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Frost history / Red Wing Dam 3, MN

Red Wing Dam 3, MN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00216822, 1990 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 677 ft, 44.610, -92.610. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 16
EarliestMar 31 (1999)Sep 15 (2007)
LatestMay 16 (2016)Nov 9 (2016)
Trend2.3 days later per decade6.0 days later per decade
Years with data3231

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 22.

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 3019902000201020201990: May 31992: Apr 141994: Apr 301995: Apr 111996: Apr 281997: Apr 171999: Mar 312000: Apr 232001: Apr 192002: May 42003: Apr 132004: May 162006: Apr 102007: Apr 162008: Apr 302009: Apr 102010: May 102011: May 42012: Apr 182013: May 132014: Apr 192015: Apr 242016: May 162017: Apr 282018: Apr 212019: Apr 162020: May 132021: May 122022: Apr 282023: Apr 262024: Apr 222025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619902000201020201991: Sep 201992: Sep 291993: Oct 31994: Oct 261995: Oct 161997: Oct 221999: Sep 212000: Oct 72002: Oct 82003: Oct 12004: Oct 52006: Oct 122007: Sep 152008: Oct 172009: Oct 102010: Oct 292011: Oct 212012: Oct 72013: Oct 202014: Oct 102015: Oct 172016: Nov 92017: Oct 282018: Oct 122019: Oct 252020: Oct 192021: Oct 222022: Oct 82023: Oct 282024: Oct 162025: Oct 23

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

"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.