Frost history / Fossil, OR
Fossil, OR: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00353038, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 2,650 ft, 44.998, -120.218. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 3 | Sep 10 |
| Earliest | Apr 18 (2005) | Aug 4 (1955) |
| Latest | Jul 28 (1954) | Nov 7 (2005) |
| Trend | 5.3 days earlier per decade | 3.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 52 | 56 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 20 and the median first fall date is Oct 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jun 18 | Aug 30 | May 30 | Sep 30 |
| 2023 | Jun 21 | Sep 5 | Apr 25 | Oct 28 |
| 2022 | no data | Oct 18 | no data | Oct 24 |
| 2021 | May 28 | Sep 1 | May 7 | Oct 7 |
| 2020 | May 23 | Sep 8 | May 7 | Oct 15 |
| 2019 | no data | Oct 1 | no data | Oct 1 |
| 2017 | Jun 6 | no data | May 15 | no data |
| 2014 | Jun 13 | no data | Jun 13 | no data |
| 2013 | Jun 14 | no data | Jun 10 | no data |
| 2012 | May 25 | Sep 1 | May 17 | Sep 26 |
| 2011 | Jun 15 | Oct 16 | Apr 30 | Oct 24 |
| 2010 | no data | Sep 6 | no data | Oct 4 |
| 2009 | May 12 | no data | Apr 24 | no data |
| 2008 | May 9 | Oct 7 | Apr 20 | Oct 11 |
| 2007 | Apr 20 | Oct 26 | Apr 3 | Oct 26 |
| 2006 | May 3 | Oct 30 | Mar 20 | Oct 30 |
| 2005 | Apr 18 | Nov 7 | Mar 14 | Nov 7 |
| 2004 | Apr 24 | no data | Feb 12 | no data |
| 2003 | no data | Oct 29 | no data | Oct 31 |
| 2002 | May 11 | Oct 1 | May 8 | Oct 11 |
| 2001 | no data | Oct 5 | no data | Nov 7 |
| 1997 | May 22 | no data | May 21 | no data |
| 1996 | no data | Sep 1 | no data | Sep 21 |
| 1995 | May 19 | Aug 12 | May 14 | Sep 21 |
| 1994 | no data | Oct 4 | no data | Oct 4 |
| 1993 | May 9 | no data | Apr 19 | no data |
| 1992 | May 22 | Aug 24 | May 21 | Sep 7 |
| 1991 | Jun 17 | Sep 13 | Jun 17 | Sep 20 |
| 1990 | May 25 | no data | May 25 | no data |
| 1989 | May 28 | Sep 10 | May 20 | Sep 19 |
| 1988 | Jul 6 | Sep 10 | May 30 | Sep 18 |
| 1987 | Jun 2 | Sep 16 | Jun 2 | Sep 16 |
| 1986 | Jul 17 | Sep 24 | May 22 | Oct 2 |
| 1985 | Jun 25 | Sep 7 | Jun 24 | Sep 19 |
| 1984 | Jul 7 | Aug 31 | Jun 3 | Sep 13 |
| 1983 | May 14 | Sep 6 | Apr 29 | Sep 20 |
| 1982 | Jun 2 | Sep 15 | May 19 | Sep 15 |
| 1981 | Jul 11 | Sep 23 | Apr 15 | Oct 12 |
| 1980 | Jun 4 | Aug 30 | May 23 | Oct 9 |
| 1979 | Jun 8 | Sep 12 | Jun 7 | Nov 1 |
| 1978 | Jun 1 | Sep 16 | May 23 | Oct 15 |
| 1977 | May 29 | Oct 4 | May 29 | Nov 3 |
| 1976 | Jul 2 | Sep 7 | Jun 26 | Oct 4 |
| 1974 | no data | Sep 12 | no data | Sep 27 |
| 1973 | Jul 1 | Aug 18 | Jun 18 | Oct 2 |
| 1972 | May 25 | Sep 10 | May 25 | Oct 24 |
| 1971 | Jul 7 | Sep 8 | Jul 7 | Sep 14 |
| 1970 | May 31 | Sep 9 | May 11 | Sep 13 |
| 1969 | May 28 | Aug 29 | May 15 | Sep 5 |
| 1968 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Oct 2 |
| 1967 | Jun 9 | no data | May 25 | no data |
| 1966 | Jun 30 | Sep 12 | May 23 | Oct 3 |
| 1965 | Jul 9 | Aug 30 | May 20 | Sep 17 |
| 1964 | no data | Aug 31 | no data | Sep 18 |
| 1963 | Jun 7 | Oct 19 | Apr 28 | Oct 19 |
| 1962 | Jul 5 | no data | May 16 | no data |
| 1960 | no data | Aug 22 | no data | Sep 7 |
| 1959 | no data | Aug 26 | no data | Sep 16 |
| 1958 | May 14 | Sep 3 | May 13 | Sep 20 |
| 1957 | no data | Aug 16 | no data | Aug 16 |
| 1956 | Jun 29 | Sep 2 | May 13 | Oct 4 |
| 1955 | Jul 2 | Aug 4 | Jun 16 | Sep 21 |
| 1954 | Jul 28 | Sep 5 | May 28 | Sep 29 |
| 1953 | Jul 23 | Sep 17 | May 25 | Sep 24 |
| 1952 | no data | Sep 13 | no data | Oct 14 |
| 1951 | Jun 2 | Sep 11 | May 30 | Sep 26 |
"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.