Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lisbon, ND

Lisbon, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00325220, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,149 ft, 46.444, -97.693. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 16Sep 23
EarliestApr 19 (1998)Sep 6 (1956)
LatestMay 31 (1966)Oct 17 (2021)
Trend1.8 days earlier per decade2.6 days later per decade
Years with data5261

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 2.

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 1419601970198019902000201020201955: May 101956: May 191957: May 271958: May 231960: May 111961: May 261962: Apr 281963: May 231964: May 311965: May 281966: May 311967: May 201968: May 211969: May 201970: May 51971: May 261973: May 171975: May 151976: May 171977: May 21978: May 11979: May 211980: May 161981: May 141982: May 81983: May 251984: May 271986: May 31989: May 291992: May 51993: May 31994: May 71995: May 171996: May 101998: Apr 191999: May 82000: Apr 212001: Apr 242002: May 242003: May 22009: May 172015: May 202016: May 172017: May 112018: May 22019: May 202020: May 132021: May 292022: May 52023: May 42024: May 12025: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 161953: Sep 211954: Sep 221955: Sep 101956: Sep 61957: Sep 201958: Sep 301959: Sep 101960: Sep 271961: Sep 231962: Sep 201963: Oct 31964: Sep 111965: Sep 101966: Sep 151967: Sep 271968: Sep 291969: Oct 81970: Sep 131971: Sep 181972: Sep 291973: Sep 161974: Sep 121975: Sep 131976: Sep 221978: Sep 271979: Sep 211980: Sep 231981: Sep 171982: Sep 211983: Sep 221984: Sep 111985: Sep 241988: Sep 61989: Sep 231991: Sep 191992: Sep 221993: Sep 151994: Oct 91995: Sep 201996: Sep 291997: Oct 141998: Oct 11999: Sep 292000: Sep 252001: Sep 242002: Sep 242004: Sep 282008: Oct 142014: Oct 42015: Oct 72016: Oct 62017: Oct 102018: Sep 292019: Sep 282020: Sep 92021: Oct 172022: Sep 282023: Oct 72024: Oct 142025: Oct 8

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 30Oct 8Apr 30Oct 9
2024May 1Oct 14Apr 25Oct 14
2023May 4Oct 7Apr 26Oct 7
2022May 5Sep 28Apr 28Sep 28
2021May 29Oct 17May 28Oct 21
2020May 13Sep 9May 13Sep 10
2019May 20Sep 28May 10Oct 14
2018May 2Sep 29Apr 29Sep 29
2017May 11Oct 10Apr 30Oct 10
2016May 17Oct 6May 14Oct 9
2015May 20Oct 7May 19Oct 10
2014no dataOct 4no dataOct 5
2009May 17no dataApr 28no data
2008no dataOct 14no dataOct 21
2004no dataSep 28no dataOct 2
2003May 2no dataApr 27no data
2002May 24Sep 24May 24Sep 24
2001Apr 24Sep 24Apr 22Oct 5
2000Apr 21Sep 25Apr 17Oct 4
1999May 8Sep 29Apr 24Oct 2
1998Apr 19Oct 1Apr 4Oct 13
1997no dataOct 14no dataOct 16
1996May 10Sep 29Apr 30Oct 3
1995May 17Sep 20Apr 22Sep 20
1994May 7Oct 9Apr 30Oct 25
1993May 3Sep 15May 2Sep 29
1992May 5Sep 22Apr 27Sep 28
1991no dataSep 19no dataOct 5
1989May 29Sep 23May 6Sep 23
1988no dataSep 6no dataOct 4
1986May 3no dataMay 2no data
1985no dataSep 24no dataSep 26
1984May 27Sep 11May 9Sep 26
1983May 25Sep 22May 16Sep 22
1982May 8Sep 21May 7Sep 25
1981May 14Sep 17May 14Oct 2
1980May 16Sep 23May 15Sep 23
1979May 21Sep 21May 13Oct 4
1978May 1Sep 27Apr 25Oct 7
1977May 2no dataMay 2no data
1976May 17Sep 22May 7Sep 23
1975May 15Sep 13May 3Oct 1
1974no dataSep 12no dataSep 22
1973May 17Sep 16May 4Sep 17
1972no dataSep 29no dataOct 6
1971May 26Sep 18May 12Sep 22
1970May 5Sep 13May 2Oct 10
1969May 20Oct 8May 20Oct 15
1968May 21Sep 29May 17Oct 4
1967May 20Sep 27May 12Sep 27
1966May 31Sep 15May 9Oct 5
1965May 28Sep 10Apr 27Sep 24
1964May 31Sep 11May 31Sep 11
1963May 23Oct 3May 22Oct 29
1962Apr 28Sep 20Apr 23Sep 20
1961May 26Sep 23May 4Sep 28
1960May 11Sep 27May 11Oct 3
1959no dataSep 10no dataSep 17
1958May 23Sep 30May 6Oct 5
1957May 27Sep 20May 9Sep 23
1956May 19Sep 6May 4Sep 14
1955May 10Sep 10May 10Sep 11
1954no dataSep 22no dataSep 22
1953no dataSep 21no dataSep 22
1951no dataSep 16no dataSep 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.