Frost history / Olivia 3E, MN
Olivia 3E, MN: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00216152, 1977 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,100 ft, 44.763, -94.930. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 2 | Sep 29 |
| Earliest | Apr 8 (1977) | Sep 15 (1993) |
| Latest | May 20 (1997) | Oct 25 (1994) |
| Trend | 2.0 days later per decade | 1.1 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 33 | 32 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 19 and the median first fall date is Oct 12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | May 16 | no data | Apr 19 | no data |
| 2013 | May 12 | Oct 13 | May 12 | Oct 21 |
| 2012 | Apr 21 | Sep 23 | Apr 12 | Sep 23 |
| 2011 | May 4 | Sep 15 | May 4 | Oct 19 |
| 2010 | May 9 | Oct 16 | Apr 9 | Oct 29 |
| 2009 | May 10 | Oct 7 | Apr 28 | Oct 9 |
| 2008 | May 11 | Oct 14 | Apr 29 | Oct 16 |
| 2007 | Apr 15 | Sep 15 | Apr 14 | Oct 28 |
| 2006 | Apr 9 | Sep 20 | Apr 8 | Oct 12 |
| 2005 | May 5 | no data | May 4 | no data |
| 2004 | May 15 | Oct 2 | May 3 | Oct 2 |
| 2003 | Apr 17 | Sep 25 | Apr 9 | Sep 30 |
| 2002 | May 10 | Sep 24 | May 2 | Oct 7 |
| 2001 | no data | Sep 24 | no data | Oct 6 |
| 2000 | Apr 21 | no data | Apr 15 | no data |
| 1999 | Apr 18 | Sep 21 | Apr 18 | Oct 2 |
| 1998 | Apr 17 | Oct 1 | Mar 24 | Nov 3 |
| 1997 | May 20 | Oct 14 | May 13 | Oct 20 |
| 1996 | May 12 | Oct 3 | May 4 | Oct 3 |
| 1995 | Apr 28 | Sep 22 | Apr 13 | Sep 22 |
| 1994 | Apr 30 | Oct 25 | Apr 29 | Oct 25 |
| 1993 | May 5 | Sep 15 | Apr 10 | Sep 23 |
| 1992 | Apr 27 | Sep 28 | Apr 13 | Oct 15 |
| 1991 | Apr 24 | no data | Mar 30 | no data |
| 1990 | May 10 | Oct 7 | May 2 | Oct 9 |
| 1989 | May 6 | Sep 23 | May 6 | Oct 3 |
| 1986 | May 2 | Oct 9 | Apr 22 | Oct 13 |
| 1985 | Apr 10 | Sep 26 | Apr 8 | Oct 10 |
| 1984 | May 1 | Sep 26 | Apr 28 | Sep 26 |
| 1983 | Apr 29 | Sep 23 | Apr 18 | Oct 29 |
| 1982 | Apr 22 | Oct 16 | Apr 20 | Oct 21 |
| 1981 | May 11 | Oct 2 | Apr 14 | Oct 19 |
| 1980 | no data | Sep 26 | no data | Oct 12 |
| 1979 | May 12 | Oct 6 | Apr 27 | Oct 9 |
| 1978 | no data | Oct 13 | no data | Oct 14 |
| 1977 | Apr 8 | Oct 3 | Apr 8 | Oct 16 |
"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.