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Frost history / Forman 5 Sse, ND

Forman 5 Sse, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00323117, 1951 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,250 ft, 46.033, -97.595. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 10Sep 25
EarliestApr 17 (1998)Aug 31 (1987)
LatestJun 2 (1964)Oct 27 (1963)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade2.5 days later per decade
Years with data6263

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 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 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 101953: May 161954: May 171955: May 101956: May 41957: May 101958: May 61959: May 221960: May 111961: May 261962: Apr 231963: May 221964: Jun 21965: May 281966: May 91967: May 201968: May 171969: May 201970: May 51971: May 121972: May 81973: May 171974: May 241975: May 151976: May 71977: May 21978: Apr 251979: May 211980: May 141981: May 191982: May 81983: May 251984: May 261985: Apr 271986: May 21987: Apr 221988: May 131989: May 61990: May 181991: May 31992: May 261993: May 21994: May 71995: Apr 261996: May 131997: May 161998: Apr 171999: Apr 232001: Apr 242006: Apr 262009: May 22010: Apr 172011: May 32012: Apr 182013: May 122014: May 162015: May 192016: May 152017: May 22018: May 22019: May 102020: May 12

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 221952: Sep 191953: Sep 211954: Sep 221955: Sep 101956: Sep 61957: Sep 231958: Sep 301959: Sep 101960: Sep 271961: Sep 251962: Oct 171963: Oct 271964: Sep 111965: Sep 241966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 31969: Oct 81971: Sep 181973: Sep 161974: Sep 31975: Oct 11976: Sep 231977: Oct 11978: Sep 271979: Sep 141980: Sep 231981: Sep 171982: Sep 251983: Sep 221984: Sep 111985: Sep 241986: Oct 41987: Aug 311988: Oct 31989: Sep 231990: Sep 231991: Sep 191992: Sep 221993: Sep 181994: Oct 91995: Sep 201996: Oct 21997: Oct 141998: Oct 11999: Oct 12000: Sep 242005: Oct 62006: Sep 202007: Oct 222008: Oct 92009: Oct 92010: Oct 212011: Oct 182012: Sep 222013: Oct 132014: Oct 42015: Oct 92016: Oct 62018: Sep 282019: Oct 112020: Oct 4

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
2020May 12Oct 4May 11Oct 15
2019May 10Oct 11Apr 15Oct 14
2018May 2Sep 28Apr 25Oct 4
2017May 2no dataApr 29no data
2016May 15Oct 6Apr 14Oct 7
2015May 19Oct 9Apr 23Oct 16
2014May 16Oct 4May 16Oct 4
2013May 12Oct 13May 12Oct 18
2012Apr 18Sep 22Apr 12Sep 23
2011May 3Oct 18May 1Oct 19
2010Apr 17Oct 21Apr 9Oct 28
2009May 2Oct 9Apr 10Oct 9
2008no dataOct 9no dataOct 27
2007no dataOct 22no dataOct 24
2006Apr 26Sep 20Apr 26Oct 11
2005no dataOct 6no dataOct 7
2001Apr 24no dataApr 23no data
2000no dataSep 24no dataSep 24
1999Apr 23Oct 1Apr 18Oct 2
1998Apr 17Oct 1Apr 2Oct 13
1997May 16Oct 14Apr 18Oct 20
1996May 13Oct 2May 1Oct 3
1995Apr 26Sep 20Apr 13Sep 20
1994May 7Oct 9Apr 30Oct 25
1993May 2Sep 18May 2Oct 2
1992May 26Sep 22Apr 27Sep 28
1991May 3Sep 19Apr 20Oct 5
1990May 18Sep 23May 18Sep 23
1989May 6Sep 23May 6Sep 23
1988May 13Oct 3May 13Oct 4
1987Apr 22Aug 31Apr 12Oct 7
1986May 2Oct 4May 2Oct 9
1985Apr 27Sep 24Apr 27Sep 24
1984May 26Sep 11May 1Sep 26
1983May 25Sep 22May 16Sep 22
1982May 8Sep 25May 7Sep 25
1981May 19Sep 17May 13Oct 21
1980May 14Sep 23May 11Oct 3
1979May 21Sep 14May 12Oct 4
1978Apr 25Sep 27Apr 21Oct 14
1977May 2Oct 1Apr 25Oct 6
1976May 7Sep 23May 7Sep 23
1975May 15Oct 1Apr 21Oct 1
1974May 24Sep 3May 6Sep 22
1973May 17Sep 16May 3Sep 20
1972May 8no dataMay 7no data
1971May 12Sep 18May 12Oct 28
1970May 5no dataMay 3no data
1969May 20Oct 8Apr 6Oct 14
1968May 17Oct 3May 5Oct 4
1967May 20Sep 27May 4Sep 27
1966May 9Oct 1May 9Oct 5
1965May 28Sep 24May 28Sep 24
1964Jun 2Sep 11Apr 18Oct 9
1963May 22Oct 27May 22Oct 27
1962Apr 23Oct 17Apr 15Oct 20
1961May 26Sep 25May 3Sep 28
1960May 11Sep 27Apr 30Oct 20
1959May 22Sep 10May 15Oct 1
1958May 6Sep 30May 1Oct 1
1957May 10Sep 23May 4Sep 26
1956May 4Sep 6May 4Sep 29
1955May 10Sep 10May 8Oct 14
1954May 17Sep 22May 8Oct 6
1953May 16Sep 21May 13Oct 6
1952no dataSep 19no dataSep 19
1951May 10Sep 22Apr 23Sep 24

"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.