Frost history / Kenmare 1 Wsw, ND
Kenmare 1 Wsw, ND: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00324646, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,810 ft, 48.669, -102.097. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 17 | Sep 21 |
| Earliest | Apr 27 (1957) | Aug 14 (1979) |
| Latest | Jun 20 (1969) | Oct 27 (1963) |
| Trend | 0.8 days earlier per decade | 2.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 57 | 52 |
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 16 | Oct 5 | Apr 28 | Oct 6 |
| 2024 | May 4 | Oct 3 | Apr 27 | Oct 23 |
| 2023 | May 1 | Oct 5 | Apr 30 | Oct 10 |
| 2022 | May 20 | no data | May 1 | no data |
| 2021 | May 29 | Oct 15 | May 29 | Oct 19 |
| 2020 | May 11 | Sep 7 | May 11 | Sep 7 |
| 2019 | no data | Oct 2 | no data | Oct 9 |
| 2018 | May 18 | no data | Apr 24 | no data |
| 2017 | May 18 | Oct 1 | Apr 29 | Oct 4 |
| 2016 | May 16 | Oct 5 | May 13 | Oct 11 |
| 2015 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Oct 16 |
| 2013 | May 11 | Oct 4 | May 10 | Oct 4 |
| 2012 | Apr 28 | no data | Apr 28 | no data |
| 2011 | May 15 | Sep 13 | May 15 | Oct 17 |
| 2010 | May 9 | Sep 17 | May 9 | Oct 16 |
| 2009 | May 23 | Oct 8 | May 23 | Oct 8 |
| 2006 | May 11 | Sep 18 | Apr 24 | Oct 3 |
| 2005 | May 14 | Sep 21 | May 14 | Oct 5 |
| 2003 | May 19 | no data | Apr 29 | no data |
| 2002 | May 23 | no data | May 16 | no data |
| 1999 | May 11 | no data | Apr 22 | no data |
| 1993 | May 19 | no data | May 15 | no data |
| 1992 | no data | Aug 30 | no data | Sep 27 |
| 1990 | May 18 | Oct 6 | May 12 | Oct 7 |
| 1989 | May 6 | Sep 10 | May 6 | Sep 12 |
| 1988 | May 16 | Oct 3 | Apr 27 | Oct 3 |
| 1987 | May 22 | Oct 2 | Apr 14 | Oct 2 |
| 1986 | May 17 | Sep 6 | May 7 | Sep 6 |
| 1985 | May 7 | no data | Apr 26 | no data |
| 1984 | May 29 | no data | May 29 | no data |
| 1983 | May 17 | Sep 14 | May 16 | Sep 21 |
| 1982 | May 8 | Aug 27 | May 8 | Aug 27 |
| 1981 | May 16 | Sep 3 | May 9 | Sep 16 |
| 1980 | May 14 | Sep 26 | May 13 | Oct 11 |
| 1979 | Jun 1 | Aug 14 | May 13 | Aug 14 |
| 1978 | no data | Sep 27 | no data | Oct 6 |
| 1977 | May 7 | Aug 17 | May 2 | Oct 1 |
| 1976 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Sep 23 |
| 1975 | May 23 | no data | Apr 15 | no data |
| 1974 | May 6 | Sep 2 | Apr 22 | Sep 29 |
| 1972 | May 9 | Sep 21 | May 6 | Sep 21 |
| 1971 | May 19 | Sep 18 | May 3 | Oct 9 |
| 1970 | May 26 | Sep 13 | May 1 | Sep 13 |
| 1969 | Jun 20 | Oct 8 | Apr 28 | Oct 8 |
| 1968 | May 20 | Oct 3 | May 16 | Oct 3 |
| 1967 | May 19 | Sep 27 | May 12 | Sep 27 |
| 1966 | May 20 | Sep 14 | May 13 | Sep 25 |
| 1965 | May 28 | Sep 5 | May 28 | Sep 23 |
| 1964 | Jun 1 | Sep 7 | Apr 29 | Sep 11 |
| 1963 | May 22 | Oct 27 | May 22 | Oct 28 |
| 1962 | May 6 | Sep 4 | May 6 | Oct 23 |
| 1961 | May 17 | Sep 22 | May 17 | Sep 27 |
| 1960 | May 7 | Sep 17 | May 6 | Oct 2 |
| 1959 | May 28 | Sep 15 | May 14 | Sep 16 |
| 1958 | May 22 | Sep 25 | May 3 | Sep 30 |
| 1957 | Apr 27 | Sep 19 | Apr 27 | Sep 19 |
| 1956 | May 7 | Sep 6 | May 3 | Sep 6 |
| 1955 | May 8 | Sep 10 | Apr 7 | Sep 10 |
| 1954 | May 10 | Sep 21 | May 5 | Sep 30 |
| 1953 | May 15 | Sep 21 | May 13 | Sep 21 |
| 1952 | May 28 | Sep 19 | May 10 | Oct 4 |
| 1951 | Jun 1 | Sep 23 | Apr 24 | Sep 23 |
"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.