Last Frost Day

Frost history / Illahe, OR

Illahe, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00354133, 1951 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 348 ft, 42.629, -124.058. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 7Nov 6
EarliestJan 14 (2000)Aug 22 (1973)
LatestMay 17 (1971)Dec 26 (1992)
Trend9.6 days earlier per decade4.1 days later per decade
Years with data4546, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 16 and the median first fall date is Dec 5.

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 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30196019701980199020001951: Mar 241952: May 41953: Apr 61955: Apr 201957: Apr 261959: Apr 151960: Apr 161961: Apr 71962: Apr 121968: May 121969: Apr 301970: May 111971: May 171972: Apr 301973: Apr 71974: Apr 131975: Apr 291976: Apr 261977: Apr 191978: Mar 141979: Mar 11980: Apr 21981: Apr 71982: Apr 291983: Jan 151985: Mar 281986: Feb 91987: Mar 291988: Apr 91989: Mar 31990: Mar 141992: Jan 201993: Apr 151994: Mar 221995: Mar 231996: Feb 281997: Feb 231998: Mar 31999: May 92000: Jan 142001: Feb 282002: May 82003: Apr 42004: Feb 102005: Mar 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 10196019701980199020001951: Nov 161952: Nov 21956: Nov 141957: Nov 21958: Oct 231959: Nov 41960: Nov 51961: Oct 291962: Nov 291967: Nov 201968: Nov 31969: Oct 131970: Sep 141971: Oct 171972: Oct 271973: Aug 221974: Dec 221975: Nov 181976: Oct 231977: Nov 81978: Oct 311979: Nov 271980: Dec 71981: Oct 211982: Nov 101983: Dec 211984: Nov 221985: Oct 81986: Dec 81987: Dec 111988: Dec 11989: Oct 291992: Dec 261993: Nov 171994: Nov 181995: Dec 221997: Dec 11998: Dec 62000: Oct 232001: Dec 102002: Oct 302003: Oct 302004: Nov 52006: Nov 1

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
2006no dataNov 1no dataNov 29
2005Mar 16no dataFeb 15no data
2004Feb 10Nov 5noneNov 30
2003Apr 4Oct 30nonenone
2002May 8Oct 30Mar 4Oct 30
2001Feb 28Dec 10Feb 13none
2000Jan 14Oct 23nonenone
1999May 9noneJan 25none
1998Mar 3Dec 6noneDec 19
1997Feb 23Dec 1nonenone
1996Feb 28nonenonenone
1995Mar 23Dec 22nonenone
1994Mar 22Nov 18Jan 31Nov 22
1993Apr 15Nov 17Feb 26Nov 19
1992Jan 20Dec 26noneDec 28
1990Mar 14no dataFeb 14no data
1989Mar 3Oct 29Feb 27Dec 11
1988Apr 9Dec 1Mar 17Dec 15
1987Mar 29Dec 11Feb 26Dec 12
1986Feb 9Dec 8nonenone
1985Mar 28Oct 8Feb 17Nov 11
1984no dataNov 22no datanone
1983Jan 15Dec 21Jan 1Dec 22
1982Apr 29Nov 10Feb 11Dec 28
1981Apr 7Oct 21nonenone
1980Apr 2Dec 7Jan 30Dec 8
1979Mar 1Nov 27Feb 3Dec 11
1978Mar 14Oct 31noneNov 10
1977Apr 19Nov 8Jan 30none
1976Apr 26Oct 23Feb 10Nov 27
1975Apr 29Nov 18Mar 28Nov 18
1974Apr 13Dec 22Mar 8Dec 24
1973Apr 7Aug 22Jan 26none
1972Apr 30Oct 27Apr 18Dec 5
1971May 17Oct 17Mar 18Oct 28
1970May 11Sep 14Jan 6Dec 12
1969Apr 30Oct 13Mar 25Dec 31
1968May 12Nov 3Apr 13Dec 20
1967no dataNov 20no dataNov 26
1962Apr 12Nov 29Feb 27Dec 24
1961Apr 7Oct 29Jan 4Nov 16
1960Apr 16Nov 5Mar 1Dec 6
1959Apr 15Nov 4Feb 2Dec 5
1958no dataOct 23no dataNov 16
1957Apr 26Nov 2Jan 30Nov 3
1956no dataNov 14no dataNov 14
1955Apr 20no dataMar 21no data
1953Apr 6no dataMar 2no data
1952May 4Nov 2Jan 17Nov 22
1951Mar 24Nov 16Mar 3Dec 10

"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.