Last Frost Day

Frost history / Johnson Pass, UT

Johnson Pass, UT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00424362, 1975 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,580 ft, 40.337, -112.611. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 24Sep 29
EarliestApr 23 (1992)Sep 8 (2001)
LatestJun 23 (1989)Nov 8 (1987)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade1.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data3537

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 17.

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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919801990200020101975: May 251976: Jun 141977: May 261978: May 311979: Jun 81980: May 261981: Jun 141983: May 161984: May 161985: May 301986: May 221987: May 31988: May 301989: Jun 231990: Jun 11991: May 121992: Apr 231993: May 101994: May 171995: Jun 71996: May 241997: May 21998: May 141999: May 142000: May 122001: Jun 132002: May 242003: May 202004: May 302006: May 102007: May 232008: May 102010: May 292011: Jun 32012: Jun 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619801990200020101975: Oct 71976: Oct 181977: Sep 231978: Sep 121979: Oct 211980: Oct 161981: Oct 131982: Sep 291983: Sep 201984: Sep 241985: Sep 281986: Sep 251987: Nov 81988: Sep 121989: Oct 161990: Oct 31991: Oct 201992: Oct 71993: Sep 131994: Oct 151995: Sep 211996: Sep 181997: Oct 81998: Oct 41999: Sep 272000: Sep 242001: Sep 82002: Oct 122003: Sep 182004: Sep 212005: Sep 252006: Sep 162007: Sep 242008: Oct 102009: Sep 302010: Oct 252011: Oct 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
2012Jun 10no dataMay 6no data
2011Jun 3Oct 6May 4Oct 26
2010May 29Oct 25May 7Oct 26
2009no dataSep 30no dataOct 1
2008May 10Oct 10May 10Oct 10
2007May 23Sep 24May 22Sep 30
2006May 10Sep 16Apr 20Oct 18
2005no dataSep 25no dataOct 5
2004May 30Sep 21Apr 29Oct 31
2003May 20Sep 18May 19Oct 25
2002May 24Oct 12May 8Oct 12
2001Jun 13Sep 8May 4Oct 10
2000May 12Sep 24May 12Sep 24
1999May 14Sep 27May 11Sep 27
1998May 14Oct 4Apr 26Oct 4
1997May 2Oct 8May 2Oct 8
1996May 24Sep 18Apr 29Oct 17
1995Jun 7Sep 21Apr 23Sep 21
1994May 17Oct 15Apr 25Oct 29
1993May 10Sep 13Apr 27Oct 26
1992Apr 23Oct 7Apr 19Nov 3
1991May 12Oct 20Apr 30Oct 24
1990Jun 1Oct 3Apr 30Oct 8
1989Jun 23Oct 16Jun 23Oct 28
1988May 30Sep 12May 7Nov 7
1987May 3Nov 8Apr 20Nov 8
1986May 22Sep 25May 22Oct 12
1985May 30Sep 28Apr 26Sep 29
1984May 16Sep 24May 7Oct 15
1983May 16Sep 20May 14Nov 8
1982no dataSep 29no dataSep 29
1981Jun 14Oct 13May 7Oct 30
1980May 26Oct 16Apr 12Oct 23
1979Jun 8Oct 21Jun 8Oct 30
1978May 31Sep 12May 31Sep 19
1977May 26Sep 23Apr 20Sep 23
1976Jun 14Oct 18Jun 14Oct 18
1975May 25Oct 7May 25Oct 22

"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.