Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mott, ND

Mott, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00326155, 1951 to 2007, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,426 ft, 46.375, -102.321. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 17Sep 17
EarliestApr 21 (1978)Aug 12 (1964)
LatestJun 25 (1958)Oct 4 (2005)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade1.5 days later per decade
Years with data5656

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 10 and the median first fall date is Sep 23.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14196019701980199020001951: Jun 21952: May 281953: May 151954: May 161955: May 101956: May 141957: May 241958: Jun 251959: May 231960: May 201961: May 261962: May 11963: May 221964: Jun 21965: May 281966: May 161967: May 151968: May 261969: Jun 201970: May 151971: May 201972: Jun 201973: May 161974: May 241975: May 11976: May 131977: Apr 251978: Apr 211979: May 221980: May 141981: May 141982: May 71983: May 171984: May 261985: May 71986: May 171987: Apr 271988: May 81989: May 71990: May 171991: May 71992: Jun 61993: May 201994: May 61995: May 251996: May 131997: May 201998: Jun 31999: May 102000: May 182001: May 282003: May 202004: Jun 172005: May 142006: May 132007: Apr 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12196019701980199020001951: Sep 161952: Sep 191953: Sep 211954: Sep 211955: Sep 101956: Sep 41957: Sep 131958: Sep 161959: Sep 101960: Sep 171961: Sep 31962: Sep 41963: Sep 291964: Aug 121965: Sep 11966: Sep 141967: Sep 271968: Sep 251969: Sep 231970: Sep 131971: Sep 161972: Sep 211973: Sep 161974: Sep 21975: Sep 121976: Sep 91977: Oct 21978: Sep 191979: Oct 41980: Sep 271981: Sep 11982: Sep 151983: Sep 201984: Sep 121985: Sep 231986: Sep 71987: Oct 11988: Sep 201989: Sep 111990: Sep 231991: Sep 181992: Sep 101993: Sep 141994: Sep 211995: Sep 201996: Sep 241997: Sep 201998: Oct 11999: Sep 132000: Sep 252002: Sep 212003: Sep 192004: Sep 62005: Oct 42006: Sep 182007: Sep 13

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
2007Apr 24Sep 13Apr 13Sep 13
2006May 13Sep 18May 12Sep 18
2005May 14Oct 4May 14Oct 5
2004Jun 17Sep 6May 14Sep 30
2003May 20Sep 19May 20Sep 30
2002no dataSep 21no dataSep 22
2001May 28no dataMay 25no data
2000May 18Sep 25May 13Sep 25
1999May 10Sep 13Apr 24Sep 20
1998Jun 3Oct 1May 2Oct 1
1997May 20Sep 20May 3Sep 20
1996May 13Sep 24May 11Oct 18
1995May 25Sep 20May 17Sep 20
1994May 6Sep 21May 1Oct 8
1993May 20Sep 14May 1Sep 14
1992Jun 6Sep 10May 26Sep 28
1991May 7Sep 18May 6Sep 19
1990May 17Sep 23May 10Oct 7
1989May 7Sep 11May 6Sep 12
1988May 8Sep 20May 8Oct 4
1987Apr 27Oct 1Apr 21Oct 2
1986May 17Sep 7May 1Oct 12
1985May 7Sep 23Apr 26Sep 24
1984May 26Sep 12May 26Sep 23
1983May 17Sep 20May 14Sep 21
1982May 7Sep 15Apr 26Sep 15
1981May 14Sep 1May 10Oct 6
1980May 14Sep 27May 14Oct 11
1979May 22Oct 4May 11Oct 4
1978Apr 21Sep 19Apr 20Sep 19
1977Apr 25Oct 2Apr 25Oct 2
1976May 13Sep 9May 7Sep 23
1975May 1Sep 12Apr 20Oct 10
1974May 24Sep 2Apr 23Sep 28
1973May 16Sep 16May 14Oct 4
1972Jun 20Sep 21May 6Sep 21
1971May 20Sep 16May 19Sep 18
1970May 15Sep 13May 1Sep 13
1969Jun 20Sep 23May 11Oct 5
1968May 26Sep 25May 20Oct 3
1967May 15Sep 27May 11Sep 27
1966May 16Sep 14May 9Sep 14
1965May 28Sep 1May 28Sep 5
1964Jun 2Aug 12May 31Sep 11
1963May 22Sep 29May 22Oct 26
1962May 1Sep 4May 1Sep 4
1961May 26Sep 3May 2Sep 14
1960May 20Sep 17May 7Sep 17
1959May 23Sep 10May 23Sep 30
1958Jun 25Sep 16May 1Sep 16
1957May 24Sep 13May 10Sep 16
1956May 14Sep 4May 4Sep 4
1955May 10Sep 10May 8Sep 11
1954May 16Sep 21May 10Sep 21
1953May 15Sep 21May 14Sep 21
1952May 28Sep 19May 28Sep 22
1951Jun 2Sep 16May 10Sep 27

"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.