Last Frost Day

Frost history / Tioga 1E, ND

Tioga 1E, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00328737, 1955 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,245 ft, 48.399, -102.918. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 23Sep 11
EarliestMay 5 (1988)Aug 3 (1978)
LatestJul 3 (1967)Oct 9 (2008)
Trend1.8 days earlier per decade2.8 days later per decade
Years with data5555

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Sep 22.

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 141960197019801990200020101956: May 311957: May 261958: May 221959: May 291960: Jun 51961: May 191962: May 61963: May 221964: Jun 11965: May 281966: Jun 71967: Jul 31968: May 211969: Jun 201970: May 261971: May 201972: Jun 201973: May 161974: May 241975: May 311976: May 161977: May 61978: May 91979: May 231980: May 141981: May 111982: May 91983: May 291984: May 261985: Jun 41986: May 181987: May 221988: May 51989: Jun 81990: Jun 31991: May 71992: May 261993: Jun 271994: May 91995: May 251996: Jun 31997: May 201998: Jun 41999: May 122000: Jun 22001: May 252002: May 252003: May 202005: May 142006: May 142007: May 272009: May 232010: May 82013: May 112014: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101955: Sep 61956: Sep 41957: Sep 191958: Aug 241959: Sep 101960: Sep 111961: Sep 31962: Sep 31963: Oct 81964: Aug 121965: Sep 51966: Sep 141967: Sep 211968: Sep 61969: Sep 151970: Sep 121971: Sep 171972: Sep 211973: Sep 151974: Sep 11975: Sep 111976: Sep 91977: Aug 131978: Aug 31979: Aug 141980: Sep 221981: Sep 31982: Aug 271983: Sep 131984: Sep 41985: Sep 201986: Aug 171987: Oct 21988: Aug 281989: Sep 101990: Sep 211991: Sep 181992: Aug 311993: Sep 131994: Aug 311995: Sep 81996: Sep 111997: Sep 191998: Sep 211999: Sep 102000: Sep 222001: Sep 232002: Sep 222003: Sep 142004: Sep 242005: Sep 222007: Sep 92008: Oct 92010: Sep 182013: Oct 4

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
2014May 14no dataApr 17no data
2013May 11Oct 4May 11Oct 5
2010May 8Sep 18May 8Sep 18
2009May 23no dataMay 16no data
2008no dataOct 9no dataOct 16
2007May 27Sep 9May 1Sep 14
2006May 14no dataMay 11no data
2005May 14Sep 22May 11Sep 22
2004no dataSep 24no dataOct 1
2003May 20Sep 14May 20Sep 19
2002May 25Sep 22May 24Sep 22
2001May 25Sep 23May 25Sep 23
2000Jun 2Sep 22May 13Sep 23
1999May 12Sep 10Apr 24Sep 28
1998Jun 4Sep 21May 31Oct 1
1997May 20Sep 19May 20Sep 20
1996Jun 3Sep 11May 13Sep 11
1995May 25Sep 8May 17Sep 21
1994May 9Aug 31May 5Sep 22
1993Jun 27Sep 13May 20Sep 14
1992May 26Aug 31May 26Sep 7
1991May 7Sep 18May 6Sep 19
1990Jun 3Sep 21May 14Oct 7
1989Jun 8Sep 10May 6Sep 12
1988May 5Aug 28Apr 28Oct 3
1987May 22Oct 2Apr 27Oct 2
1986May 18Aug 17May 17Sep 6
1985Jun 4Sep 20Jun 4Sep 23
1984May 26Sep 4May 26Sep 23
1983May 29Sep 13May 16Sep 13
1982May 9Aug 27May 8Aug 27
1981May 11Sep 3May 11Oct 5
1980May 14Sep 22May 14Oct 11
1979May 23Aug 14May 11Oct 4
1978May 9Aug 3Apr 21Sep 27
1977May 6Aug 13May 6Oct 4
1976May 16Sep 9May 7Sep 23
1975May 31Sep 11May 2Sep 12
1974May 24Sep 1May 24Sep 2
1973May 16Sep 15May 16Sep 16
1972Jun 20Sep 21May 9Sep 21
1971May 20Sep 17May 19Sep 18
1970May 26Sep 12May 1Sep 13
1969Jun 20Sep 15Jun 13Oct 8
1968May 21Sep 6May 20Oct 3
1967Jul 3Sep 21May 19Sep 27
1966Jun 7Sep 14May 13Sep 14
1965May 28Sep 5May 27Sep 5
1964Jun 1Aug 12May 12Sep 11
1963May 22Oct 8May 22Nov 5
1962May 6Sep 3May 6Oct 23
1961May 19Sep 3May 17Sep 24
1960Jun 5Sep 11May 7Sep 11
1959May 29Sep 10May 20Sep 16
1958May 22Aug 24May 3Sep 27
1957May 26Sep 19May 23Sep 19
1956May 31Sep 4May 4Sep 4
1955no dataSep 6no dataSep 10

"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.