Last Frost Day

Frost history / Arlington, OR

Arlington, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00350265, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 277 ft, 45.721, -120.206. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 15Oct 19
EarliestMar 15 (1978)Sep 16 (1965)
LatestMay 16 (1963)Nov 18 (2016)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade1.6 days later per decade
Years with data6361

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 25 and the median first fall date is Nov 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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 221952: May 51953: Apr 151954: May 21956: Apr 61957: Mar 271958: Apr 281959: May 111960: Apr 221961: Apr 81962: May 41963: May 161964: May 141965: May 51966: Apr 261967: Apr 221968: Apr 221969: Apr 261970: Apr 271971: Apr 121972: May 11974: Apr 141975: Apr 111976: Apr 41977: Apr 201978: Mar 151979: Mar 211980: Apr 111981: Apr 171982: May 51983: Apr 151984: Mar 301985: Apr 211986: Apr 241987: Apr 201988: Apr 101989: Mar 301990: Mar 291991: Mar 291994: Mar 261996: Mar 281997: May 21998: Mar 281999: Apr 152003: Apr 42006: Apr 212007: Apr 102008: Apr 252010: Apr 102011: Apr 232012: Apr 72013: May 12014: Apr 142016: Mar 192017: Apr 112018: Apr 42019: Mar 202020: Apr 172021: Apr 122022: Apr 132023: Apr 152024: Apr 212025: Apr 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 251952: Oct 251953: Nov 21956: Oct 221957: Oct 201958: Oct 211959: Oct 101960: Oct 91961: Sep 241962: Nov 71963: Oct 191964: Oct 31965: Sep 161966: Oct 141967: Oct 151968: Nov 11969: Oct 141970: Sep 251971: Oct 171972: Sep 271974: Oct 61975: Oct 281976: Oct 171977: Nov 31978: Oct 221979: Nov 11980: Oct 221981: Oct 211982: Oct 181983: Sep 291984: Oct 161985: Sep 291987: Oct 111988: Oct 281989: Oct 151990: Oct 171993: Oct 201994: Oct 121996: Oct 171998: Oct 191999: Sep 282006: Oct 292007: Oct 252008: Oct 212009: Oct 102010: Oct 182011: Oct 252012: Oct 52013: Oct 152014: Nov 112015: Nov 42016: Nov 182017: Oct 152018: Nov 82019: Oct 22020: Oct 232021: Nov 12022: Nov 32023: Oct 282024: Oct 242025: Oct 30

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
2025Apr 14Oct 30Mar 15Nov 19
2024Apr 21Oct 24Mar 15Oct 30
2023Apr 15Oct 28Apr 5Oct 28
2022Apr 13Nov 3Apr 6Nov 9
2021Apr 12Nov 1Apr 12Nov 17
2020Apr 17Oct 23Mar 18Oct 23
2019Mar 20Oct 2Mar 16Oct 10
2018Apr 4Nov 8Mar 23Nov 8
2017Apr 11Oct 15Feb 25Nov 7
2016Mar 19Nov 18Mar 19Dec 7
2015no dataNov 4no dataNov 21
2014Apr 14Nov 11Mar 23Nov 11
2013May 1Oct 15Mar 25Nov 21
2012Apr 7Oct 5Apr 7Nov 26
2011Apr 23Oct 25Mar 23Oct 26
2010Apr 10Oct 18Mar 20Nov 23
2009no dataOct 10no dataNov 1
2008Apr 25Oct 21Apr 2Nov 22
2007Apr 10Oct 25Apr 2Oct 25
2006Apr 21Oct 29Mar 12Oct 30
2003Apr 4no dataMar 2no data
1999Apr 15Sep 28Mar 11Oct 16
1998Mar 28Oct 19Mar 7Oct 30
1997May 2no dataApr 13no data
1996Mar 28Oct 17Mar 25Oct 21
1994Mar 26Oct 12Mar 25Nov 21
1993no dataOct 20no dataNov 6
1991Mar 29no dataMar 27no data
1990Mar 29Oct 17Mar 27Nov 16
1989Mar 30Oct 15Mar 4Oct 29
1988Apr 10Oct 28Mar 18Nov 30
1987Apr 20Oct 11Mar 30Nov 17
1986Apr 24no dataFeb 9no data
1985Apr 21Sep 29Mar 26Oct 8
1984Mar 30Oct 16Mar 4Oct 22
1983Apr 15Sep 29Feb 5Dec 1
1982May 5Oct 18Apr 20Oct 19
1981Apr 17Oct 21Apr 17Oct 21
1980Apr 11Oct 22Mar 25Oct 22
1979Mar 21Nov 1Mar 13Nov 20
1978Mar 15Oct 22Mar 15Oct 22
1977Apr 20Nov 3Mar 15Nov 3
1976Apr 4Oct 17Apr 2Oct 18
1975Apr 11Oct 28Apr 5Nov 13
1974Apr 14Oct 6Apr 13Nov 26
1972May 1Sep 27Apr 18Oct 30
1971Apr 12Oct 17Apr 12Oct 28
1970Apr 27Sep 25Mar 19Oct 15
1969Apr 26Oct 14Mar 25Oct 14
1968Apr 22Nov 1Apr 13Nov 1
1967Apr 22Oct 15Mar 14Nov 4
1966Apr 26Oct 14Apr 26Dec 22
1965May 5Sep 16Mar 24Nov 29
1964May 14Oct 3Apr 19Oct 18
1963May 16Oct 19Mar 31Oct 27
1962May 4Nov 7Mar 29Nov 7
1961Apr 8Sep 24Apr 4Oct 29
1960Apr 22Oct 9Apr 22Nov 4
1959May 11Oct 10Apr 9Oct 30
1958Apr 28Oct 21Mar 15Oct 21
1957Mar 27Oct 20Mar 26Nov 2
1956Apr 6Oct 22Apr 6Nov 14
1954May 2no dataMay 2no data
1953Apr 15Nov 2Mar 14Nov 2
1952May 5Oct 25Apr 30Nov 2
1951Apr 22Oct 25Apr 22Oct 30

"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.