Last Frost Day

Frost history / Smith 6 N, NV

Smith 6 N, NV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00267612, 1973 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,000 ft, 38.882, -119.351. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 1Sep 23
EarliestApr 30 (2009)Aug 24 (1973)
LatestJul 2 (1976)Oct 26 (2010)
Trend2.7 days earlier per decade2.2 days later per decade
Years with data4242

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 16 and the median first fall date is Oct 4.

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 14198019902000201020201975: Jun 251976: Jul 21977: May 291978: Jun 11979: Jun 161981: Jun 151982: Jun 91983: May 201984: Jun 91986: May 241987: May 31988: Jun 81989: May 311990: Jun 11991: Jun 201992: May 101993: Jun 31994: Jun 71995: Jun 211996: May 201998: May 301999: Jun 92000: Jun 12001: May 42002: May 242003: May 202004: Jun 92005: Jun 72006: May 302007: Jun 72008: Jun 112009: Apr 302010: May 302011: Jun 32013: May 252014: May 142016: May 232017: Jun 132018: May 32019: May 252020: Jun 82025: Jun 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11198019902000201020201973: Aug 241974: Sep 121975: Oct 71976: Oct 51977: Sep 171982: Sep 111983: Sep 201984: Sep 221986: Sep 161987: Sep 171988: Sep 131989: Oct 11990: Oct 81991: Oct 201993: Sep 141994: Oct 71995: Sep 271996: Sep 141997: Oct 31998: Oct 41999: Sep 282000: Sep 52001: Oct 92002: Oct 22003: Sep 182004: Sep 202005: Sep 112006: Sep 162007: Sep 242008: Sep 22009: Sep 222010: Oct 262011: Oct 72013: Sep 192014: Oct 32016: Oct 22017: Sep 232018: Sep 252019: Sep 162021: Sep 202022: Oct 132025: Oct 12

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 12Apr 19Oct 12
2022no dataOct 13no dataOct 23
2021no dataSep 20no dataSep 29
2020Jun 8no dataMay 18no data
2019May 25Sep 16May 1Oct 1
2018May 3Sep 25Apr 30Oct 8
2017Jun 13Sep 23Apr 30Sep 23
2016May 23Oct 2May 22Oct 4
2014May 14Oct 3May 13Oct 25
2013May 25Sep 19May 25Sep 27
2011Jun 3Oct 7Jun 3Oct 10
2010May 30Oct 26May 29Oct 26
2009Apr 30Sep 22Apr 30Oct 1
2008Jun 11Sep 2May 13Oct 10
2007Jun 7Sep 24May 6Sep 29
2006May 30Sep 16May 28Sep 16
2005Jun 7Sep 11Jun 7Oct 5
2004Jun 9Sep 20May 12Sep 21
2003May 20Sep 18May 9Oct 11
2002May 24Oct 2May 22Oct 3
2001May 4Oct 9May 4Oct 10
2000Jun 1Sep 5May 14Sep 24
1999Jun 9Sep 28May 16Sep 28
1998May 30Oct 4May 30Oct 4
1997no dataOct 3no dataOct 6
1996May 20Sep 14Apr 29Sep 17
1995Jun 21Sep 27May 12Sep 30
1994Jun 7Oct 7Apr 29Oct 14
1993Jun 3Sep 14May 9Oct 19
1992May 10no dataApr 23no data
1991Jun 20Oct 20May 19Oct 21
1990Jun 1Oct 8May 9Oct 8
1989May 31Oct 1Apr 29Oct 26
1988Jun 8Sep 13Jun 8Sep 13
1987May 3Sep 17May 2Oct 14
1986May 24Sep 16May 22Sep 18
1984Jun 9Sep 22May 16Sep 25
1983May 20Sep 20May 17Oct 15
1982Jun 9Sep 11Jun 3Sep 11
1981Jun 15no dataJun 15no data
1979Jun 16no dataJun 8no data
1978Jun 1no dataMay 18no data
1977May 29Sep 17May 18Sep 23
1976Jul 2Oct 5May 29Oct 12
1975Jun 25Oct 7Jun 25Oct 8
1974no dataSep 12no dataSep 12
1973no dataAug 24no dataSep 2

"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.