Last Frost Day

Frost history / Agate 3 E, NE

Agate 3 E, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00250030, 1969 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,670 ft, 42.424, -103.735. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 4Sep 11
EarliestMay 4 (2018)Aug 5 (1980)
LatestJul 30 (1971)Sep 29 (1998)
Trend4.8 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5046

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 17 and the median first fall date is Sep 18.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131970198019902000201020201969: Jun 141970: Jun 61971: Jul 301973: May 301974: Jun 71978: Jun 121979: Jun 21980: May 261981: Jun 161983: Jun 151984: Jun 81985: Jun 281986: May 281987: Jul 131988: May 161989: Jun 231990: May 171991: May 61992: Jun 61993: Jun 241994: Jun 91995: Jun 111996: Jun 71997: May 191998: Jun 61999: May 172000: Jun 262001: Jun 212002: Jun 142003: Jun 262004: Jun 222005: May 282006: Jun 12007: Jun 92008: Jul 132010: May 142011: May 142012: May 292013: May 102014: Jun 152015: May 212016: May 182017: May 312018: May 42020: May 262021: May 242022: May 252023: May 82024: May 222025: May 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 121970198019902000201020201969: Sep 231970: Sep 101977: Sep 91978: Aug 191980: Aug 51981: Sep 171983: Sep 161984: Sep 81985: Sep 201986: Sep 271987: Sep 121988: Aug 281989: Sep 111990: Sep 141991: Sep 161992: Aug 301993: Sep 31994: Sep 161995: Sep 201996: Sep 81997: Sep 171998: Sep 291999: Sep 82000: Sep 72001: Sep 92002: Aug 132003: Sep 152004: Aug 112005: Sep 12006: Sep 22007: Sep 112008: Sep 142010: Sep 32011: Sep 42012: Aug 192013: Sep 202014: Sep 122015: Aug 232016: Sep 102017: Sep 62019: Sep 132020: Aug 312021: Sep 212022: Sep 242023: Sep 252024: Sep 20

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
2025May 22no dataMay 22no data
2024May 22Sep 20May 4Sep 22
2023May 8Sep 25May 2Oct 7
2022May 25Sep 24May 25Sep 26
2021May 24Sep 21May 13Oct 1
2020May 26Aug 31May 10Sep 10
2019no dataSep 13no dataOct 3
2018May 4no dataApr 27no data
2017May 31Sep 6May 4Sep 6
2016May 18Sep 10May 17Sep 10
2015May 21Aug 23May 21Aug 23
2014Jun 15Sep 12May 15Sep 13
2013May 10Sep 20May 6Sep 20
2012May 29Aug 19May 20Sep 14
2011May 14Sep 4May 13Sep 4
2010May 14Sep 3May 14Sep 3
2008Jul 13Sep 14May 14Sep 23
2007Jun 9Sep 11Jun 8Sep 26
2006Jun 1Sep 2May 16Sep 2
2005May 28Sep 1May 28Sep 14
2004Jun 22Aug 11Jun 1Aug 28
2003Jun 26Sep 15May 20Sep 18
2002Jun 14Aug 13Jun 14Aug 13
2001Jun 21Sep 9Jun 15Sep 9
2000Jun 26Sep 7Jun 26Sep 23
1999May 17Sep 8May 12Sep 8
1998Jun 6Sep 29Jun 6Oct 7
1997May 19Sep 17May 19Sep 17
1996Jun 7Sep 8May 21Sep 21
1995Jun 11Sep 20Jun 11Sep 21
1994Jun 9Sep 16May 9Sep 22
1993Jun 24Sep 3May 25Sep 3
1992Jun 6Aug 30May 17Sep 18
1991May 6Sep 16May 6Sep 18
1990May 17Sep 14May 17Sep 14
1989Jun 23Sep 11May 20Sep 11
1988May 16Aug 28May 9Sep 30
1987Jul 13Sep 12Apr 17Sep 18
1986May 28Sep 27May 24Sep 30
1985Jun 28Sep 20Jun 12Sep 20
1984Jun 8Sep 8May 26Sep 8
1983Jun 15Sep 16May 16Sep 18
1981Jun 16Sep 17May 8Sep 18
1980May 26Aug 5May 14Sep 22
1979Jun 2no dataMay 11no data
1978Jun 12Aug 19May 13Sep 13
1977no dataSep 9no dataSep 9
1974Jun 7no dataMay 31no data
1973May 30no dataMay 22no data
1971Jul 30no dataMay 7no data
1970Jun 6Sep 10Jun 5Sep 10
1969Jun 14Sep 23Jun 14Sep 23

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.