Last Frost Day

Frost history / Edgeley 3WNW, ND

Edgeley 3WNW, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00322482, 1951 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,623 ft, 46.369, -98.767. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 12Sep 22
EarliestApr 17 (1998)Aug 13 (1964)
LatestJun 20 (1969)Oct 21 (2021)
Trend1.7 days earlier per decade2.5 days later per decade
Years with data4043

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201951: May 101952: May 171953: May 151954: May 191955: May 101956: May 41957: May 161958: May 61959: May 231960: May 111961: May 261962: Apr 291963: May 231964: May 311965: May 281966: May 131967: May 201968: May 211969: Jun 201970: May 51971: May 121972: May 71974: May 61975: May 31976: May 71988: May 161989: May 61990: May 181991: May 51992: May 231993: May 181994: May 71995: Apr 281996: May 121997: May 201998: Apr 171999: Apr 242015: May 192017: Apr 302019: May 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 221952: Sep 191953: Sep 211954: Sep 221955: Sep 111956: Sep 61957: Sep 231958: Sep 171959: Sep 101960: Sep 271961: Sep 231962: Sep 191963: Sep 131964: Aug 131965: Sep 51966: Sep 141967: Sep 271968: Oct 31969: Oct 81970: Sep 131971: Sep 191972: Sep 291974: Sep 221975: Oct 11987: Oct 21988: Oct 41989: Sep 221990: Sep 231991: Sep 181992: Sep 221993: Sep 151994: Sep 261995: Sep 201996: Sep 291997: Oct 131998: Oct 12014: Sep 132015: Oct 162016: Oct 62017: Oct 92018: Sep 282020: Sep 92021: Oct 21

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
2021no dataOct 21no dataOct 21
2020no dataSep 9no dataOct 15
2019May 10no dataMay 10no data
2018no dataSep 28no dataOct 4
2017Apr 30Oct 9Apr 29Oct 11
2016no dataOct 6no dataOct 8
2015May 19Oct 16Apr 23Oct 16
2014no dataSep 13no dataOct 4
1999Apr 24no dataApr 23no data
1998Apr 17Oct 1Apr 16Oct 13
1997May 20Oct 13May 20Oct 20
1996May 12Sep 29May 10Oct 3
1995Apr 28Sep 20Apr 13Sep 20
1994May 7Sep 26Apr 29Oct 24
1993May 18Sep 15Apr 26Sep 15
1992May 23Sep 22May 22Sep 28
1991May 5Sep 18May 2Oct 5
1990May 18Sep 23May 10Oct 7
1989May 6Sep 22May 6Sep 22
1988May 16Oct 4May 13Oct 4
1987no dataOct 2no dataOct 2
1976May 7no dataMay 7no data
1975May 3Oct 1Apr 20Oct 25
1974May 6Sep 22Apr 23Sep 22
1972May 7Sep 29May 4Oct 6
1971May 12Sep 19Apr 14Oct 28
1970May 5Sep 13May 1Oct 9
1969Jun 20Oct 8Apr 29Oct 14
1968May 21Oct 3May 5Oct 4
1967May 20Sep 27May 5Sep 27
1966May 13Sep 14May 10Sep 25
1965May 28Sep 5May 28Sep 24
1964May 31Aug 13May 31Sep 11
1963May 23Sep 13May 22Oct 28
1962Apr 29Sep 19Apr 16Oct 20
1961May 26Sep 23May 9Sep 28
1960May 11Sep 27May 11Sep 30
1959May 23Sep 10May 15Sep 17
1958May 6Sep 17May 6Oct 1
1957May 16Sep 23May 9Sep 26
1956May 4Sep 6May 4Sep 29
1955May 10Sep 11May 8Sep 30
1954May 19Sep 22May 17Sep 22
1953May 15Sep 21May 13Oct 24
1952May 17Sep 19May 12Sep 23
1951May 10Sep 22Apr 24Sep 22

"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.