Frost history / Amboy, MN
Amboy, MN: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00210157, 1992 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,030 ft, 43.884, -94.166. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 29 | Oct 3 |
| Earliest | Apr 9 (2006) | Sep 13 (2014) |
| Latest | May 21 (1997) | Oct 27 (2017) |
| Trend | 5.2 days earlier per decade | 2.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 25 | 24 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 17.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Apr 28 | Oct 4 | Apr 20 | Oct 11 |
| 2017 | Apr 28 | Oct 27 | Apr 28 | Oct 29 |
| 2016 | Apr 12 | Oct 8 | Apr 12 | Oct 21 |
| 2015 | Apr 26 | Oct 16 | Apr 23 | Nov 20 |
| 2014 | Apr 18 | Sep 13 | Apr 18 | Oct 11 |
| 2013 | May 12 | Oct 20 | Apr 25 | Oct 20 |
| 2012 | Apr 20 | Sep 23 | Apr 11 | Oct 7 |
| 2011 | May 3 | Sep 15 | Apr 21 | Oct 29 |
| 2010 | May 9 | Oct 3 | Apr 8 | Oct 29 |
| 2009 | Apr 21 | Oct 9 | Apr 9 | Oct 9 |
| 2008 | Apr 29 | Oct 16 | Apr 29 | Oct 21 |
| 2007 | Apr 15 | Sep 15 | Apr 14 | Sep 15 |
| 2006 | Apr 9 | Oct 11 | Apr 8 | Oct 12 |
| 2005 | May 4 | Oct 8 | May 3 | Oct 25 |
| 2004 | May 15 | Oct 2 | May 3 | Oct 2 |
| 2003 | Apr 17 | Sep 25 | Apr 9 | Oct 1 |
| 2002 | May 20 | Sep 24 | May 3 | Sep 24 |
| 2000 | Apr 29 | no data | Apr 12 | no data |
| 1998 | Apr 29 | Oct 8 | Mar 24 | Nov 3 |
| 1997 | May 21 | Oct 15 | May 13 | Oct 20 |
| 1996 | May 12 | Oct 3 | May 2 | Oct 3 |
| 1995 | May 3 | Sep 22 | Apr 28 | Oct 16 |
| 1994 | Apr 30 | Oct 9 | Apr 22 | Oct 25 |
| 1993 | Apr 30 | Oct 2 | Apr 27 | Oct 2 |
| 1992 | May 6 | Sep 29 | May 5 | Oct 17 |
"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.