Last Frost Day

Frost history / Austin #2, NV

Austin #2, NV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00260507, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,780 ft, 39.493, -117.067. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 2Sep 25
EarliestMay 6 (1976)Aug 8 (2015)
LatestJun 29 (1963)Oct 27 (2014)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade1.4 days later per decade
Years with data5354

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 22 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 31952: Jun 121953: May 291954: Jun 101955: Jun 21956: Jun 51957: May 231958: May 131960: May 251963: Jun 291964: Jun 101965: Jun 151967: Jun 11968: Jun 61969: May 151970: Jun 131971: Jun 21972: May 221973: May 261974: Jun 81975: Jun 251976: May 61977: May 281978: May 261979: Jun 191980: Jun 131981: Jun 141982: Jun 61983: May 191984: Jun 101985: May 301986: May 221987: May 261988: Jun 81989: May 301993: Jun 71994: Jun 71995: Jun 212000: May 162001: Jun 132003: May 212004: Jun 112014: May 122015: May 152016: May 212017: May 172018: Jun 192019: May 212020: Jun 82022: Jun 142023: May 92024: May 212025: Jun 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 41957: Sep 201958: Sep 241959: Sep 151960: Sep 221961: Sep 171962: Oct 61963: Oct 121964: Sep 21966: Sep 141967: Sep 131968: Aug 211969: Oct 31970: Sep 131971: Sep 171972: Sep 111973: Sep 261974: Sep 271975: Oct 71976: Oct 121977: Sep 171978: Sep 121979: Oct 201980: Sep 221981: Oct 41982: Sep 111983: Sep 201984: Sep 241985: Sep 101986: Sep 101987: Oct 191988: Sep 111991: Oct 241992: Oct 31993: Oct 81994: Oct 31995: Sep 301996: Aug 181998: Oct 31999: Sep 262002: Sep 302011: Oct 52013: Sep 242014: Oct 272015: Aug 82016: Oct 62017: Sep 242018: Sep 232020: Oct 232021: Oct 102022: Oct 222023: Sep 302024: Aug 252025: Oct 3

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
2025Jun 22Oct 3Jun 22Oct 12
2024May 21Aug 25May 8Oct 17
2023May 9Sep 30May 8Oct 27
2022Jun 14Oct 22May 29Oct 23
2021no dataOct 10no dataOct 10
2020Jun 8Oct 23Jun 8Oct 23
2019May 21no dataMay 21no data
2018Jun 19Sep 23Jun 18Oct 8
2017May 17Sep 24Apr 29Sep 24
2016May 21Oct 6Apr 16Nov 17
2015May 15Aug 8Apr 16Nov 5
2014May 12Oct 27May 10Oct 27
2013no dataSep 24no dataSep 24
2011no dataOct 5no dataOct 5
2004Jun 11no dataMay 10no data
2003May 21no dataMay 19no data
2002no dataSep 30no dataSep 30
2001Jun 13no dataJun 12no data
2000May 16no dataMay 11no data
1999no dataSep 26no dataOct 15
1998no dataOct 3no dataOct 4
1996no dataAug 18no dataAug 18
1995Jun 21Sep 30Jun 7Oct 4
1994Jun 7Oct 3May 17Oct 3
1993Jun 7Oct 8May 4Oct 8
1992no dataOct 3no dataNov 3
1991no dataOct 24no dataOct 24
1989May 30no dataMay 29no data
1988Jun 8Sep 11Jun 8Nov 8
1987May 26Oct 19May 2Nov 11
1986May 22Sep 10May 22Sep 20
1985May 30Sep 10May 30Oct 8
1984Jun 10Sep 24May 16Oct 12
1983May 19Sep 20May 17Oct 15
1982Jun 6Sep 11Jun 5Sep 29
1981Jun 14Oct 4Jun 14Oct 4
1980Jun 13Sep 22May 26Oct 14
1979Jun 19Oct 20May 29Oct 21
1978May 26Sep 12May 25Sep 18
1977May 28Sep 17May 20Oct 1
1976May 6Oct 12Apr 29Oct 18
1975Jun 25Oct 7May 25Oct 8
1974Jun 8Sep 27Jun 8Oct 5
1973May 26Sep 26May 1Oct 3
1972May 22Sep 11May 21Sep 25
1971Jun 2Sep 17Jun 2Sep 17
1970Jun 13Sep 13May 14Sep 14
1969May 15Oct 3May 4Oct 3
1968Jun 6Aug 21May 16Sep 21
1967Jun 1Sep 13Jun 1Oct 6
1966no dataSep 14no dataOct 13
1965Jun 15no dataMay 24no data
1964Jun 10Sep 2May 7Sep 21
1963Jun 29Oct 12Jun 29Oct 31
1962no dataOct 6no dataOct 15
1961no dataSep 17no dataOct 8
1960May 25Sep 22May 24Oct 9
1959no dataSep 15no dataSep 29
1958May 13Sep 24Apr 27Sep 24
1957May 23Sep 20May 21Oct 3
1956Jun 5no dataMay 14no data
1955Jun 2no dataMay 25no data
1954Jun 10no dataJun 6no data
1953May 29no dataMay 27no data
1952Jun 12no dataJun 12no data
1951Jun 3Oct 4Jun 1Oct 5

"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.