Last Frost Day

Frost history / Edgemont, SD

Edgemont, SD: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00392557, 1979 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,432 ft, 43.314, -103.821. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 14Sep 23
EarliestApr 22 (1987)Aug 21 (2018)
LatestJun 11 (2019)Oct 16 (2015)
Trend2.0 days later per decade0.9 days earlier per decade
Years with data4243

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 6.

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 29198019902000201020201980: May 131981: May 141982: May 61983: May 181984: May 281985: May 151986: May 11987: Apr 221988: May 91989: May 61990: May 171991: May 61992: May 171993: May 21994: May 71995: May 141996: May 101997: May 191998: May 31999: May 172000: May 122001: May 232002: May 232003: May 192007: Apr 252009: May 62010: May 142011: May 142012: May 122013: May 62014: May 162015: May 212016: May 182017: May 212018: May 52019: Jun 112020: May 262021: May 142022: May 262023: May 82024: May 112025: May 23

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27198019902000201020201979: Sep 141980: Sep 221981: Sep 271982: Sep 201983: Sep 201984: Sep 241985: Sep 201986: Sep 301987: Sep 181988: Oct 61989: Sep 111990: Oct 71991: Sep 181992: Sep 281993: Sep 141994: Oct 81995: Sep 201996: Sep 261997: Oct 91998: Oct 61999: Sep 132000: Sep 222001: Oct 52002: Sep 212003: Sep 302006: Sep 22007: Oct 162009: Sep 282010: Sep 72011: Sep 212012: Oct 42013: Sep 282014: Sep 132015: Oct 162016: Oct 52017: Sep 52018: Aug 212019: Sep 232020: Sep 92022: Sep 252023: Oct 72024: Sep 232025: Sep 6

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
2025May 23Sep 6May 4Sep 6
2024May 11Sep 23May 5Oct 1
2023May 8Oct 7May 3Oct 7
2022May 26Sep 25May 25Oct 8
2021May 14no dataMay 13no data
2020May 26Sep 9May 11Sep 10
2019Jun 11Sep 23Jun 10Oct 3
2018May 5Aug 21Apr 28Sep 26
2017May 21Sep 5May 5Sep 20
2016May 18Oct 5May 14Oct 12
2015May 21Oct 16May 21Oct 17
2014May 16Sep 13May 16Oct 14
2013May 6Sep 28May 4Oct 17
2012May 12Oct 4May 8Oct 7
2011May 14Sep 21May 5Oct 13
2010May 14Sep 7May 9Oct 13
2009May 6Sep 28Apr 14Sep 29
2007Apr 25Oct 16Apr 14Oct 22
2006no dataSep 2no dataSep 3
2003May 19Sep 30May 19Oct 13
2002May 23Sep 21May 8Oct 12
2001May 23Oct 5May 6Oct 5
2000May 12Sep 22May 12Oct 5
1999May 17Sep 13May 12Sep 27
1998May 3Oct 6May 2Oct 19
1997May 19Oct 9May 9Oct 9
1996May 10Sep 26May 5Sep 26
1995May 14Sep 20Apr 27Sep 22
1994May 7Oct 8Apr 29Oct 23
1993May 2Sep 14Apr 21Sep 14
1992May 17Sep 28May 17Oct 8
1991May 6Sep 18May 6Sep 18
1990May 17Oct 7May 10Oct 9
1989May 6Sep 11May 6Sep 11
1988May 9Oct 6Apr 28Oct 6
1987Apr 22Sep 18Apr 21Oct 6
1986May 1Sep 30Apr 15Oct 12
1985May 15Sep 20Apr 27Sep 23
1984May 28Sep 24Apr 29Sep 24
1983May 18Sep 20May 14Sep 20
1982May 6Sep 20May 6Oct 7
1981May 14Sep 27Apr 14Oct 1
1980May 13Sep 22Apr 17Oct 10
1979no dataSep 14no dataOct 4

"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.