Last Frost Day

Frost history / Westhope, ND

Westhope, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00329333, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,502 ft, 48.910, -101.019. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 17Sep 18
EarliestApr 26 (1951)Aug 14 (1979)
LatestJun 23 (1967)Oct 27 (1963)
Trend1.1 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data6059

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 8 and the median first fall date is Sep 24.

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 291960197019801990200020101951: Apr 261952: May 311953: May 211954: May 171955: May 101956: May 151957: May 231958: May 221959: May 201960: May 71961: May 181962: May 61963: May 221964: Jun 11965: May 281966: May 161967: Jun 231968: May 201969: Jun 201971: May 201972: May 91973: May 161974: May 171975: Apr 301976: May 71977: May 71978: Jun 71979: May 141980: May 121981: May 91982: May 81983: Jun 161984: May 261985: May 141986: May 171987: May 221988: May 161989: May 61990: May 181991: May 71992: May 251993: May 161994: May 91995: May 231996: May 131997: May 211998: May 291999: May 82000: May 182001: May 222002: May 242003: May 202004: May 172005: May 152006: May 122007: May 12008: May 272010: May 92011: May 22012: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 231953: Sep 211954: Sep 211955: Sep 61956: Sep 61957: Sep 131958: Sep 251959: Sep 101960: Sep 221961: Sep 111962: Sep 41963: Oct 271964: Sep 61965: Sep 151966: Sep 51967: Sep 211968: Sep 61969: Sep 161970: Sep 131971: Sep 181972: Sep 211973: Sep 151974: Sep 21975: Sep 121976: Sep 141977: Sep 281978: Sep 201979: Aug 141980: Sep 271981: Sep 161982: Aug 271983: Sep 131984: Sep 41985: Sep 231987: Oct 21988: Oct 21989: Sep 101990: Sep 161991: Sep 171992: Sep 71993: Sep 141994: Sep 221995: Sep 211996: Sep 291997: Sep 201998: Oct 11999: Sep 282000: Sep 232001: Sep 232002: Sep 222003: Sep 192004: Oct 12005: Oct 52006: Sep 202007: Sep 112008: Oct 102009: Oct 82010: Sep 182011: Sep 14

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
2012Apr 26no dataApr 26no data
2011May 2Sep 14May 2Oct 17
2010May 9Sep 18May 9Sep 18
2009no dataOct 8no dataOct 8
2008May 27Oct 10May 11Oct 14
2007May 1Sep 11Apr 14Sep 14
2006May 12Sep 20Apr 25Sep 28
2005May 15Oct 5May 15Oct 6
2004May 17Oct 1May 16Oct 1
2003May 20Sep 19Apr 8Sep 30
2002May 24Sep 22May 19Sep 25
2001May 22Sep 23Apr 23Oct 4
2000May 18Sep 23Apr 20Sep 23
1999May 8Sep 28Apr 19Oct 1
1998May 29Oct 1Apr 17Oct 1
1997May 21Sep 20May 15Sep 20
1996May 13Sep 29May 11Sep 29
1995May 23Sep 21Apr 26Sep 21
1994May 9Sep 22May 5Oct 9
1993May 16Sep 14May 16Sep 17
1992May 25Sep 7May 25Sep 28
1991May 7Sep 17May 7Sep 19
1990May 18Sep 16May 14Oct 7
1989May 6Sep 10May 6Sep 23
1988May 16Oct 2May 16Oct 2
1987May 22Oct 2May 22Oct 2
1986May 17no dataApr 28no data
1985May 14Sep 23Apr 26Sep 23
1984May 26Sep 4May 26Sep 4
1983Jun 16Sep 13May 16Sep 21
1982May 8Aug 27May 8Sep 15
1981May 9Sep 16May 9Sep 16
1980May 12Sep 27May 12Oct 11
1979May 14Aug 14May 10Oct 4
1978Jun 7Sep 20Apr 21Oct 7
1977May 7Sep 28May 2Oct 4
1976May 7Sep 14May 3Sep 14
1975Apr 30Sep 12Apr 20Sep 12
1974May 17Sep 2Apr 22Sep 21
1973May 16Sep 15May 16Sep 15
1972May 9Sep 21May 6Sep 23
1971May 20Sep 18May 19Sep 18
1970no dataSep 13no dataSep 13
1969Jun 20Sep 16Jun 12Oct 5
1968May 20Sep 6May 20Oct 3
1967Jun 23Sep 21May 19Sep 27
1966May 16Sep 5May 9Sep 14
1965May 28Sep 15May 3Sep 24
1964Jun 1Sep 6Apr 29Sep 11
1963May 22Oct 27May 22Oct 27
1962May 6Sep 4May 6Oct 23
1961May 18Sep 11May 9Sep 28
1960May 7Sep 22May 6Sep 30
1959May 20Sep 10May 15Sep 15
1958May 22Sep 25May 3Sep 30
1957May 23Sep 13Apr 27Sep 19
1956May 15Sep 6Apr 29Sep 6
1955May 10Sep 6May 8Sep 10
1954May 17Sep 21May 10Sep 21
1953May 21Sep 21May 14Sep 21
1952May 31no dataMay 28no data
1951Apr 26Sep 23Apr 24Sep 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.