Last Frost Day

Frost history / Theilman 1SSW, MN

Theilman 1SSW, MN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00218227, 1962 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 753 ft, 44.281, -92.194. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 13Sep 29
EarliestApr 16 (1985)Aug 14 (1964)
LatestJun 10 (1972)Oct 17 (2021)
Trend2.6 days earlier per decade2.7 days later per decade
Years with data5555

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 1 and the median first fall date is Oct 8.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291970198019902000201020201963: May 231965: May 301966: May 311967: May 221968: May 101969: May 121970: May 61971: May 281972: Jun 101973: May 171974: May 131975: May 11976: May 61979: May 211980: May 71981: May 191982: Apr 281983: May 261984: May 301985: Apr 161986: May 221987: May 51988: May 171989: May 271990: Jun 41991: Apr 241992: May 271993: May 161994: May 61997: May 221998: Apr 292000: May 202003: Apr 232004: May 152005: May 162006: May 62007: Apr 162008: May 212009: May 172010: May 102011: May 42012: Apr 272013: May 132014: May 172015: Apr 282016: May 182017: May 32018: Apr 302019: Apr 292020: May 132021: May 122022: May 232023: May 32024: Apr 252025: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201962: Sep 51963: Sep 131964: Aug 141966: Sep 261967: Sep 241968: Oct 41969: Oct 121970: Sep 291971: Sep 201972: Sep 231974: Sep 31975: Sep 131976: Sep 241977: Oct 31978: Oct 81980: Oct 51981: Sep 171983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 251986: Oct 61987: Oct 31988: Oct 31989: Sep 121990: Sep 231991: Sep 191992: Sep 231993: Sep 291994: Oct 101996: Sep 141997: Oct 132000: Sep 242003: Sep 292004: Oct 22005: Sep 292006: Sep 202007: Sep 152008: Oct 22009: Sep 302010: Oct 32011: Sep 152012: Sep 232013: Oct 132014: Sep 132015: Oct 22016: Oct 82017: Oct 162018: Sep 292019: Oct 122020: Oct 22021: Oct 172022: Sep 282023: Oct 92024: Oct 72025: Oct 8

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 30Oct 8Apr 17Oct 8
2024Apr 25Oct 7Apr 24Oct 15
2023May 3Oct 9Apr 26Oct 11
2022May 23Sep 28Apr 27Sep 28
2021May 12Oct 17May 11Oct 22
2020May 13Oct 2May 12Oct 16
2019Apr 29Oct 12Apr 28Oct 14
2018Apr 30Sep 29Apr 29Oct 13
2017May 3Oct 16Apr 28Oct 29
2016May 18Oct 8May 15Nov 9
2015Apr 28Oct 2Apr 26Oct 16
2014May 17Sep 13Apr 19Oct 6
2013May 13Oct 13May 13Oct 17
2012Apr 27Sep 23Apr 17Sep 23
2011May 4Sep 15May 4Oct 21
2010May 10Oct 3May 10Oct 22
2009May 17Sep 30Apr 16Oct 10
2008May 21Oct 2May 15Oct 4
2007Apr 16Sep 15Apr 16Oct 25
2006May 6Sep 20Apr 26Oct 6
2005May 16Sep 29May 4Oct 25
2004May 15Oct 2May 5Oct 2
2003Apr 23Sep 29Apr 22Sep 29
2000May 20Sep 24Apr 15Oct 6
1998Apr 29no dataApr 17no data
1997May 22Oct 13May 21Oct 23
1996no dataSep 14no dataOct 3
1994May 6Oct 10May 1Oct 26
1993May 16Sep 29Apr 22Oct 2
1992May 27Sep 23May 6Oct 13
1991Apr 24Sep 19Apr 10Sep 20
1990Jun 4Sep 23May 11Sep 24
1989May 27Sep 12May 7Sep 23
1988May 17Oct 3May 17Oct 3
1987May 5Oct 3Apr 28Oct 3
1986May 22Oct 6Apr 12Oct 10
1985Apr 16Sep 25Apr 10Oct 2
1984May 30Sep 26May 2Sep 26
1983May 26Sep 23May 9Sep 23
1982Apr 28no dataApr 22no data
1981May 19Sep 17Apr 6Oct 2
1980May 7Oct 5Apr 5Oct 27
1979May 21no dataMay 4no data
1978no dataOct 8no dataOct 28
1977no dataOct 3no dataOct 13
1976May 6Sep 24May 4Sep 24
1975May 1Sep 13Apr 22Oct 26
1974May 13Sep 3May 6Sep 22
1973May 17no dataMay 17no data
1972Jun 10Sep 23Apr 26Sep 30
1971May 28Sep 20May 3Oct 12
1970May 6Sep 29May 6Oct 4
1969May 12Oct 12May 12Oct 14
1968May 10Oct 4Apr 27Oct 4
1967May 22Sep 24May 22Sep 28
1966May 31Sep 26May 28Sep 26
1965May 30no dataMay 29no data
1964no dataAug 14no dataSep 28
1963May 23Sep 13May 23Oct 29
1962no dataSep 5no dataOct 24

"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.