Last Frost Day

Frost history / Grouse Creek, UT

Grouse Creek, UT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00423486, 1959 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,320 ft, 41.714, -113.869. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 13Sep 11
EarliestMay 15 (1963)Aug 8 (1993)
LatestJul 31 (1995)Oct 14 (1963)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decade1.2 days earlier per decade
Years with data3130

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 20 and the median first fall date is Sep 22.

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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131960197019801990200020101960: Jun 211962: Jun 71963: May 151967: Jun 11968: Jul 11983: Jun 191984: Jun 111985: Jun 271986: Jul 51987: Jun 11988: Jun 301990: Jun 11991: Jun 151992: Jun 131993: Jun 241994: Jun 71995: Jul 311996: Jun 191997: May 191998: May 191999: Jun 262000: Jun 12002: Jun 192003: May 202004: May 302005: Jun 132006: May 302007: May 302009: May 162010: Jun 172011: Jun 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101959: Sep 281960: Aug 231961: Sep 221962: Aug 241963: Oct 141965: Aug 301983: Sep 101984: Sep 221985: Sep 121986: Sep 161987: Sep 41988: Sep 181989: Sep 101990: Oct 31991: Sep 151992: Aug 261993: Aug 81994: Oct 41995: Sep 211996: Sep 61997: Sep 171998: Oct 41999: Sep 42000: Sep 232003: Sep 142004: Sep 42005: Aug 312006: Aug 312008: Sep 22010: 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
2011Jun 17no dataJun 3no data
2010Jun 17Sep 6Jun 17Sep 6
2009May 16no dataMay 10no data
2008no dataSep 2no dataSep 2
2007May 30no dataMay 23no data
2006May 30Aug 31May 3Sep 17
2005Jun 13Aug 31Apr 29Sep 25
2004May 30Sep 4May 15Sep 15
2003May 20Sep 14May 20Sep 18
2002Jun 19no dataJun 11no data
2000Jun 1Sep 23May 13Sep 24
1999Jun 26Sep 4Jun 9Sep 27
1998May 19Oct 4Apr 26Oct 4
1997May 19Sep 17May 7Oct 6
1996Jun 19Sep 6May 5Sep 18
1995Jul 31Sep 21Apr 27Sep 22
1994Jun 7Oct 4Jun 7Oct 8
1993Jun 24Aug 8Jun 24Sep 14
1992Jun 13Aug 26May 10Sep 13
1991Jun 15Sep 15May 12Oct 5
1990Jun 1Oct 3May 25Oct 3
1989no dataSep 10no dataOct 4
1988Jun 30Sep 18May 20Sep 19
1987Jun 1Sep 4Jun 1Sep 17
1986Jul 5Sep 16May 23Sep 27
1985Jun 27Sep 12May 15Sep 12
1984Jun 11Sep 22Jun 9Sep 22
1983Jun 19Sep 10May 14Sep 20
1968Jul 1no dataJun 30no data
1967Jun 1no dataMay 14no data
1965no dataAug 30no dataAug 30
1963May 15Oct 14May 13Oct 24
1962Jun 7Aug 24May 25Sep 9
1961no dataSep 22no dataSep 22
1960Jun 21Aug 23Jun 21Oct 13
1959no dataSep 28no dataSep 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.