Last Frost Day

Frost history / Harvey 4NE, ND

Harvey 4NE, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00324013, 1979 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,611 ft, 47.808, -99.876. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 11Sep 24
EarliestApr 22 (2007)Sep 6 (1986)
LatestMay 29 (2021)Oct 15 (2021)
Trend0.9 days later per decade1.4 days later per decade
Years with data3334

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 1 and the median first fall date is Oct 7.

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 14198019902000201020201981: May 101985: Apr 271986: May 171987: May 221988: May 161989: May 61990: May 191991: May 71994: May 51995: Apr 271999: May 82000: May 182001: Apr 232002: May 242003: May 202006: May 102007: Apr 222008: May 262009: May 182010: May 82011: May 22012: Apr 302013: May 112014: May 142015: May 282016: May 142017: Apr 292019: May 192021: May 292022: May 192023: May 12024: May 242025: Apr 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27198019902000201020201979: Oct 41980: Sep 261981: Oct 11984: Sep 111985: Sep 231986: Sep 61987: Oct 21988: Oct 31989: Sep 231990: Sep 151993: Sep 141994: Oct 91995: Sep 201999: Sep 292000: Sep 232001: Sep 232005: Sep 212006: Sep 192007: Sep 132008: Oct 122009: Oct 72010: Sep 172011: Sep 132012: Sep 132013: Oct 52014: Sep 142015: Sep 282016: Oct 52017: Oct 42018: Sep 252021: Oct 152022: Sep 212024: Sep 292025: Oct 5

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
2025Apr 29Oct 5Apr 29Oct 18
2024May 24Sep 29Apr 27Oct 14
2023May 1no dataMay 1no data
2022May 19Sep 21Apr 26Oct 6
2021May 29Oct 15May 10Oct 20
2019May 19no dataMay 19no data
2018no dataSep 25no dataSep 27
2017Apr 29Oct 4Apr 28Oct 9
2016May 14Oct 5May 14Oct 7
2015May 28Sep 28May 17Oct 8
2014May 14Sep 14May 14Oct 3
2013May 11Oct 5May 11Oct 18
2012Apr 30Sep 13Apr 28Sep 21
2011May 2Sep 13May 2Oct 17
2010May 8Sep 17May 7Oct 16
2009May 18Oct 7May 15Oct 8
2008May 26Oct 12May 10Oct 15
2007Apr 22Sep 13Apr 13Oct 11
2006May 10Sep 19May 10Sep 27
2005no dataSep 21no dataOct 5
2003May 20no dataApr 30no data
2002May 24no dataMay 24no data
2001Apr 23Sep 23Apr 23Oct 5
2000May 18Sep 23Apr 20Oct 4
1999May 8Sep 29Apr 23Oct 1
1995Apr 27Sep 20Apr 26Sep 21
1994May 5Oct 9May 5Oct 24
1993no dataSep 14no dataSep 14
1991May 7no dataApr 23no data
1990May 19Sep 15May 9Oct 7
1989May 6Sep 23May 6Sep 23
1988May 16Oct 3Apr 25Oct 4
1987May 22Oct 2Apr 21Oct 2
1986May 17Sep 6Apr 21Oct 12
1985Apr 27Sep 23Apr 26Sep 24
1984no dataSep 11no dataSep 26
1981May 10Oct 1May 10Oct 14
1980no dataSep 26no dataOct 11
1979no dataOct 4no dataOct 4

"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.