Last Frost Day

Frost history / Prospect 2 Sw, OR

Prospect 2 Sw, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00356907, 1951 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,482 ft, 42.734, -122.516. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 3Sep 22
EarliestMay 2 (1994)Aug 3 (1956)
LatestJul 28 (1959)Oct 29 (1979)
Trend4.1 days earlier per decade4.8 days later per decade
Years with data6056

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 7 and the median first fall date is Oct 13.

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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131960197019801990200020101951: Jun 81952: Jun 121953: Jun 241954: Jun 281955: Jul 171956: Jun 111957: Jun 161958: May 141959: Jul 281960: Jun 211961: May 271962: Jul 21963: Jun 41964: May 251965: Jun 271966: Jun 41967: May 251968: Jun 121969: May 51970: May 141971: May 221972: May 241973: Jun 181974: Jun 71975: Jun 81976: Jun 131977: Jun 21978: Jun 151979: Jun 71980: May 161981: May 121982: May 281983: May 171984: Jun 101985: Jun 241986: May 161987: Jun 11988: Jun 291989: May 191990: May 151991: Jun 141992: May 211993: Jun 121994: May 21995: May 191996: Jun 181997: May 81998: May 181999: Jun 92000: May 312001: Jun 132002: Jun 92003: May 182004: May 122005: Jun 82007: May 282009: May 202010: May 302012: May 182013: May 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 81952: Sep 131953: Sep 251954: Aug 161955: Aug 251956: Aug 31957: Sep 191958: Sep 201959: Sep 161960: Aug 251961: Sep 81962: Aug 271963: Oct 261964: Aug 291965: Sep 171966: Oct 91967: Oct 41968: Sep 221969: Sep 41970: Sep 131971: Sep 71972: Sep 101973: Sep 11974: Sep 271975: Oct 61976: Oct 41977: Sep 221979: Oct 291980: Oct 141981: Sep 221982: Sep 111983: Sep 91984: Sep 121985: Oct 81986: Sep 211987: Sep 161988: Sep 171989: Oct 31990: Oct 61991: Sep 211992: Sep 61993: Sep 201994: Oct 61995: Oct 41996: Sep 221997: Oct 131998: Oct 171999: Sep 272000: Sep 242001: Oct 92002: Oct 22005: Sep 242006: Sep 222007: Sep 232008: Oct 92010: Oct 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
2013May 25no dataApr 17no data
2012May 18no dataMay 10no data
2010May 30Oct 5May 6Oct 27
2009May 20no dataApr 30no data
2008no dataOct 9no dataOct 11
2007May 28Sep 23Apr 20Oct 7
2006no dataSep 22no dataOct 25
2005Jun 8Sep 24Apr 20Oct 27
2004May 12no dataApr 2no data
2003May 18no dataMay 18no data
2002Jun 9Oct 2May 8Oct 2
2001Jun 13Oct 9May 2Oct 9
2000May 31Sep 24Mar 30Oct 22
1999Jun 9Sep 27May 9Sep 27
1998May 18Oct 17Apr 17Oct 29
1997May 8Oct 13Apr 11Oct 24
1996Jun 18Sep 22May 9Oct 17
1995May 19Oct 4Apr 19Oct 22
1994May 2Oct 6Apr 5Oct 13
1993Jun 12Sep 20Apr 12Sep 21
1992May 21Sep 6Apr 23Oct 14
1991Jun 14Sep 21Apr 12Oct 30
1990May 15Oct 6May 8Oct 6
1989May 19Oct 3May 19Oct 29
1988Jun 29Sep 17Apr 8Sep 18
1987Jun 1Sep 16May 19Nov 15
1986May 16Sep 21Apr 30Oct 13
1985Jun 24Oct 8May 12Oct 8
1984Jun 10Sep 12May 31Sep 24
1983May 17Sep 9May 11Nov 8
1982May 28Sep 11May 10Oct 18
1981May 12Sep 22May 7Oct 12
1980May 16Oct 14Apr 3Oct 22
1979Jun 7Oct 29May 29Nov 8
1978Jun 15no dataMay 6no data
1977Jun 2Sep 22May 8Nov 3
1976Jun 13Oct 4Jun 4Oct 24
1975Jun 8Oct 6May 25Oct 31
1974Jun 7Sep 27May 13Oct 3
1973Jun 18Sep 1Apr 30Sep 1
1972May 24Sep 10Apr 30Oct 5
1971May 22Sep 7May 20Oct 14
1970May 14Sep 13Apr 29Sep 13
1969May 5Sep 4May 4Oct 4
1968Jun 12Sep 22May 7Oct 7
1967May 25Oct 4May 13Oct 26
1966Jun 4Oct 9Jun 4Oct 14
1965Jun 27Sep 17May 17Sep 19
1964May 25Aug 29May 7Oct 17
1963Jun 4Oct 26Apr 28Oct 26
1962Jul 2Aug 27Jun 4Oct 5
1961May 27Sep 8Apr 26Sep 22
1960Jun 21Aug 25Apr 23Sep 21
1959Jul 28Sep 16May 20Sep 29
1958May 14Sep 20May 13Sep 24
1957Jun 16Sep 19Apr 26Oct 15
1956Jun 11Aug 3Apr 30Oct 14
1955Jul 17Aug 25May 27Sep 21
1954Jun 28Aug 16May 27Sep 28
1953Jun 24Sep 25May 25Oct 21
1952Jun 12Sep 13May 15Nov 1
1951Jun 8Sep 8May 28Oct 5

"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.