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Frost history / Stillwater 1 Se, MN

Stillwater 1 Se, MN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00218037, 1959 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 710 ft, 45.042, -92.797. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 1Oct 6
EarliestApr 3 (1987)Sep 22 (1974)
LatestMay 23 (1974)Oct 31 (1971)
Trend3.0 days earlier per decade0.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data3943

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 16 and the median first fall date is Oct 16.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30196019701980199020001959: May 161960: May 81961: May 41962: Apr 201963: May 231964: Apr 151966: May 101967: May 121968: May 51969: May 121970: May 11971: May 121972: Apr 131973: May 41974: May 231975: Apr 211977: Apr 81983: Apr 241984: May 21985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 31989: May 71990: May 101991: Apr 241992: Apr 281993: Apr 211994: May 21995: Apr 281996: May 61997: May 11998: Apr 101999: Apr 242000: Apr 212001: Apr 182002: May 32003: Apr 92004: Apr 272005: May 4

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001960: Oct 191961: Sep 281962: Oct 231963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Sep 261966: Oct 11967: Sep 291969: Oct 131970: Oct 101971: Oct 311972: Sep 301973: Oct 301974: Sep 221975: Oct 161976: Sep 231977: Oct 101979: Oct 71981: Oct 21982: Oct 81983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 261986: Oct 151987: Oct 71988: Oct 41989: Sep 221990: Oct 91991: Sep 271992: Sep 291993: Oct 21994: Oct 261995: Sep 221996: Oct 31997: Oct 221998: Oct 221999: Oct 202000: Oct 62001: Sep 252002: Oct 72003: Oct 22004: Oct 52005: Oct 22

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
2005May 4Oct 22May 3Nov 10
2004Apr 27Oct 5Apr 13Nov 11
2003Apr 9Oct 2Apr 9Oct 2
2002May 3Oct 7Apr 9Oct 16
2001Apr 18Sep 25Apr 16Nov 20
2000Apr 21Oct 6Apr 8Oct 9
1999Apr 24Oct 20Mar 26Oct 20
1998Apr 10Oct 22Mar 24Nov 3
1997May 1Oct 22Apr 17Oct 26
1996May 6Oct 3May 6Oct 3
1995Apr 28Sep 22Apr 23Oct 30
1994May 2Oct 26May 1Oct 30
1993Apr 21Oct 2Apr 21Oct 2
1992Apr 28Sep 29Apr 28Oct 15
1991Apr 24Sep 27Apr 20Oct 15
1990May 10Oct 9May 2Oct 18
1989May 7Sep 22May 6Sep 23
1988no dataOct 4no dataOct 4
1987Apr 3Oct 7Apr 3Oct 7
1986Apr 22Oct 15Apr 11Nov 2
1985Apr 9Sep 26Apr 9Oct 11
1984May 2Sep 26Apr 6Sep 26
1983Apr 24Sep 23Apr 20Sep 23
1982no dataOct 8no dataOct 21
1981no dataOct 2no dataOct 2
1979no dataOct 7no dataOct 9
1977Apr 8Oct 10Apr 8Oct 16
1976no dataSep 23no dataOct 6
1975Apr 21Oct 16Apr 21Nov 13
1974May 23Sep 22Apr 24Sep 22
1973May 4Oct 30Apr 13Nov 4
1972Apr 13Sep 30Apr 10Oct 17
1971May 12Oct 31Apr 24Nov 4
1970May 1Oct 10Apr 19Nov 7
1969May 12Oct 13Apr 6Oct 22
1968May 5no dataApr 15no data
1967May 12Sep 29May 4Oct 21
1966May 10Oct 1May 10Oct 11
1965no dataSep 26no dataSep 26
1964Apr 15Oct 6Apr 10Oct 9
1963May 23Oct 29Apr 10Oct 29
1962Apr 20Oct 23Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 4Sep 28Apr 16Oct 2
1960May 8Oct 19Apr 18Oct 19
1959May 16no dataMay 15no 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.