Last Frost Day

Frost history / Provo Byu, UT

Provo Byu, UT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00427064, 1981 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,570 ft, 40.246, -111.651. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 20Oct 17
EarliestMar 20 (1992)Sep 21 (1983)
LatestMay 25 (2010)Nov 17 (2016)
Trend1.6 days earlier per decade3.3 days later per decade
Years with data4545

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 31.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019902000201020201981: Apr 81982: May 61983: May 131984: May 71985: Apr 231986: Apr 271987: Apr 191988: May 21989: Mar 211990: May 91991: May 51992: Mar 201993: Apr 201994: Apr 301995: May 131996: Apr 291997: Apr 131998: Apr 181999: May 112000: Mar 312001: Apr 132002: May 92003: Apr 82004: Mar 292005: Apr 112006: Apr 202007: Apr 112008: May 22009: Apr 272010: May 252011: May 22012: Apr 72013: Apr 232014: Apr 292015: Apr 162016: Apr 12017: Apr 102018: Apr 182019: Mar 312020: Apr 172021: Apr 72022: May 142023: Apr 202024: Apr 302025: Apr 19

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619902000201020201981: Oct 151982: Oct 61983: Sep 211984: Sep 251985: Sep 291986: Oct 121987: Nov 111988: Nov 121989: Oct 171990: Oct 91991: Oct 241992: Nov 31993: Oct 101994: Oct 291995: Oct 51996: Oct 171997: Oct 131998: Oct 181999: Oct 172000: Nov 22001: Oct 102002: Oct 132003: Oct 112004: Nov 12005: Oct 312006: Oct 182007: Sep 302008: Oct 112009: Oct 22010: Oct 272011: Oct 272012: Oct 252013: Oct 52014: Oct 282015: Nov 72016: Nov 172017: Oct 152018: Oct 152019: Oct 102020: Oct 232021: Oct 152022: Oct 282023: Nov 12024: Nov 42025: Oct 28

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 19Oct 28Mar 19Dec 14
2024Apr 30Nov 4Mar 14Nov 7
2023Apr 20Nov 1Apr 6Nov 10
2022May 14Oct 28Apr 12Oct 28
2021Apr 7Oct 15Mar 31Nov 17
2020Apr 17Oct 23Apr 14Oct 26
2019Mar 31Oct 10Mar 16Oct 11
2018Apr 18Oct 15Apr 3Oct 15
2017Apr 10Oct 15Mar 7Nov 8
2016Apr 1Nov 17Feb 25Nov 18
2015Apr 16Nov 7Apr 3Nov 7
2014Apr 29Oct 28Mar 23Nov 4
2013Apr 23Oct 5Apr 19Nov 4
2012Apr 7Oct 25Apr 7Oct 26
2011May 2Oct 27Apr 4Oct 28
2010May 25Oct 27Apr 7Nov 13
2009Apr 27Oct 2Apr 1Oct 29
2008May 2Oct 11Apr 17Oct 22
2007Apr 11Sep 30Mar 5Oct 22
2006Apr 20Oct 18Apr 19Oct 27
2005Apr 11Oct 31Apr 1Nov 15
2004Mar 29Nov 1Mar 2Nov 1
2003Apr 8Oct 11Apr 4Nov 7
2002May 9Oct 13Mar 20Oct 31
2001Apr 13Oct 10Apr 9Nov 24
2000Mar 31Nov 2Mar 22Nov 3
1999May 11Oct 17Apr 10Nov 19
1998Apr 18Oct 18Mar 19Nov 4
1997Apr 13Oct 13Apr 13Oct 26
1996Apr 29Oct 17Apr 21Oct 17
1995May 13Oct 5Apr 11Oct 23
1994Apr 30Oct 29Apr 8Oct 30
1993Apr 20Oct 10Apr 14Oct 30
1992Mar 20Nov 3Mar 10Nov 4
1991May 5Oct 24Apr 13Oct 24
1990May 9Oct 9Mar 16Oct 21
1989Mar 21Oct 17Mar 21Oct 30
1988May 2Nov 12Apr 9Nov 19
1987Apr 19Nov 11Mar 30Nov 15
1986Apr 27Oct 12Apr 14Oct 12
1985Apr 23Sep 29Mar 30Sep 29
1984May 7Sep 25Apr 28Oct 16
1983May 13Sep 21Apr 26Nov 9
1982May 6Oct 6Apr 21Oct 9
1981Apr 8Oct 15Apr 5Oct 31

"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.