Last Frost Day

Frost history / Highmore 1 W, SD

Highmore 1 W, SD: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00393832, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,888 ft, 44.522, -99.455. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 12Sep 27
EarliestApr 17 (2007)Sep 3 (1974)
LatestJun 25 (2017)Oct 24 (1957)
Trend1.0 days earlier per decade1.3 days later per decade
Years with data7070

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 7.

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 14Jun 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 111952: May 281953: May 151954: May 191955: Apr 211956: May 41957: May 101958: Jun 251959: May 151960: May 111961: May 261962: May 11963: May 221964: Jun 21965: May 281966: May 131967: May 201968: May 241969: Jun 21970: May 161971: May 121972: May 71973: May 221974: May 241975: May 11976: May 71977: Apr 211978: Apr 251980: May 81981: May 201982: May 81983: Jun 51984: May 261985: May 121987: Apr 221988: Apr 281989: May 61990: May 101991: May 71992: May 281993: May 181994: May 71995: Apr 281996: May 101997: May 191999: Apr 232000: May 242001: Apr 242003: May 212004: May 162005: May 152006: May 142007: Apr 172008: May 142009: May 162010: May 82012: Apr 222013: May 122014: May 152015: May 192016: May 142017: Jun 252018: May 22019: May 102020: May 112021: May 132022: May 222023: May 22024: May 42025: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 221952: Oct 21953: Sep 211954: Sep 211955: Sep 111956: Sep 61957: Oct 241958: Sep 161959: Sep 301960: Sep 301961: Sep 251962: Oct 171963: Sep 291964: Sep 241965: Sep 231966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 31969: Sep 231970: Sep 261971: Sep 171972: Sep 261973: Sep 161974: Sep 31975: Oct 11976: Sep 231977: Oct 21978: Oct 61979: Sep 141980: Oct 31981: Oct 61982: Sep 201983: Sep 211984: Sep 241986: Oct 121987: Oct 21989: Sep 111990: Sep 231991: Sep 181992: Sep 281993: Sep 141994: Sep 231995: Sep 201996: Oct 31997: Sep 201998: Oct 11999: Oct 12001: Oct 52002: Sep 222003: Sep 192005: Oct 62006: Sep 192007: Sep 142008: Oct 142009: Oct 32010: Oct 22011: Sep 222012: Sep 182013: Oct 162014: Oct 32015: Oct 162016: Sep 282017: Oct 102018: Oct 62019: Oct 102020: Sep 102022: Oct 72023: Oct 72024: Oct 142025: Oct 13

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 30Oct 13Apr 20Oct 20
2024May 4Oct 14Apr 21Oct 15
2023May 2Oct 7May 2Oct 27
2022May 22Oct 7Apr 26Oct 7
2021May 13no dataApr 24no data
2020May 11Sep 10May 11Oct 15
2019May 10Oct 10May 2Oct 11
2018May 2Oct 6Apr 28Oct 6
2017Jun 25Oct 10May 5Oct 10
2016May 14Sep 28May 14Oct 6
2015May 19Oct 16May 19Oct 16
2014May 15Oct 3May 15Oct 4
2013May 12Oct 16May 4Oct 16
2012Apr 22Sep 18Apr 11Sep 22
2011no dataSep 22no dataSep 22
2010May 8Oct 2May 8Nov 4
2009May 16Oct 3May 10Oct 9
2008May 14Oct 14May 11Oct 27
2007Apr 17Sep 14Apr 14Oct 27
2006May 14Sep 19May 14Oct 11
2005May 15Oct 6May 15Oct 7
2004May 16no dataMay 16no data
2003May 21Sep 19May 21Oct 26
2002no dataSep 22no dataOct 12
2001Apr 24Oct 5Apr 23Oct 6
2000May 24no dataMay 24no data
1999Apr 23Oct 1Apr 23Oct 2
1998no dataOct 1no dataNov 2
1997May 19Sep 20Apr 30Oct 13
1996May 10Oct 3May 7Oct 18
1995Apr 28Sep 20Apr 27Sep 22
1994May 7Sep 23Apr 29Oct 23
1993May 18Sep 14Apr 21Oct 8
1992May 28Sep 28May 26Sep 28
1991May 7Sep 18May 5Sep 19
1990May 10Sep 23May 10Sep 23
1989May 6Sep 11May 6Sep 23
1988Apr 28no dataApr 27no data
1987Apr 22Oct 2Apr 11Oct 2
1986no dataOct 12no dataOct 12
1985May 12no dataApr 27no data
1984May 26Sep 24May 9Sep 26
1983Jun 5Sep 21Jun 5Sep 21
1982May 8Sep 20May 6Oct 7
1981May 20Oct 6May 10Oct 21
1980May 8Oct 3May 8Oct 11
1979no dataSep 14no dataOct 4
1978Apr 25Oct 6Apr 21Oct 14
1977Apr 21Oct 2Apr 6Oct 12
1976May 7Sep 23May 7Oct 5
1975May 1Oct 1Apr 20Oct 10
1974May 24Sep 3May 3Sep 28
1973May 22Sep 16May 14Nov 1
1972May 7Sep 26May 7Oct 6
1971May 12Sep 17Apr 14Oct 13
1970May 16Sep 26May 2Oct 3
1969Jun 2Sep 23Apr 28Oct 8
1968May 24Oct 3May 5Oct 4
1967May 20Sep 27May 20Sep 27
1966May 13Oct 1May 13Oct 1
1965May 28Sep 23May 28Sep 24
1964Jun 2Sep 24Apr 14Sep 27
1963May 22Sep 29May 22Oct 27
1962May 1Oct 17Apr 15Oct 20
1961May 26Sep 25May 9Sep 28
1960May 11Sep 30May 11Sep 30
1959May 15Sep 30May 15Sep 30
1958Jun 25Sep 16Apr 29Sep 30
1957May 10Oct 24Apr 14Oct 24
1956May 4Sep 6May 4Oct 9
1955Apr 21Sep 11Apr 7Sep 11
1954May 19Sep 21May 9Oct 6
1953May 15Sep 21May 14Sep 21
1952May 28Oct 2May 11Oct 2
1951May 11Sep 22May 6Sep 24

"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.