Frost history / Edmore 4NW, ND
Edmore 4NW, ND: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00322525, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,539 ft, 48.458, -98.517. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 22 | Sep 14 |
| Earliest | Apr 24 (1999) | Aug 13 (1964) |
| Latest | Jun 20 (1972) | Oct 3 (2008) |
| Trend | 2.8 days earlier per decade | 1.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 56 | 54 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 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.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Apr 30 | Sep 9 | Apr 27 | Sep 22 |
| 2011 | May 26 | Sep 14 | May 2 | Sep 15 |
| 2010 | May 9 | Sep 18 | May 8 | Sep 18 |
| 2009 | May 23 | no data | Apr 11 | no data |
| 2008 | May 27 | Oct 3 | May 27 | Oct 14 |
| 2007 | no data | Sep 14 | no data | Oct 22 |
| 2006 | May 21 | Sep 8 | May 5 | Sep 28 |
| 2005 | May 15 | Sep 28 | May 15 | Oct 6 |
| 2004 | May 17 | Aug 20 | May 14 | Oct 1 |
| 2003 | May 20 | Sep 25 | May 1 | Sep 25 |
| 2002 | May 24 | Sep 24 | May 24 | Sep 25 |
| 2001 | May 11 | Sep 23 | Apr 23 | Oct 5 |
| 2000 | no data | Sep 23 | no data | Sep 23 |
| 1999 | Apr 24 | Sep 20 | Apr 23 | Oct 1 |
| 1998 | May 5 | Sep 24 | Apr 16 | Oct 1 |
| 1997 | May 21 | Sep 20 | May 20 | Sep 20 |
| 1996 | May 13 | Sep 24 | May 12 | Sep 29 |
| 1995 | May 17 | Sep 14 | Apr 26 | Sep 20 |
| 1992 | May 25 | no data | May 4 | no data |
| 1991 | May 7 | Sep 18 | May 2 | Sep 25 |
| 1990 | May 19 | Sep 16 | May 18 | Sep 16 |
| 1989 | Jun 4 | Sep 10 | May 6 | Sep 10 |
| 1988 | May 16 | Sep 25 | May 16 | Oct 2 |
| 1987 | May 22 | Sep 30 | May 22 | Oct 2 |
| 1986 | May 21 | Sep 6 | May 16 | Sep 13 |
| 1985 | Jun 2 | Sep 23 | May 20 | Sep 24 |
| 1984 | May 28 | Sep 4 | May 12 | Sep 15 |
| 1983 | Jun 5 | Sep 13 | Jun 5 | Sep 22 |
| 1982 | May 12 | Aug 27 | May 8 | Aug 27 |
| 1981 | May 30 | Sep 17 | May 10 | Oct 6 |
| 1980 | May 15 | Sep 23 | May 15 | Sep 27 |
| 1979 | May 20 | Aug 14 | May 15 | Oct 4 |
| 1978 | no data | Aug 19 | no data | Sep 27 |
| 1977 | May 7 | no data | May 7 | no data |
| 1976 | May 17 | Sep 21 | May 7 | Sep 21 |
| 1975 | May 22 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 1974 | May 17 | no data | May 3 | no data |
| 1973 | Jun 7 | Sep 16 | May 16 | Sep 16 |
| 1972 | Jun 20 | Sep 5 | May 7 | Sep 23 |
| 1971 | May 26 | Sep 17 | May 11 | Sep 21 |
| 1970 | May 26 | Sep 13 | May 5 | Sep 13 |
| 1969 | Jun 20 | Sep 9 | Jun 20 | Sep 30 |
| 1968 | May 23 | Aug 14 | May 11 | Oct 4 |
| 1967 | May 15 | Sep 24 | May 12 | Sep 27 |
| 1966 | May 16 | Sep 14 | May 9 | Sep 25 |
| 1965 | May 28 | Aug 28 | May 28 | Sep 10 |
| 1964 | Jun 10 | Aug 13 | Jun 1 | Sep 11 |
| 1963 | May 28 | Sep 12 | May 22 | Oct 11 |
| 1962 | May 9 | Sep 4 | May 6 | Sep 19 |
| 1961 | Jun 19 | Sep 11 | May 26 | Sep 27 |
| 1960 | May 11 | Sep 13 | May 11 | Sep 13 |
| 1959 | Jun 13 | Sep 14 | May 23 | Sep 15 |
| 1957 | May 23 | Sep 13 | May 9 | Sep 19 |
| 1956 | May 15 | Sep 5 | May 1 | Sep 6 |
| 1955 | May 24 | Sep 10 | May 8 | Sep 10 |
| 1954 | May 29 | Sep 22 | May 18 | Sep 22 |
| 1953 | Jun 6 | Sep 21 | Jun 6 | Sep 21 |
| 1952 | May 31 | Sep 2 | May 15 | Sep 19 |
| 1951 | Jun 1 | Sep 22 | May 10 | Sep 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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.