Last Frost Day

Frost history / Breien, ND

Breien, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00321052, 1960 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,720 ft, 46.380, -100.941. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 25Sep 15
EarliestApr 23 (1999)Aug 12 (1964)
LatestJun 20 (1969)Sep 29 (1963)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decade2.2 days later per decade
Years with data3333

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 16 and the median first fall date is Sep 23.

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 29196019701980199020001960: May 151961: May 261962: May 11963: May 231964: May 311965: May 281966: May 291967: May 271968: May 261969: Jun 201971: May 251973: May 171974: Jun 161978: May 21984: May 281985: May 71986: May 171988: Apr 281990: May 191991: May 71992: Jun 61993: May 251994: May 91995: May 251996: May 111997: May 201998: Jun 71999: Apr 232000: May 252001: May 252002: May 252003: May 312004: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12196019701980199020001960: Sep 121961: Sep 151962: Sep 41963: Sep 291964: Aug 121965: Sep 51969: Sep 231970: Sep 131972: Sep 51973: Sep 161974: Sep 21975: Sep 121977: Sep 271982: Sep 151983: Sep 211985: Sep 201987: Sep 121988: Aug 291989: Sep 111990: Sep 151991: Sep 191992: Sep 81993: Sep 141994: Sep 281995: Sep 211996: Sep 121997: Sep 201998: Sep 211999: Sep 142000: Sep 232001: Sep 102002: Sep 222003: 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
2004May 14no dataMay 14no data
2003May 31Sep 19May 21Sep 19
2002May 25Sep 22May 24Sep 26
2001May 25Sep 10Apr 24Oct 3
2000May 25Sep 23Apr 21Sep 24
1999Apr 23Sep 14Apr 23Sep 27
1998Jun 7Sep 21Jun 3Sep 22
1997May 20Sep 20May 10Sep 20
1996May 11Sep 12May 11Oct 2
1995May 25Sep 21Apr 30Sep 21
1994May 9Sep 28May 7Oct 9
1993May 25Sep 14May 20Sep 14
1992Jun 6Sep 8May 26Sep 28
1991May 7Sep 19May 7Sep 19
1990May 19Sep 15May 19Sep 23
1989no dataSep 11no dataSep 12
1988Apr 28Aug 29Apr 28Sep 23
1987no dataSep 12no dataOct 2
1986May 17no dataMay 17no data
1985May 7Sep 20Apr 27Sep 24
1984May 28no dataMay 26no data
1983no dataSep 21no dataSep 21
1982no dataSep 15no dataSep 15
1978May 2no dataApr 25no data
1977no dataSep 27no dataOct 2
1975no dataSep 12no dataSep 12
1974Jun 16Sep 2May 24Sep 2
1973May 17Sep 16May 16Sep 16
1972no dataSep 5no dataSep 21
1971May 25no dataMay 20no data
1970no dataSep 13no dataSep 13
1969Jun 20Sep 23Jun 20Oct 8
1968May 26no dataMay 21no data
1967May 27no dataMay 12no data
1966May 29no dataMay 13no data
1965May 28Sep 5May 28Sep 5
1964May 31Aug 12May 31Sep 11
1963May 23Sep 29May 23Oct 27
1962May 1Sep 4May 1Oct 17
1961May 26Sep 15May 26Sep 28
1960May 15Sep 12May 11Sep 30

"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.