Frost history / Brookings 2 Se, OR
Brookings 2 Se, OR: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00351055, 1951 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 50 ft, 42.030, -124.245. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 28 | Dec 5 |
| Earliest | Jan 1 (2000) | Nov 5 (1971) |
| Latest | May 6 (1965) | Dec 31 (1964) |
| Trend | 4.7 days earlier per decade | 0.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 51, 12 with no freeze | 50, 26 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 5 and the median first fall date is Dec 20.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mar 2 | none | none | none |
| 2022 | none | none | none | none |
| 2021 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2001 | Apr 3 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 1 | none | none | none |
| 1999 | Mar 7 | no data | none | no data |
| 1998 | none | Dec 20 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1997 | Jan 14 | none | none | none |
| 1996 | none | none | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 4 | Nov 18 | none | none |
| 1993 | Feb 24 | Nov 21 | none | none |
| 1992 | none | none | none | none |
| 1991 | Mar 15 | none | none | none |
| 1990 | no data | Dec 19 | no data | Dec 20 |
| 1989 | Mar 3 | no data | Feb 5 | no data |
| 1988 | Feb 2 | no data | none | no data |
| 1987 | Jan 17 | none | none | none |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 5 | none | none | none |
| 1984 | none | Dec 20 | none | none |
| 1983 | none | Dec 21 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1982 | Jan 7 | none | none | none |
| 1981 | none | none | none | none |
| 1980 | Jan 30 | none | Jan 29 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 2 | none | none | none |
| 1978 | Feb 11 | Nov 12 | none | Dec 30 |
| 1977 | Mar 24 | Nov 18 | none | none |
| 1976 | Apr 1 | none | Feb 5 | none |
| 1975 | Feb 21 | Nov 28 | none | none |
| 1974 | Mar 8 | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 1973 | Jan 26 | none | none | none |
| 1972 | Mar 26 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 7 |
| 1971 | Apr 21 | Nov 5 | none | none |
| 1970 | Jan 4 | none | none | none |
| 1969 | Feb 13 | none | none | none |
| 1968 | Apr 17 | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 1967 | none | Dec 13 | none | none |
| 1966 | Mar 3 | none | none | none |
| 1965 | May 6 | Dec 13 | none | none |
| 1964 | none | Dec 31 | none | none |
| 1963 | Apr 16 | none | Jan 11 | none |
| 1962 | Feb 27 | Nov 28 | Feb 26 | none |
| 1961 | Jan 4 | Nov 20 | none | none |
| 1960 | Feb 28 | none | none | none |
| 1959 | Feb 12 | no data | none | no data |
| 1958 | none | Nov 16 | none | none |
| 1957 | Jan 30 | none | none | none |
| 1956 | Mar 10 | Dec 6 | Feb 16 | none |
| 1955 | Apr 15 | Nov 14 | none | none |
| 1954 | Mar 17 | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 1953 | Mar 3 | none | none | none |
| 1952 | no data | Nov 26 | no data | none |
| 1951 | Mar 10 | Dec 7 | none | none |
"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.