Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mc Dermitt 26 N, OR

Mc Dermitt 26 N, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00355335, 1956 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,464 ft, 42.411, -117.866. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 19Sep 9
EarliestMay 15 (1958)Aug 15 (1978)
LatestJul 31 (1975)Oct 16 (1963)
Trend1.4 days later per decade0.9 days earlier per decade
Years with data4542

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 31 and the median first fall date is Sep 22.

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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131960197019801990200020101956: Jul 31957: Jul 181958: May 151959: Jun 101960: Jun 211961: May 271962: Jul 41963: Jun 21964: May 261965: May 261966: Jun 251967: Jun 31968: Jun 301969: Jun 291970: Jun 111972: Jun 111973: Jul 21975: Jul 311976: Jun 261977: May 291978: May 311979: Jun 81980: Jun 51981: Jul 81982: Jun 91983: Jul 101984: Jun 111985: Jun 251986: Jul 171987: Jul 191988: May 311989: Jun 301991: Jun 261992: Jun 151993: Jul 251994: Jun 171995: Jun 201996: Jun 231997: May 241998: Jun 181999: Jun 262000: Jun 172001: Jun 192002: Jun 92010: Jun 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101956: Sep 211957: Sep 91958: Sep 211959: Sep 91960: Aug 251961: Sep 31962: Aug 281963: Oct 161964: Aug 271965: Aug 291966: Sep 151967: Sep 131968: Sep 161969: Sep 41970: Sep 91973: Sep 21974: Sep 121976: Sep 71977: Aug 311978: Aug 151979: Sep 101980: Sep 221981: Sep 221982: Sep 111983: Sep 91984: Sep 221986: Sep 101987: Aug 151989: Aug 251992: Aug 231993: Aug 151994: Sep 111995: Aug 181996: Sep 181997: Sep 201998: Sep 201999: Aug 312000: Sep 42001: Sep 82002: Sep 82009: Sep 192010: Sep 5

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
2010Jun 20Sep 5May 23Oct 26
2009no dataSep 19no dataSep 30
2002Jun 9Sep 8Jun 9Oct 1
2001Jun 19Sep 8Jun 4Oct 12
2000Jun 17Sep 4Jun 1Sep 23
1999Jun 26Aug 31Jun 9Aug 31
1998Jun 18Sep 20May 18Oct 4
1997May 24Sep 20May 8Oct 8
1996Jun 23Sep 18Jun 19Oct 3
1995Jun 20Aug 18May 27Sep 22
1994Jun 17Sep 11Jun 17Oct 2
1993Jul 25Aug 15Apr 27Aug 15
1992Jun 15Aug 23Jun 15Aug 24
1991Jun 26no dataJun 16no data
1989Jun 30Aug 25Jun 20Sep 11
1988May 31no dataMay 31no data
1987Jul 19Aug 15May 21Sep 16
1986Jul 17Sep 10Jul 5Sep 18
1985Jun 25no dataJun 25no data
1984Jun 11Sep 22Jun 3Sep 22
1983Jul 10Sep 9May 19Sep 19
1982Jun 9Sep 11Jun 9Sep 11
1981Jul 8Sep 22May 12Sep 22
1980Jun 5Sep 22Apr 30Sep 22
1979Jun 8Sep 10Jun 8Oct 4
1978May 31Aug 15May 31Sep 17
1977May 29Aug 31May 28Sep 22
1976Jun 26Sep 7Jun 5Sep 7
1975Jul 31no dataJun 8no data
1974no dataSep 12no dataSep 12
1973Jul 2Sep 2Jun 18Oct 2
1972Jun 11no dataMay 11no data
1970Jun 11Sep 9May 13Sep 13
1969Jun 29Sep 4May 5Oct 3
1968Jun 30Sep 16May 16Sep 22
1967Jun 3Sep 13Jun 2Sep 13
1966Jun 25Sep 15Jun 25Oct 3
1965May 26Aug 29May 18Aug 30
1964May 26Aug 27May 11Sep 18
1963Jun 2Oct 16Apr 28Oct 24
1962Jul 4Aug 28Jun 6Sep 30
1961May 27Sep 3May 13Sep 12
1960Jun 21Aug 25May 22Aug 28
1959Jun 10Sep 9May 10Sep 29
1958May 15Sep 21May 15Sep 21
1957Jul 18Sep 9Jun 17Sep 18
1956Jul 3Sep 21May 13Sep 21

"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.