Frost history / Marcell 5NE, MN
Marcell 5NE, MN: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00215175, 1989 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,387 ft, 47.631, -93.652. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 12 | Oct 2 |
| Earliest | Apr 28 (2001) | Sep 15 (1993) |
| Latest | Jun 1 (2003) | Oct 11 (1992) |
| Trend | 8.0 days later per decade | 5.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 14 | 17 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 6.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | May 17 | Oct 7 | May 16 | Oct 7 |
| 2004 | May 28 | Oct 4 | May 15 | Oct 5 |
| 2003 | Jun 1 | Sep 26 | Jun 1 | Oct 1 |
| 2002 | May 25 | Oct 3 | May 20 | Oct 7 |
| 2001 | Apr 28 | Sep 24 | Apr 25 | Oct 6 |
| 2000 | no data | Oct 4 | no data | Oct 6 |
| 1999 | May 9 | Oct 2 | Apr 24 | Oct 2 |
| 1998 | May 10 | Oct 2 | Apr 18 | Oct 2 |
| 1997 | May 21 | Oct 10 | May 13 | Oct 16 |
| 1996 | May 13 | Oct 2 | May 12 | Oct 7 |
| 1995 | May 6 | Sep 20 | Apr 25 | Sep 22 |
| 1994 | May 10 | Oct 10 | May 6 | Oct 31 |
| 1993 | May 4 | Sep 15 | Apr 26 | Oct 2 |
| 1992 | May 25 | Oct 11 | May 5 | Oct 14 |
| 1991 | no data | Sep 20 | no data | Oct 15 |
| 1990 | May 11 | Sep 23 | May 2 | Oct 7 |
| 1989 | no data | Sep 22 | no data | Oct 3 |
"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.