Frost history / Rockville 5 N, OR
Rockville 5 N, OR: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00357277, 1964 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,670 ft, 43.364, -117.114. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 19 | Sep 6 |
| Earliest | May 23 (1971) | Aug 6 (1969) |
| Latest | Jul 21 (1987) | Oct 4 (1994) |
| Trend | 1.1 days earlier per decade | 1.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 48 | 47 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 22 and the median first fall date is Sep 16.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jun 20 | Aug 25 | May 19 | Sep 11 |
| 2011 | Jun 3 | Sep 4 | May 24 | Oct 9 |
| 2010 | Jun 18 | Aug 24 | May 21 | Oct 12 |
| 2009 | no data | Sep 8 | no data | Oct 1 |
| 2008 | Jun 12 | Sep 2 | May 13 | Oct 9 |
| 2007 | May 29 | Sep 9 | May 6 | Oct 6 |
| 2006 | May 30 | Aug 31 | May 10 | Sep 15 |
| 2005 | Jun 13 | Sep 10 | May 1 | Sep 11 |
| 2004 | May 24 | Sep 21 | Apr 30 | Oct 10 |
| 2003 | Jun 23 | Sep 13 | May 20 | Sep 18 |
| 2002 | Jun 19 | Sep 8 | May 24 | Sep 11 |
| 2001 | Jun 19 | Sep 7 | May 7 | Sep 8 |
| 2000 | Jun 1 | Sep 3 | Jun 1 | Sep 23 |
| 1999 | Jun 10 | Aug 31 | May 16 | Sep 13 |
| 1998 | Jun 27 | Sep 20 | Apr 27 | Sep 23 |
| 1997 | Jun 24 | Sep 19 | May 8 | Sep 28 |
| 1996 | Jun 19 | Sep 6 | Jun 19 | Sep 6 |
| 1995 | Jun 20 | no data | Apr 26 | no data |
| 1994 | Jun 17 | Oct 4 | Jun 8 | Oct 4 |
| 1993 | Jul 12 | Aug 25 | Jul 12 | Sep 21 |
| 1992 | Jun 14 | Aug 23 | May 22 | Aug 24 |
| 1991 | Jun 18 | Sep 15 | May 26 | Sep 22 |
| 1990 | Jun 13 | Sep 17 | May 25 | Oct 7 |
| 1989 | Jun 21 | Sep 3 | May 24 | Sep 13 |
| 1988 | Jul 7 | Aug 22 | May 4 | Sep 12 |
| 1987 | Jul 21 | Aug 17 | May 22 | Sep 16 |
| 1986 | Jul 17 | Sep 15 | Jul 17 | Sep 21 |
| 1985 | Jun 27 | Sep 10 | May 13 | Sep 16 |
| 1984 | Jun 9 | Sep 12 | Jun 9 | Sep 14 |
| 1983 | Jun 13 | Sep 9 | May 14 | Sep 20 |
| 1982 | Jun 9 | Sep 11 | Jun 8 | Sep 11 |
| 1981 | Jul 8 | Sep 4 | May 17 | Sep 23 |
| 1980 | Jun 27 | Sep 5 | Apr 15 | Sep 23 |
| 1979 | Jun 8 | Sep 10 | May 31 | Sep 11 |
| 1978 | Jun 16 | Sep 12 | May 25 | Sep 16 |
| 1977 | Jul 7 | Aug 31 | Jul 7 | Sep 9 |
| 1976 | Jun 27 | Aug 17 | Jun 26 | Sep 7 |
| 1975 | Jun 27 | Sep 2 | May 26 | Sep 18 |
| 1974 | Jun 9 | Sep 13 | May 31 | Sep 13 |
| 1973 | Jul 1 | Aug 28 | Jun 18 | Sep 16 |
| 1972 | May 27 | Sep 7 | May 10 | Sep 15 |
| 1971 | May 23 | no data | May 20 | no data |
| 1970 | Jun 1 | Sep 9 | May 15 | Sep 12 |
| 1969 | Jun 28 | Aug 6 | May 3 | Aug 29 |
| 1968 | Jun 30 | Sep 3 | Jun 30 | Sep 22 |
| 1967 | Jun 3 | Sep 13 | May 26 | Sep 13 |
| 1966 | Jun 25 | Aug 31 | Jun 25 | Oct 1 |
| 1965 | Jun 27 | Aug 29 | May 18 | Aug 30 |
| 1964 | May 26 | Aug 20 | May 23 | Aug 29 |
"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.