Last Frost Day

Frost history / Powers Lake 1N, ND

Powers Lake 1N, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00327281, 1951 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,205 ft, 48.572, -102.647. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 24Sep 11
EarliestMay 6 (1962)Aug 3 (1978)
LatestJul 3 (1967)Sep 30 (1990)
Trend1.0 days earlier per decade0.7 days later per decade
Years with data4948

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Sep 21.

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 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14196019701980199020001951: Jun 11952: May 311953: May 171954: Jun 41955: May 81956: May 311957: Jun 11960: May 81961: May 171962: May 61963: May 221964: Jun 21965: May 281966: Jun 71967: Jul 31969: Jun 191970: May 261971: May 201972: May 91973: May 161974: May 291975: May 311976: May 161977: May 61978: May 131979: Jun 81980: May 151981: May 111982: May 91983: Jun 61984: Jun 31985: Jun 41986: May 191987: May 211988: May 151989: Jun 71990: Jun 21991: May 71992: May 251993: May 191995: May 241996: Jun 21997: May 191998: Jun 31999: May 72001: May 242002: May 242003: May 192005: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12196019701980199020001951: Sep 211952: Sep 191953: Sep 201954: Sep 211955: Sep 51956: Aug 191959: Aug 121961: Sep 31962: Sep 31963: Sep 291964: Aug 121965: Sep 51966: Sep 141968: Sep 51969: Sep 151970: Sep 121971: Sep 161972: Sep 211973: Sep 141974: Sep 21975: Sep 111976: Aug 281977: Sep 191978: Aug 31979: Sep 141980: Sep 161982: Aug 271983: Sep 131984: Sep 41985: Aug 191986: Sep 51987: Sep 81988: Aug 271989: Sep 91990: Sep 301991: Sep 171992: Aug 241993: Sep 121994: Aug 301995: Sep 71996: Sep 101997: Sep 191998: Sep 201999: Sep 92000: Sep 142001: Sep 102002: Sep 212003: Sep 18

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