Last Frost Day

Frost history / Carrington 4 N, ND

Carrington 4 N, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00321362, 1967 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,560 ft, 47.509, -99.121. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 15Sep 21
EarliestApr 27 (1985)Aug 14 (1968)
LatestJun 20 (1969)Oct 16 (2021)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade4.5 days later per decade
Years with data4240

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 1.

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 291970198019902000201020201968: May 231969: Jun 201970: May 51971: May 201972: May 91973: May 161974: May 151976: May 71977: May 21979: Jun 11980: May 121982: May 81983: May 161984: May 261985: Apr 271986: May 171987: May 221988: May 161989: May 61990: May 181991: May 71992: May 231993: May 201994: May 51995: May 171996: May 131998: Jun 62004: May 162009: May 172010: May 92011: May 132012: Apr 272016: May 142017: May 12018: May 102019: May 212020: May 152021: May 292022: May 242023: May 32024: May 12025: May 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201967: Sep 271968: Aug 141969: Sep 261970: Sep 131971: Sep 181972: Sep 81973: Sep 161974: Aug 311975: Sep 121976: Sep 211981: Sep 171982: Aug 271983: Sep 181986: Sep 71987: Oct 21988: Oct 21989: Sep 111990: Sep 161991: Sep 171993: Sep 171994: Sep 261995: Sep 191997: Sep 201999: Sep 282004: Sep 272009: Oct 82010: Sep 182011: Sep 142012: Sep 222015: Oct 92016: Oct 62017: Oct 92018: Sep 282019: Oct 32020: Sep 82021: Oct 162022: Oct 62023: Oct 72024: Oct 142025: Oct 6

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
2025May 8Oct 6Apr 30Oct 23
2024May 1Oct 14Apr 21Oct 15
2023May 3Oct 7May 2Oct 7
2022May 24Oct 6Apr 28Oct 7
2021May 29Oct 16May 11Oct 21
2020May 15Sep 8May 13Sep 8
2019May 21Oct 3May 10Oct 11
2018May 10Sep 28Apr 20Sep 28
2017May 1Oct 9Apr 29Oct 13
2016May 14Oct 6May 14Oct 8
2015no dataOct 9no dataOct 16
2012Apr 27Sep 22Apr 27Sep 22
2011May 13Sep 14May 2Oct 18
2010May 9Sep 18May 8Oct 17
2009May 17Oct 8May 17Oct 9
2004May 16Sep 27May 15Sep 27
1999no dataSep 28no dataOct 1
1998Jun 6no dataApr 21no data
1997no dataSep 20no dataSep 20
1996May 13no dataMay 10no data
1995May 17Sep 19Apr 22Sep 20
1994May 5Sep 26May 5Oct 24
1993May 20Sep 17May 2Oct 2
1992May 23no dataMay 2no data
1991May 7Sep 17May 2Sep 17
1990May 18Sep 16May 18Sep 23
1989May 6Sep 11May 6Sep 23
1988May 16Oct 2May 16Oct 3
1987May 22Oct 2Apr 21Oct 2
1986May 17Sep 7May 2Oct 9
1985Apr 27no dataApr 27no data
1984May 26no dataMay 26no data
1983May 16Sep 18May 16Sep 22
1982May 8Aug 27May 8Sep 20
1981no dataSep 17no dataOct 22
1980May 12no dataMay 12no data
1979Jun 1no dataMay 11no data
1977May 2no dataMay 2no data
1976May 7Sep 21May 7Sep 23
1975no dataSep 12no dataSep 12
1974May 15Aug 31May 6Aug 31
1973May 16Sep 16May 16Sep 16
1972May 9Sep 8May 9Sep 25
1971May 20Sep 18Apr 29Sep 18
1970May 5Sep 13May 1Sep 13
1969Jun 20Sep 26May 20Oct 8
1968May 23Aug 14May 5Oct 4
1967no dataSep 27no dataSep 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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.