Last Frost Day

Frost history / Pendleton Dwtn, OR

Pendleton Dwtn, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00356541, 1951 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,040 ft, 45.670, -118.796. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 2Oct 7
EarliestApr 17 (1995)Sep 23 (1996)
LatestMay 19 (2003)Oct 26 (2007)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.1 days later per decade
Years with data1616

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 11 and the median first fall date is Oct 24.

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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301960197019801990200020101951: Apr 241952: Apr 291953: May 111954: May 21955: May 141993: Apr 201994: Apr 301995: Apr 171996: May 91997: May 22002: Apr 242003: May 192006: May 102010: May 72011: May 12012: May 11

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 271952: Oct 141953: Oct 41954: Sep 301955: Sep 241995: Oct 131996: Sep 231999: Sep 282000: Sep 232003: Oct 252004: Oct 252005: Oct 262007: Oct 262010: Oct 172013: Oct 42016: Oct 11

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
2016no dataOct 11no dataOct 12
2013no dataOct 4no dataOct 15
2012May 11no dataApr 7no data
2011May 1no dataApr 12no data
2010May 7Oct 17Apr 10Nov 9
2007no dataOct 26no dataOct 26
2006May 10no dataMay 2no data
2005no dataOct 26no dataNov 9
2004no dataOct 25no dataOct 25
2003May 19Oct 25Mar 3Oct 31
2002Apr 24no dataApr 24no data
2000no dataSep 23no dataOct 23
1999no dataSep 28no dataOct 15
1997May 2no dataApr 12no data
1996May 9Sep 23Mar 26Oct 17
1995Apr 17Oct 13Apr 16Oct 19
1994Apr 30no dataMar 26no data
1993Apr 20no dataMar 12no data
1955May 14Sep 24Apr 6Nov 2
1954May 2Sep 30May 2Sep 30
1953May 11Oct 4Apr 15Oct 22
1952Apr 29Oct 14Apr 10Oct 28
1951Apr 24Sep 27Apr 22Oct 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.