Frost history / Cave Junction 1 Wnw, OR
Cave Junction 1 Wnw, OR: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00351448, 1962 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,377 ft, 42.160, -123.642. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 5 | Oct 11 |
| Earliest | Apr 3 (1980) | Sep 5 (2002) |
| Latest | Jun 8 (1999) | Nov 16 (2014) |
| Trend | 3.6 days earlier per decade | 1.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 53 | 51 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Oct 31.
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Apr 26 | no data | Jan 7 | no data |
| 2015 | Apr 12 | Oct 23 | Apr 3 | Nov 26 |
| 2014 | Apr 25 | Nov 16 | Mar 24 | Nov 16 |
| 2013 | Apr 20 | Oct 2 | Apr 17 | Oct 15 |
| 2012 | May 5 | Oct 11 | Apr 5 | Dec 19 |
| 2011 | May 1 | Oct 26 | Apr 22 | Oct 26 |
| 2010 | May 12 | Oct 19 | Mar 9 | Nov 24 |
| 2009 | Apr 30 | no data | Apr 29 | no data |
| 2008 | May 1 | no data | Apr 24 | no data |
| 2007 | no data | Sep 24 | no data | Nov 21 |
| 2006 | Apr 18 | Oct 11 | Mar 19 | Oct 26 |
| 2005 | Apr 20 | Sep 13 | Mar 15 | Dec 15 |
| 2004 | Apr 13 | Oct 31 | Feb 13 | Nov 21 |
| 2003 | May 16 | Oct 10 | Mar 5 | Nov 1 |
| 2002 | May 11 | Sep 5 | May 8 | Oct 12 |
| 2001 | May 1 | Oct 18 | Apr 14 | Oct 25 |
| 2000 | May 12 | Oct 8 | Apr 6 | Oct 23 |
| 1999 | Jun 8 | Oct 18 | May 9 | Oct 18 |
| 1998 | Apr 26 | Oct 17 | Mar 30 | Dec 19 |
| 1997 | May 1 | Oct 24 | Apr 5 | Dec 22 |
| 1996 | May 10 | Oct 16 | Mar 29 | Nov 6 |
| 1995 | Apr 23 | Oct 22 | Mar 28 | Oct 23 |
| 1994 | May 1 | Oct 6 | Apr 5 | Oct 23 |
| 1993 | Apr 12 | Sep 22 | Feb 28 | Nov 2 |
| 1992 | Apr 23 | Sep 14 | Apr 7 | Oct 15 |
| 1991 | May 10 | Oct 18 | Apr 27 | Oct 31 |
| 1990 | Apr 9 | Oct 6 | Mar 13 | Oct 17 |
| 1989 | Apr 28 | Oct 4 | Mar 4 | Oct 30 |
| 1988 | May 5 | Oct 28 | Mar 28 | Dec 15 |
| 1987 | Apr 21 | Oct 8 | Apr 19 | Oct 8 |
| 1986 | May 22 | Oct 12 | Apr 24 | Nov 30 |
| 1985 | May 12 | Oct 8 | May 9 | Oct 10 |
| 1984 | May 16 | Sep 25 | Apr 28 | Dec 19 |
| 1983 | May 11 | Oct 15 | Apr 13 | Dec 21 |
| 1982 | Jun 2 | Oct 18 | Apr 9 | Nov 11 |
| 1981 | May 7 | Sep 25 | May 5 | none |
| 1980 | Apr 3 | Nov 12 | Apr 3 | Dec 7 |
| 1979 | Apr 20 | Nov 12 | Apr 19 | Nov 20 |
| 1978 | May 6 | Oct 28 | Mar 15 | Oct 31 |
| 1977 | May 28 | Nov 3 | Apr 10 | Nov 18 |
| 1976 | Jun 2 | Oct 14 | Apr 2 | Oct 18 |
| 1975 | May 4 | Oct 23 | Apr 17 | Nov 18 |
| 1974 | May 17 | Oct 6 | Apr 13 | Oct 7 |
| 1973 | May 1 | Oct 3 | Apr 3 | none |
| 1972 | Apr 30 | no data | Apr 22 | no data |
| 1971 | May 17 | Sep 19 | Mar 20 | Oct 16 |
| 1970 | May 12 | Sep 14 | Apr 27 | Sep 14 |
| 1969 | Apr 30 | Oct 4 | Apr 30 | Oct 4 |
| 1968 | May 15 | Sep 21 | May 6 | Oct 9 |
| 1967 | May 13 | Oct 15 | Apr 28 | Nov 20 |
| 1966 | Jun 4 | Oct 12 | Jun 1 | Oct 14 |
| 1965 | May 8 | Sep 18 | May 3 | Dec 15 |
| 1964 | May 16 | Sep 9 | Apr 20 | Oct 17 |
| 1963 | May 13 | Oct 26 | Apr 16 | Oct 27 |
| 1962 | no data | Oct 5 | no data | Nov 29 |
"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.