Last Frost Day

Frost history / Rolla 1NE, ND

Rolla 1NE, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00327664, 1951 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,833 ft, 48.881, -99.586. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 18Sep 22
EarliestApr 24 (2001)Sep 3 (1961)
LatestJun 20 (1969)Oct 26 (1963)
Trend0.6 days earlier per decade1.6 days later per decade
Years with data5658

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29196019701980199020001951: May 121952: Jun 11953: May 161954: May 191955: May 101956: May 151957: May 231958: May 221959: May 271960: May 111961: May 261962: May 81963: May 221964: Jun 11965: May 281966: May 271967: May 141968: May 231969: Jun 201970: May 261971: May 191972: May 81973: May 141974: Jun 101976: May 71977: May 71978: May 11979: May 201980: May 121981: May 121983: May 201984: May 261985: May 141986: May 171987: May 221988: May 161989: May 71990: May 181991: May 71992: May 251993: May 171994: May 61995: May 141996: May 121997: May 211998: Jun 31999: May 232000: May 182001: Apr 242002: May 242003: May 202004: May 172005: May 152006: May 112007: May 252009: Jun 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Sep 221952: Sep 191953: Sep 211954: Sep 211955: Sep 101956: Sep 61957: Sep 191958: Sep 251959: Sep 101960: Sep 231961: Sep 31962: Sep 191963: Oct 261964: Sep 111965: Sep 191966: Sep 251967: Sep 271968: Sep 281969: Sep 231970: Sep 121971: Sep 211972: Sep 211973: Sep 151974: Sep 41975: Sep 121976: Sep 231977: Oct 101978: Oct 71979: Oct 41980: Sep 261981: Sep 291982: Sep 151983: Sep 211984: Sep 211985: Sep 201986: Sep 131987: Oct 21988: Oct 31989: Sep 111990: Oct 61991: Sep 181992: Sep 221993: Sep 141994: Oct 91995: Sep 201996: Sep 291997: Oct 101998: Oct 11999: Oct 12000: Sep 232001: Oct 52002: Sep 252003: Sep 252004: Oct 12005: Oct 52006: Sep 82007: Sep 112008: Sep 27

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
2009Jun 6no dataMay 19no data
2008no dataSep 27no dataOct 9
2007May 25Sep 11Apr 15Oct 16
2006May 11Sep 8May 5Sep 28
2005May 15Oct 5May 15Oct 6
2004May 17Oct 1May 16Oct 1
2003May 20Sep 25Apr 29Oct 1
2002May 24Sep 25May 20Sep 25
2001Apr 24Oct 5Apr 23Oct 5
2000May 18Sep 23Apr 20Oct 2
1999May 23Oct 1Apr 19Oct 1
1998Jun 3Oct 1Apr 20Oct 13
1997May 21Oct 10May 16Oct 13
1996May 12Sep 29May 11Oct 3
1995May 14Sep 20Apr 28Sep 21
1994May 6Oct 9May 6Oct 24
1993May 17Sep 14May 16Oct 2
1992May 25Sep 22May 13Sep 22
1991May 7Sep 18May 4Oct 5
1990May 18Oct 6May 2Oct 6
1989May 7Sep 11May 7Sep 23
1988May 16Oct 3May 16Oct 4
1987May 22Oct 2Apr 29Oct 2
1986May 17Sep 13May 2Oct 4
1985May 14Sep 20Apr 26Sep 24
1984May 26Sep 21May 9Sep 24
1983May 20Sep 21May 20Sep 22
1982no dataSep 15no dataOct 19
1981May 12Sep 29May 11Oct 21
1980May 12Sep 26May 11Oct 13
1979May 20Oct 4May 11Oct 6
1978May 1Oct 7Apr 21Oct 18
1977May 7Oct 10Apr 25Oct 10
1976May 7Sep 23May 7Sep 23
1975no dataSep 12no dataOct 15
1974Jun 10Sep 4May 6Sep 22
1973May 14Sep 15May 1Oct 28
1972May 8Sep 21May 6Sep 26
1971May 19Sep 21Apr 27Sep 23
1970May 26Sep 12May 15Sep 13
1969Jun 20Sep 23May 9Oct 8
1968May 23Sep 28May 18Oct 4
1967May 14Sep 27May 12Sep 27
1966May 27Sep 25May 9Oct 11
1965May 28Sep 19May 28Sep 24
1964Jun 1Sep 11Apr 22Sep 14
1963May 22Oct 26May 22Oct 27
1962May 8Sep 19May 6Oct 23
1961May 26Sep 3May 16Sep 27
1960May 11Sep 23May 6Oct 15
1959May 27Sep 10May 20Sep 15
1958May 22Sep 25May 6Oct 1
1957May 23Sep 19Apr 27Sep 19
1956May 15Sep 6May 1Sep 14
1955May 10Sep 10May 8Sep 10
1954May 19Sep 21May 6Oct 5
1953May 16Sep 21May 15Oct 6
1952Jun 1Sep 19Apr 12Sep 19
1951May 12Sep 22Apr 24Sep 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.