Last Frost Day

Frost history / Kanosh, UT

Kanosh, UT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00424527, 1962 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,382 ft, 38.795, -112.438. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 11Oct 10
EarliestApr 19 (1992)Sep 16 (1968)
LatestJun 15 (1976)Nov 9 (1987)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.8 days later per decade
Years with data4043

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 23.

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 29197019801990200020101963: Apr 261964: May 71965: May 111966: May 231967: May 141968: May 161969: May 31970: May 111971: May 181972: May 11974: Apr 291976: Jun 151978: May 241979: Jun 81980: May 251981: Jun 141982: May 121983: May 161984: May 71985: May 131986: May 81987: May 31988: May 301989: Apr 291990: Jun 11991: Apr 301992: Apr 191993: May 81994: Apr 291995: Jun 61996: Apr 301997: May 21998: Apr 271999: May 162000: May 122001: May 52002: May 92009: Jun 92010: May 232011: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26197019801990200020101962: Oct 171963: Oct 311964: Oct 181965: Sep 171966: Oct 131967: Oct 151968: Sep 161969: Oct 31970: Sep 251971: Sep 181972: Oct 231974: Oct 221975: Oct 81977: Oct 21978: Sep 181979: Oct 201980: Oct 151981: Oct 131982: Sep 301983: Sep 201984: Sep 251985: Sep 291986: Sep 291987: Nov 91988: Nov 71989: Oct 261990: Oct 81991: Oct 271992: Nov 31993: Oct 101994: Oct 151995: Sep 301996: Sep 261997: Oct 191998: Oct 51999: Sep 282000: Oct 312001: Oct 102007: Sep 282008: Oct 102009: Oct 12010: Oct 242012: Nov 5

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
2012no dataNov 5no dataNov 5
2011Apr 30no dataApr 30no data
2010May 23Oct 24Apr 13Oct 25
2009Jun 9Oct 1May 8Oct 6
2008no dataOct 10no dataOct 10
2007no dataSep 28no dataOct 17
2002May 9no dataMay 8no data
2001May 5Oct 10Apr 10Oct 20
2000May 12Oct 31Apr 1Nov 2
1999May 16Sep 28May 5Sep 28
1998Apr 27Oct 5Apr 15Nov 6
1997May 2Oct 19Apr 16Oct 23
1996Apr 30Sep 26Apr 29Oct 19
1995Jun 6Sep 30Mar 30Oct 5
1994Apr 29Oct 15Mar 27Oct 30
1993May 8Oct 10May 1Oct 27
1992Apr 19Nov 3Feb 24Nov 4
1991Apr 30Oct 27Apr 13Oct 28
1990Jun 1Oct 8Mar 16Oct 17
1989Apr 29Oct 26Mar 21Oct 28
1988May 30Nov 7May 2Nov 15
1987May 3Nov 9Apr 19Nov 15
1986May 8Sep 29Apr 26Nov 7
1985May 13Sep 29Mar 31Nov 10
1984May 7Sep 25May 7Sep 25
1983May 16Sep 20May 10Nov 8
1982May 12Sep 30May 5Oct 8
1981Jun 14Oct 13May 7Oct 30
1980May 25Oct 15Apr 13Oct 23
1979Jun 8Oct 20Apr 11Oct 21
1978May 24Sep 18Apr 22Sep 19
1977no dataOct 2no dataOct 31
1976Jun 15no dataApr 27no data
1975no dataOct 8no dataOct 23
1974Apr 29Oct 22Apr 13Oct 22
1972May 1Oct 23Apr 30Oct 29
1971May 18Sep 18May 18Oct 28
1970May 11Sep 25May 11Sep 25
1969May 3Oct 3Apr 27Oct 12
1968May 16Sep 16Apr 23Sep 22
1967May 14Oct 15May 13Oct 24
1966May 23Oct 13Apr 27Oct 14
1965May 11Sep 17May 7Sep 17
1964May 7Oct 18May 3Oct 18
1963Apr 26Oct 31Apr 26Nov 1
1962no dataOct 17no dataNov 7

"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.