Last Frost Day

Frost history / La Moure, ND

La Moure, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00324937, 1962 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,334 ft, 46.362, -98.292. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 16Sep 23
EarliestApr 18 (2007)Aug 13 (1964)
LatestJun 20 (1969)Oct 27 (1963)
Trend4.0 days earlier per decade3.2 days later per decade
Years with data4242

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29197019801990200020101963: May 231964: May 311965: May 281966: May 91967: May 201968: May 211969: Jun 201970: May 161971: May 121973: May 171974: May 231975: May 131976: Jun 181977: May 21978: May 21983: May 311984: May 281985: May 71986: May 171987: Apr 221988: May 161989: May 71990: May 181991: May 61992: May 261993: May 181994: May 71995: May 231996: May 101997: May 201998: May 31999: Apr 242000: May 142001: Apr 242005: May 162006: May 132007: Apr 182008: May 212009: May 172010: May 92012: Apr 282018: May 2

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11197019801990200020101962: Sep 201963: Oct 271964: Aug 131965: Sep 51966: Sep 151967: Sep 241968: Oct 31969: Oct 81970: Sep 131971: Sep 211972: Sep 81973: Sep 161974: Sep 281975: Sep 81976: Sep 221977: Sep 141982: Aug 281983: Sep 221985: Sep 241986: Oct 41987: Oct 21988: Oct 21989: Sep 231990: Sep 161991: Sep 191992: Sep 221993: Sep 171994: Oct 91995: Sep 201996: Sep 291997: Sep 201998: Oct 11999: Sep 292000: Sep 242001: Oct 52005: Oct 62006: Sep 202008: Oct 112009: Oct 82012: Sep 222016: Oct 62017: Oct 10

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

"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.