Last Frost Day

Frost history / Academy 2NE, SD

Academy 2NE, SD: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00390043, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,681 ft, 43.489, -99.063. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 7Oct 3
EarliestApr 6 (1977)Sep 6 (1956)
LatestMay 28 (1992)Oct 28 (1963)
Trend0.6 days earlier per decade1.7 days later per decade
Years with data7273

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 23 and the median first fall date is Oct 11.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 61952: May 281953: May 141954: May 91955: Apr 141956: May 41957: May 51958: May 11959: May 151960: Apr 301961: May 31962: Apr 151964: May 131965: May 281966: May 131967: May 201968: May 241969: Apr 281970: May 161971: May 121972: May 71973: May 171974: May 151975: Apr 201976: May 71977: Apr 61978: May 21979: May 111980: May 91981: May 191982: Apr 261983: May 151984: May 261985: Apr 271986: Apr 281987: Apr 221988: Apr 281989: May 71990: May 101991: May 71992: May 281993: Apr 221994: May 11995: Apr 281996: Apr 301997: May 31998: Apr 181999: Apr 192000: Apr 222001: Apr 242002: May 202004: May 152005: May 162006: May 52007: Apr 152008: May 122010: May 92011: May 42012: Apr 122013: May 132014: May 172015: May 192016: May 142017: Apr 282018: Apr 252019: May 102020: May 122021: May 112022: May 222023: May 22024: Apr 242025: Apr 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 221952: Oct 21953: Oct 41954: Oct 61956: Sep 61957: Oct 171958: Sep 301959: Sep 301960: Sep 301961: Sep 281963: Oct 281964: Oct 61965: Sep 231966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 41969: Oct 81970: Oct 71971: Sep 181972: Sep 261973: Oct 41974: Sep 131975: Sep 241976: Sep 281977: Oct 21978: Oct 61979: Oct 41980: Oct 31981: Sep 171982: Sep 211983: Sep 211984: Sep 241985: Sep 241986: Oct 121987: Oct 21988: Oct 41989: Sep 231990: Sep 231991: Sep 191992: Sep 281993: Sep 151994: Oct 241995: Sep 221996: Oct 31997: Oct 141998: Oct 141999: Oct 22000: Sep 242001: Oct 62002: Oct 72003: Sep 192004: Oct 22005: Oct 72006: Sep 202007: Oct 112008: Oct 152009: Sep 292010: Oct 182011: Oct 192012: Sep 222013: Oct 162014: Oct 42015: Oct 162016: Oct 72017: Oct 102018: Oct 42019: Oct 112020: Oct 152021: Oct 152022: Oct 72023: Oct 72024: Oct 142025: 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
2025Apr 21Oct 22Apr 19Oct 29
2024Apr 24Oct 14Apr 21Oct 14
2023May 2Oct 7Apr 26Oct 27
2022May 22Oct 7Apr 26Oct 8
2021May 11Oct 15Apr 24Nov 1
2020May 12Oct 15May 11Oct 15
2019May 10Oct 11Apr 14Oct 11
2018Apr 25Oct 4Apr 19Oct 14
2017Apr 28Oct 10Apr 27Oct 10
2016May 14Oct 7Apr 12Nov 19
2015May 19Oct 16Apr 23Oct 16
2014May 17Oct 4May 16Oct 11
2013May 13Oct 16May 4Oct 18
2012Apr 12Sep 22Apr 12Oct 6
2011May 4Oct 19Apr 17Oct 20
2010May 9Oct 18Apr 9Oct 28
2009no dataSep 29no dataOct 10
2008May 12Oct 15Apr 29Oct 27
2007Apr 15Oct 11Apr 15Oct 28
2006May 5Sep 20Apr 9Oct 12
2005May 16Oct 7May 4Oct 7
2004May 15Oct 2May 15Oct 2
2003no dataSep 19no dataOct 26
2002May 20Oct 7May 3Oct 13
2001Apr 24Oct 6Apr 18Oct 6
2000Apr 22Sep 24Apr 17Oct 6
1999Apr 19Oct 2Apr 18Oct 2
1998Apr 18Oct 14Apr 17Nov 6
1997May 3Oct 14Apr 17Oct 14
1996Apr 30Oct 3Apr 26Oct 18
1995Apr 28Sep 22Apr 27Sep 22
1994May 1Oct 24Apr 29Oct 25
1993Apr 22Sep 15Apr 17Oct 9
1992May 28Sep 28May 27Sep 28
1991May 7Sep 19Apr 23Sep 19
1990May 10Sep 23Apr 29Oct 9
1989May 7Sep 23May 6Sep 23
1988Apr 28Oct 4Apr 28Oct 5
1987Apr 22Oct 2Apr 4Oct 7
1986Apr 28Oct 12Apr 16Oct 13
1985Apr 27Sep 24Apr 9Oct 1
1984May 26Sep 24Apr 28Sep 26
1983May 15Sep 21Apr 16Sep 21
1982Apr 26Sep 21Apr 22Oct 7
1981May 19Sep 17May 10Oct 22
1980May 9Oct 3May 8Oct 25
1979May 11Oct 4May 3Oct 22
1978May 2Oct 6Apr 21Oct 7
1977Apr 6Oct 2Apr 5Oct 12
1976May 7Sep 28May 7Oct 16
1975Apr 20Sep 24Apr 20Oct 1
1974May 15Sep 13Apr 23Sep 30
1973May 17Oct 4May 14Oct 27
1972May 7Sep 26Apr 24Oct 17
1971May 12Sep 18Apr 12Oct 28
1970May 16Oct 7Apr 4Oct 9
1969Apr 28Oct 8Mar 31Oct 14
1968May 24Oct 4May 5Oct 4
1967May 20Sep 27May 4Oct 25
1966May 13Oct 1May 13Oct 15
1965May 28Sep 23Apr 28Sep 24
1964May 13Oct 6Apr 7Oct 9
1963no dataOct 28no dataNov 1
1962Apr 15no dataApr 15no data
1961May 3Sep 28May 2Oct 23
1960Apr 30Sep 30Apr 30Sep 30
1959May 15Sep 30May 15Sep 30
1958May 1Sep 30Apr 29Oct 1
1957May 5Oct 17Apr 14Oct 24
1956May 4Sep 6Apr 30Oct 9
1955Apr 14no dataApr 7no data
1954May 9Oct 6May 3Oct 16
1953May 14Oct 4Apr 20Oct 4
1952May 28Oct 2Apr 14Oct 4
1951May 6Sep 22Apr 22Sep 28

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.