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Frost history / Gold Beach Rs, OR

Gold Beach Rs, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00353356, 1951 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 50 ft, 42.404, -124.424. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 8Dec 1
EarliestJan 2 (1961)Oct 28 (1971)
LatestMay 30 (1988)Dec 31 (1988)
Trend0.9 days earlier per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data54, 8 with no freeze50, 17 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 30 and the median first fall date is Dec 12.

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)

Dec 16Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 141960197019801990200020101951: Mar 111952: Mar 71953: Apr 91954: Mar 121955: Apr 151956: Mar 111957: Feb 41959: Feb 121960: Mar 101961: Jan 21962: Mar 121963: Jan 281964: Mar 21965: Apr 61966: Mar 31968: Jan 291969: Mar 101970: Jan 281971: Mar 171972: Mar 261973: Feb 201979: Mar 11980: Jan 301982: Mar 171983: Apr 121984: Jan 191985: Feb 41987: Apr 131988: May 301989: Mar 31990: Mar 121999: Mar 92000: Jan 32001: Feb 122002: Mar 182003: Apr 72005: Feb 182007: Jan 172008: Apr 72009: Mar 312010: Mar 92011: Feb 252014: Feb 62015: Jan 22018: Mar 262019: Feb 28

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 101960197019801990200020101951: Dec 61952: Nov 281954: Nov 301955: Nov 141956: Nov 191961: Nov 251962: Dec 271963: Dec 111964: Nov 141965: Dec 151966: Dec 271967: Dec 131970: Dec 41971: Oct 281977: Nov 191978: Nov 111980: Nov 131981: Dec 301982: Dec 291983: Dec 221984: Dec 11985: Nov 111987: Dec 141988: Dec 311990: Dec 112004: Nov 292006: Nov 292007: Nov 202008: Dec 162009: Dec 62010: Nov 242015: Nov 302016: Dec 7

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
2019Feb 28no datanoneno data
2018Mar 26noneMar 1none
2016noneDec 7nonenone
2015Jan 2Nov 30nonenone
2014Feb 6nonenonenone
2013noneno datanoneno data
2012nonenonenonenone
2011Feb 25nonenonenone
2010Mar 9Nov 24nonenone
2009Mar 31Dec 6noneDec 7
2008Apr 7Dec 16noneDec 17
2007Jan 17Nov 20Jan 17none
2006no dataNov 29no datanone
2005Feb 18nonenonenone
2004noneNov 29noneNov 29
2003Apr 7no datanoneno data
2002Mar 18nonenonenone
2001Feb 12nonenonenone
2000Jan 3nonenonenone
1999Mar 9nonenonenone
1998noneno datanoneno data
1990Mar 12Dec 11Feb 14Dec 20
1989Mar 3noneFeb 8none
1988May 30Dec 31nonenone
1987Apr 13Dec 14nonenone
1986nonenonenonenone
1985Feb 4Nov 11nonenone
1984Jan 19Dec 1nonenone
1983Apr 12Dec 22noneDec 22
1982Mar 17Dec 29Jan 7none
1981noneDec 30nonenone
1980Jan 30Nov 13Jan 30none
1979Mar 1noneFeb 2none
1978noneNov 11noneDec 7
1977no dataNov 19no datanone
1973Feb 20nonenonenone
1972Mar 26no dataJan 30no data
1971Mar 17Oct 28nonenone
1970Jan 28Dec 4nonenone
1969Mar 10no dataJan 24no data
1968Jan 29no dataJan 29no data
1967no dataDec 13no datanone
1966Mar 3Dec 27nonenone
1965Apr 6Dec 15nonenone
1964Mar 2Nov 14nonenone
1963Jan 28Dec 11nonenone
1962Mar 12Dec 27Feb 27Dec 27
1961Jan 2Nov 25nonenone
1960Mar 10noneJan 1none
1959Feb 12no datanoneno data
1958no datanoneno datanone
1957Feb 4noneJan 29none
1956Mar 11Nov 19Mar 6none
1955Apr 15Nov 14noneNov 15
1954Mar 12Nov 30nonenone
1953Apr 9nonenonenone
1952Mar 7Nov 28Jan 2none
1951Mar 11Dec 6Jan 30none

"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.