Last Frost Day

Frost history / Wishek, ND

Wishek, ND: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00329515, 1952 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,037 ft, 46.261, -99.560. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 19Sep 17
EarliestApr 27 (1985)Aug 12 (1964)
LatestJul 30 (1971)Oct 11 (1986)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade4.0 days later per decade
Years with data4546

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 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131960197019801990200020101953: May 151954: May 191955: May 81957: May 271959: May 231960: May 211961: May 261962: Apr 301963: May 231964: Jun 101965: May 291968: May 241969: Jun 211970: May 271971: Jul 301972: Jul 41974: May 241976: May 71977: May 21978: May 201981: May 181982: May 91983: May 171984: May 261985: Apr 271986: May 171987: May 231988: May 141989: May 71990: May 181991: May 81992: May 261993: May 251994: May 71995: May 231996: May 111997: May 201998: Jun 41999: May 92000: May 142006: May 132008: May 142010: May 102011: May 162012: May 31

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101952: Sep 201957: Sep 131958: Aug 311959: Sep 101960: Sep 121961: Sep 41962: Sep 41963: Oct 31964: Aug 121965: Sep 51966: Sep 141967: Aug 311968: Aug 161969: Sep 161970: Sep 131971: Sep 161972: Sep 51973: Sep 111976: Sep 141978: Sep 211979: Aug 141980: Sep 251981: Sep 11983: Sep 211984: Sep 151985: Sep 231986: Oct 111987: Oct 21988: Oct 41989: Sep 111990: Sep 241991: Sep 181992: Sep 221993: Sep 141994: Sep 231995: Sep 201996: Sep 251997: Sep 201998: Oct 11999: Sep 292000: Sep 232005: Sep 272006: Sep 192009: Sep 302010: Oct 22012: Sep 10

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

"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.