 13no dataNov 7
1992Apr 13Nov 6Apr 2Nov 15
1991Apr 11Oct 16Apr 2Nov 3
1990Apr 18Oct 26Apr 7Dec 4
1989Apr 11Oct 9Apr 11Nov 17
1988Apr 21Oct 30Mar 22Oct 30
1987Apr 9Nov 9Apr 4Nov 10
1986Apr 23Nov 11Apr 23Nov 11
1985Apr 10Nov 10Apr 10Nov 20
1984Apr 11Nov 3Apr 1Nov 3
1983May 9Nov 4Apr 19Nov 4
1982Apr 22Oct 17Apr 9Oct 23
1981Apr 21Oct 23Mar 25Nov 10
1980Apr 24Oct 28Apr 24Oct 30
1979May 13Oct 10May 5Oct 25
1978May 6Oct 17May 3Oct 17
1977May 11Oct 7Apr 9Oct 17
1976May 19Sep 24Apr 27Oct 17
1975Apr 21Oct 2Apr 13Oct 30
1974May 10Oct 3Apr 19Oct 19
1973May 17Nov 5Apr 14Nov 9
1972May 10Oct 18Apr 26Oct 19
1971May 13Nov 5Apr 24Nov 5
1970May 6Oct 17Apr 11Nov 15
1969Apr 30Oct 23Apr 30Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 28May 6Oct 30
1967May 6Oct 22Apr 25Nov 5
1966May 10Oct 25May 10Oct 25
1965Apr 18Sep 27Apr 3Oct 29
1964Apr 24Oct 7Apr 5Nov 20
1963May 23Nov 3Apr 10Dec 1
1962Apr 20Oct 24Apr 3Nov 6
1961Apr 17Nov 4Apr 13Nov 10
1960Apr 28Oct 25Apr 10Oct 25
1959Apr 22Oct 19Apr 22Nov 3
1958Apr 29Oct 29Apr 9Nov 22
1957Apr 15Oct 13Apr 15Nov 9
1956Apr 30Oct 10Apr 20Nov 10
1955May 9Nov 5Mar 30Nov 16
1954May 4Oct 7Apr 9Nov 1
1953Apr 21Nov 5Apr 14Nov 5
1952Apr 16Oct 18Apr 11Oct 20
1951May 12Sep 29Apr 20Nov 1

"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.