Last Frost Day

Frost history / Beulah 1 W, ND

Beulah 1 W, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00320766, 1954 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,785 ft, 47.262, -101.791. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 20Sep 16
EarliestApr 26 (1977)Aug 27 (1982)
LatestJun 24 (2004)Oct 8 (1963)
Trend0.7 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4751

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Sep 27.

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 29196019701980199020001955: May 111956: May 151957: May 231958: May 201959: May 231960: May 101961: May 261963: May 221965: May 281966: May 201967: May 161968: May 211969: Jun 211970: May 271971: May 261972: May 101973: May 141974: May 251975: May 301976: May 161977: Apr 261978: May 131979: May 231980: May 151981: May 141982: May 71985: May 81987: May 221988: May 161989: May 61990: May 141991: May 71992: Jun 61993: May 201994: May 91995: Jun 91996: May 131997: May 201998: Jun 41999: May 82000: Jun 22001: May 262002: May 252003: May 202004: Jun 242005: May 152006: May 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27196019701980199020001954: Sep 211955: Sep 101956: Sep 61957: Sep 131958: Sep 251959: Sep 101960: Sep 171961: Sep 111962: Sep 41963: Oct 81964: Sep 101965: Sep 51966: Sep 141967: Sep 271968: Oct 31969: Oct 51970: Sep 131971: Sep 181972: Sep 51973: Sep 161974: Sep 11975: Sep 121976: Sep 231977: Oct 21978: Sep 201979: Sep 211980: Sep 261981: Sep 161982: Aug 271983: Sep 201986: Sep 71987: Sep 211988: Aug 281989: Sep 101990: Sep 191991: Sep 191992: Aug 311993: Sep 141994: Sep 11995: Sep 91996: Sep 111997: Sep 201998: Sep 211999: Sep 102000: Sep 232001: Sep 102002: Sep 222003: Sep 192004: Sep 72005: 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
2006May 16Sep 19May 14Sep 20
2005May 15Sep 22May 15Sep 22
2004Jun 24Sep 7Jun 18Oct 16
2003May 20Sep 19May 20Sep 29
2002May 25Sep 22May 24Sep 22
2001May 26Sep 10May 25Oct 4
2000Jun 2Sep 23May 13Sep 24
1999May 8Sep 10Apr 28Sep 28
1998Jun 4Sep 21Jun 4Oct 1
1997May 20Sep 20May 20Sep 20
1996May 13Sep 11May 10Sep 12
1995Jun 9Sep 9May 17Sep 20
1994May 9Sep 1May 9Oct 9
1993May 20Sep 14May 20Sep 14
1992Jun 6Aug 31May 26Sep 28
1991May 7Sep 19May 7Sep 19
1990May 14Sep 19May 12Oct 7
1989May 6Sep 10May 6Sep 11
1988May 16Aug 28Apr 28Oct 4
1987May 22Sep 21May 22Oct 2
1986no dataSep 7no dataOct 12
1985May 8no dataApr 27no data
1983no dataSep 20no dataSep 21
1982May 7Aug 27May 7Sep 15
1981May 14Sep 16May 10Oct 6
1980May 15Sep 26May 15Oct 11
1979May 23Sep 21May 12Oct 4
1978May 13Sep 20Apr 22Oct 6
1977Apr 26Oct 2Apr 24Oct 2
1976May 16Sep 23May 6Sep 23
1975May 30Sep 12May 2Sep 13
1974May 25Sep 1May 25Sep 28
1973May 14Sep 16May 14Sep 16
1972May 10Sep 5May 7Sep 22
1971May 26Sep 18May 20Oct 9
1970May 27Sep 13Apr 24Sep 13
1969Jun 21Oct 5Jun 20Oct 8
1968May 21Oct 3May 21Oct 4
1967May 16Sep 27May 14Sep 27
1966May 20Sep 14May 13Oct 5
1965May 28Sep 5May 28Sep 19
1964no dataSep 10no dataSep 10
1963May 22Oct 8May 22Oct 27
1962no dataSep 4no dataOct 20
1961May 26Sep 11May 1Sep 28
1960May 10Sep 17May 7Sep 17
1959May 23Sep 10May 23Sep 10
1958May 20Sep 25May 1Sep 27
1957May 23Sep 13Apr 17Sep 13
1956May 15Sep 6May 5Sep 6
1955May 11Sep 10Apr 30Sep 10
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.