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Frost history / Hastings Dam 2, MN

Hastings Dam 2, MN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00213567, 1990 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 680 ft, 44.760, -92.869. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 22Oct 17
EarliestMar 21 (2007)Sep 20 (1991)
LatestMay 24 (2022)Nov 12 (2016)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)4.8 days later per decade
Years with data3236

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Oct 29.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019902000201020201991: Apr 211992: Apr 281993: Apr 221994: May 21995: Apr 111996: Apr 281997: May 161999: Mar 282000: Apr 222001: Apr 202002: May 132003: Apr 102004: Apr 152006: Apr 242007: Mar 212008: Apr 302009: Apr 112010: Apr 102011: May 42012: Apr 132013: May 42014: Apr 192015: Apr 242016: May 132017: Apr 122018: Apr 232019: Apr 162020: Apr 172021: Apr 22022: May 242023: Apr 202024: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619902000201020201990: Oct 101991: Sep 201992: Oct 151993: Oct 31994: Oct 261995: Oct 171996: Oct 41997: Oct 221998: Nov 31999: Oct 42000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Oct 72003: Oct 22004: Oct 32005: Oct 262006: Oct 112007: Oct 292008: Oct 222009: Oct 102010: Oct 292011: Oct 212012: Oct 72013: Oct 202014: Oct 112015: Oct 172016: Nov 122017: Oct 282018: Oct 122019: Oct 252020: Oct 192021: Nov 22022: Oct 162023: Oct 282024: Oct 162025: Oct 24

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
2025no dataOct 24no dataNov 9
2024Apr 22Oct 16Mar 30Nov 7
2023Apr 20Oct 28Apr 7Oct 30
2022May 24Oct 16May 24Oct 18
2021Apr 2Nov 2Apr 2Nov 19
2020Apr 17Oct 19Apr 17Oct 24
2019Apr 16Oct 25Apr 12Oct 30
2018Apr 23Oct 12Apr 21Oct 21
2017Apr 12Oct 28Mar 23Nov 1
2016May 13Nov 12May 13Nov 20
2015Apr 24Oct 17Apr 4Nov 20
2014Apr 19Oct 11Apr 19Nov 1
2013May 4Oct 20Apr 26Oct 22
2012Apr 13Oct 7Mar 11Oct 7
2011May 4Oct 21Apr 6Nov 4
2010Apr 10Oct 29Mar 27Oct 29
2009Apr 11Oct 10Apr 5Oct 10
2008Apr 30Oct 22Apr 30Oct 28
2007Mar 21Oct 29Mar 21Nov 7
2006Apr 24Oct 11Apr 24Oct 11
2005no dataOct 26no dataNov 10
2004Apr 15Oct 3Apr 15Nov 11
2003Apr 10Oct 2Apr 10Oct 2
2002May 13Oct 7Apr 7Oct 16
2001Apr 20Oct 7Apr 17Oct 7
2000Apr 22Oct 8Apr 13Oct 10
1999Mar 28Oct 4Mar 28Oct 20
1998no dataNov 3no dataNov 3
1997May 16Oct 22Apr 17Oct 26
1996Apr 28Oct 4Apr 14Oct 31
1995Apr 11Oct 17Apr 6Nov 3
1994May 2Oct 26Apr 7Nov 1
1993Apr 22Oct 3Apr 11Oct 13
1992Apr 28Oct 15Apr 13Oct 17
1991Apr 21Sep 20Apr 1Oct 19
1990no dataOct 10no dataOct 25

"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.