Last Frost Day

Frost history / Scotts Mills 9 Se, OR

Scotts Mills 9 Se, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00357631, 1956 to 2001, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,315 ft, 44.947, -122.525. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 12Oct 20
EarliestApr 2 (1989)Sep 13 (1970)
LatestJun 13 (1976)Dec 1 (1997)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade3.0 days later per decade
Years with data4544

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 13 and the median first fall date is Nov 18.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29196019701980199020001956: Apr 291958: May 131959: May 41960: May 221961: Apr 261962: May 121963: May 31964: May 251965: May 141966: Jun 11967: May 251968: May 71969: May 41970: May 131971: May 201972: Apr 301973: Jun 11974: May 171975: May 251976: Jun 131977: May 71978: May 231979: Jun 71980: Apr 291981: May 51982: May 81983: May 91984: May 311985: May 121986: May 221987: Apr 241988: May 231989: Apr 21990: May 81991: Apr 291992: May 211993: Apr 191994: May 11995: May 131996: May 101997: Apr 121998: Apr 171999: May 102000: May 122001: May 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11196019701980199020001957: Oct 151958: Oct 231959: Oct 291960: Oct 91961: Oct 81962: Nov 141963: Oct 191964: Oct 171965: Sep 171966: Oct 131967: Nov 191968: Oct 311969: Oct 181970: Sep 131971: Oct 151972: Sep 261973: Oct 21974: Oct 41975: Oct 221976: Oct 231977: Nov 31978: Oct 211979: Nov 181980: Oct 221981: Oct 121982: Sep 291983: Oct 71984: Oct 151985: Oct 81986: Nov 101987: Nov 141988: Oct 271989: Oct 291990: Oct 61991: Oct 281992: Oct 141993: Nov 11994: Oct 131995: Oct 311996: Oct 161997: Dec 11998: Oct 291999: Oct 272000: Oct 22

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
2001May 29no dataApr 14no data
2000May 12Oct 22Apr 24Nov 10
1999May 10Oct 27Apr 9Dec 30
1998Apr 17Oct 29Mar 29Dec 5
1997Apr 12Dec 1Apr 5Dec 18
1996May 10Oct 16Mar 28Nov 23
1995May 13Oct 31Apr 19Dec 23
1994May 1Oct 13Mar 23Nov 2
1993Apr 19Nov 1Feb 27Nov 14
1992May 21Oct 14Jan 12Nov 29
1991Apr 29Oct 28Mar 25Oct 30
1990May 8Oct 6Mar 13Nov 26
1989Apr 2Oct 29Mar 4Dec 11
1988May 23Oct 27Apr 8Dec 14
1987Apr 24Nov 14Apr 19Nov 28
1986May 22Nov 10Apr 24Nov 10
1985May 12Oct 8May 11Oct 9
1984May 31Oct 15Feb 22Nov 22
1983May 9Oct 7Apr 13Nov 29
1982May 8Sep 29Apr 29Nov 7
1981May 5Oct 12Apr 13Nov 28
1980Apr 29Oct 22Apr 7Nov 12
1979Jun 7Nov 18Mar 8Nov 20
1978May 23Oct 21Apr 6Nov 5
1977May 7Nov 3Apr 19Nov 8
1976Jun 13Oct 23Apr 15Nov 26
1975May 25Oct 22Apr 20Nov 17
1974May 17Oct 4May 13Dec 21
1973Jun 1Oct 2Apr 28Nov 1
1972Apr 30Sep 26Apr 30Sep 27
1971May 20Oct 15Apr 12Oct 16
1970May 13Sep 13Apr 14Oct 7
1969May 4Oct 18Apr 30Oct 31
1968May 7Oct 31Apr 18Nov 15
1967May 25Nov 19Apr 19Nov 26
1966Jun 1Oct 13Mar 22Oct 13
1965May 14Sep 17Apr 6Nov 25
1964May 25Oct 17May 6Oct 26
1963May 3Oct 19Apr 21Nov 20
1962May 12Nov 14Mar 28Nov 23
1961Apr 26Oct 8Apr 4Nov 15
1960May 22Oct 9May 22Nov 22
1959May 4Oct 29Apr 14Nov 4
1958May 13Oct 23Mar 15Nov 14
1957no dataOct 15no dataNov 27
1956Apr 29no dataApr 5no data

"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.