Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mullen 21 Nw, NE

Mullen 21 Nw, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00255702, 1954 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,460 ft, 42.251, -101.336. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 17Sep 20
EarliestApr 23 (1987)Aug 4 (1974)
LatestJun 15 (1969)Oct 11 (1986)
Trend1.0 days earlier per decade2.2 days later per decade
Years with data3940

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 5 and the median first fall date is Sep 29.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29196019701980199020001956: May 141958: Apr 301961: May 261962: May 21963: May 221964: May 311965: May 281966: May 241967: May 191968: May 211969: Jun 151970: May 31971: May 251972: May 81974: May 121975: May 301976: May 171977: Apr 251979: May 111982: Jun 11984: May 271985: May 61986: May 171987: Apr 231988: May 91989: May 71990: May 101991: May 61992: May 281993: May 21994: May 261995: May 181996: May 111997: May 251998: May 51999: May 122000: May 142001: May 222002: May 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27196019701980199020001954: Sep 211955: Sep 231956: Sep 61957: Sep 201960: Sep 121961: Sep 141962: Sep 41963: Sep 291964: Sep 201965: Sep 51966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Sep 231969: Oct 51970: Sep 101971: Sep 191974: Aug 41975: Sep 121976: Sep 91981: Sep 171982: Sep 201983: Sep 161985: Sep 201986: Oct 111988: Oct 41989: Sep 111990: Sep 231991: Sep 181992: Sep 281993: Sep 141994: Oct 91995: Sep 201996: Sep 251997: Oct 91998: Oct 71999: Sep 132000: Sep 242001: Sep 242002: Sep 222006: Sep 19

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
2006no dataSep 19no dataSep 19
2002May 24Sep 22May 24Oct 13
2001May 22Sep 24May 22Oct 6
2000May 14Sep 24Apr 21Oct 6
1999May 12Sep 13Apr 18Sep 29
1998May 5Oct 7May 3Oct 12
1997May 25Oct 9May 12Oct 13
1996May 11Sep 25Apr 29Oct 18
1995May 18Sep 20Apr 27Sep 22
1994May 26Oct 9May 1Oct 9
1993May 2Sep 14Apr 22Sep 14
1992May 28Sep 28May 27Sep 28
1991May 6Sep 18May 6Sep 18
1990May 10Sep 23May 10Sep 23
1989May 7Sep 11May 7Sep 13
1988May 9Oct 4Apr 27Oct 11
1987Apr 23no dataApr 22no data
1986May 17Oct 11May 7Oct 12
1985May 6Sep 20Apr 9Sep 24
1984May 27no dataMay 8no data
1983no dataSep 16no dataSep 20
1982Jun 1Sep 20Apr 30Oct 11
1981no dataSep 17no dataOct 21
1979May 11no dataMay 11no data
1977Apr 25no dataApr 21no data
1976May 17Sep 9May 6Sep 28
1975May 30Sep 12May 26Sep 24
1974May 12Aug 4May 12Sep 3
1972May 8no dataMay 7no data
1971May 25Sep 19Apr 29Oct 9
1970May 3Sep 10May 1Sep 26
1969Jun 15Oct 5May 11Oct 8
1968May 21Sep 23May 20Oct 3
1967May 19Sep 27May 5Sep 27
1966May 24Oct 1May 13Oct 1
1965May 28Sep 5May 11Sep 17
1964May 31Sep 20Apr 29Sep 27
1963May 22Sep 29May 22Oct 28
1962May 2Sep 4May 1Sep 10
1961May 26Sep 14Apr 28Sep 14
1960no dataSep 12no dataSep 30
1958Apr 30no dataApr 30no data
1957no dataSep 20no dataOct 24
1956May 14Sep 6May 2Oct 9
1955no dataSep 23no dataOct 7
1954no dataSep 21no dataSep 21

"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.