Last Frost Day

Frost history / Amidon, ND

Amidon, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00320209, 1951 to 2003, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,910 ft, 46.482, -103.322. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 18Sep 21
EarliestApr 21 (1978)Sep 4 (1956)
LatestJun 20 (1969)Oct 26 (1963)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.6 days later per decade
Years with data4446

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 5 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29196019701980199020001951: Jun 21952: May 281953: May 151954: May 311955: Apr 291956: May 141958: May 51959: May 231960: May 201962: May 11963: May 221964: May 311965: May 271966: May 131967: May 131968: May 241969: Jun 201970: May 151971: May 301972: May 91974: May 171975: May 11978: Apr 211979: May 231980: May 141981: May 101982: May 301983: May 151985: Jun 41987: May 221989: May 301990: May 171991: May 81992: Jun 61993: May 11994: May 21995: May 161996: May 121997: May 211998: Jun 31999: May 122000: May 182001: May 252003: May 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Sep 241952: Sep 231953: Sep 211954: Sep 211955: Sep 101956: Sep 41957: Sep 131959: Sep 291961: Sep 141962: Sep 41963: Oct 261964: Sep 61965: Sep 51966: Sep 141967: Sep 271968: Oct 31969: Sep 231970: Sep 131971: Sep 181972: Sep 211975: Sep 121977: Oct 51978: Sep 201979: Oct 91980: Sep 251981: Sep 271982: Sep 151983: Sep 91984: Sep 241986: Oct 91988: Sep 201989: Sep 111990: Sep 291991: Sep 181992: Sep 281993: Sep 131994: Sep 221995: Sep 211996: Sep 241997: Oct 91998: Oct 11999: Sep 132000: Sep 222001: Oct 42002: Sep 222003: Sep 29

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
2003May 20Sep 29Apr 30Sep 30
2002no dataSep 22no dataOct 12
2001May 25Oct 4Apr 23Oct 5
2000May 18Sep 22May 18Sep 23
1999May 12Sep 13Apr 25Sep 28
1998Jun 3Oct 1May 2Oct 13
1997May 21Oct 9May 21Oct 9
1996May 12Sep 24May 11Oct 17
1995May 16Sep 21Apr 29Sep 21
1994May 2Sep 22Apr 30Oct 23
1993May 1Sep 13Apr 30Sep 14
1992Jun 6Sep 28May 26Oct 8
1991May 8Sep 18May 6Sep 18
1990May 17Sep 29May 10Oct 7
1989May 30Sep 11May 1Sep 11
1988no dataSep 20no dataOct 4
1987May 22no dataApr 21no data
1986no dataOct 9no dataOct 11
1985Jun 4no dataApr 27no data
1984no dataSep 24no dataSep 24
1983May 15Sep 9May 14Sep 20
1982May 30Sep 15Apr 26Oct 7
1981May 10Sep 27May 9Sep 27
1980May 14Sep 25May 14Oct 14
1979May 23Oct 9May 11Oct 13
1978Apr 21Sep 20Apr 20Oct 6
1977no dataOct 5no dataOct 5
1975May 1Sep 12Apr 19Oct 10
1974May 17no dataMay 12no data
1972May 9Sep 21Apr 24Sep 21
1971May 30Sep 18May 19Sep 21
1970May 15Sep 13May 1Sep 13
1969Jun 20Sep 23Apr 28Oct 5
1968May 24Oct 3May 20Oct 3
1967May 13Sep 27May 13Oct 8
1966May 13Sep 14May 8Oct 4
1965May 27Sep 5May 27Sep 17
1964May 31Sep 6Apr 30Sep 27
1963May 22Oct 26May 22Oct 28
1962May 1Sep 4Apr 15Oct 23
1961no dataSep 14no dataSep 23
1960May 20no dataApr 29no data
1959May 23Sep 29May 23Sep 30
1958May 5no dataApr 29no data
1957no dataSep 13no dataOct 7
1956May 14Sep 4May 4Oct 23
1955Apr 29Sep 10Apr 28Sep 10
1954May 31Sep 21May 8Sep 21
1953May 15Sep 21May 14Sep 21
1952May 28Sep 23May 28Oct 4
1951Jun 2Sep 24May 6Sep 27

"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.