Last Frost Day

Frost history / Boundary Dam, WA

Boundary Dam, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00450844, 1965 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,837 ft, 48.995, -117.354. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 9Oct 3
EarliestApr 13 (1980)Aug 29 (1984)
LatestJun 11 (2008)Oct 26 (2023)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5555

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 11.

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 291970198019902000201020201966: May 181967: May 261968: May 31969: Apr 271970: May 131975: May 251976: May 191977: May 161978: May 61979: Apr 251980: Apr 131981: May 21982: Jun 81983: May 131984: May 221985: May 131986: May 161987: Apr 261988: May 21989: Apr 291990: May 11991: May 41992: May 131993: Apr 211994: Apr 291995: May 21996: Apr 301997: May 81998: Apr 261999: May 112000: May 92001: May 202002: May 162003: May 192004: Apr 302005: May 22006: May 162007: May 282008: Jun 112010: May 242011: May 102012: May 122013: May 232014: May 122015: May 72016: May 12017: May 12018: Apr 262019: May 12020: Apr 292021: May 202022: May 142023: Apr 232024: May 32025: May 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111970198019902000201020201965: Sep 161966: Oct 91967: Oct 151968: Oct 21969: Oct 121974: Sep 301976: Oct 41977: Oct 31979: Oct 31980: Oct 101981: Oct 31982: Oct 91983: Sep 201984: Aug 291985: Sep 221986: Sep 121987: Oct 91988: Oct 181989: Oct 31990: Oct 61991: Sep 221992: Sep 181993: Sep 161994: Oct 71995: Oct 191996: Sep 231997: Oct 191998: Oct 191999: Sep 262000: Sep 222001: Oct 42002: Sep 212003: Oct 242004: Oct 232005: Sep 182006: Sep 172007: Sep 82008: Sep 82009: Oct 52010: Oct 142011: Oct 162012: Sep 122013: Oct 122014: Sep 112015: Sep 272016: Oct 112017: Sep 162018: Oct 52019: Sep 302020: Oct 222021: Oct 102022: Oct 182023: Oct 262024: Sep 212025: Sep 29

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
2025May 24Sep 29May 5Oct 6
2024May 3Sep 21Apr 24Oct 1
2023Apr 23Oct 26Apr 22Oct 27
2022May 14Oct 18Apr 21Nov 6
2021May 20Oct 10Apr 15Oct 11
2020Apr 29Oct 22Apr 28Oct 22
2019May 1Sep 30May 1Oct 2
2018Apr 26Oct 5Apr 23Oct 11
2017May 1Sep 16Apr 11Oct 5
2016May 1Oct 11Mar 26Oct 12
2015May 7Sep 27Apr 16Oct 13
2014May 12Sep 11Apr 14Sep 12
2013May 23Oct 12May 2Oct 14
2012May 12Sep 12May 11Oct 4
2011May 10Oct 16Apr 24Oct 25
2010May 24Oct 14Apr 11Oct 16
2009no dataOct 5no dataOct 10
2008Jun 11Sep 8May 10Oct 8
2007May 28Sep 8Apr 22Oct 14
2006May 16Sep 17May 16Oct 9
2005May 2Sep 18Apr 30Sep 24
2004Apr 30Oct 23Apr 25Oct 26
2003May 19Oct 24Apr 10Oct 24
2002May 16Sep 21Apr 25Oct 11
2001May 20Oct 4May 6Oct 5
2000May 9Sep 22Apr 9Sep 22
1999May 11Sep 26Apr 28Sep 28
1998Apr 26Oct 19Apr 16Nov 8
1997May 8Oct 19Apr 22Oct 24
1996Apr 30Sep 23Apr 15Oct 17
1995May 2Oct 19Apr 23Oct 30
1994Apr 29Oct 7Apr 1Nov 3
1993Apr 21Sep 16Apr 5Sep 18
1992May 13Sep 18Apr 12Oct 7
1991May 4Sep 22Apr 25Oct 4
1990May 1Oct 6Apr 2Oct 6
1989Apr 29Oct 3Apr 11Oct 3
1988May 2Oct 18Apr 11Oct 27
1987Apr 26Oct 9Apr 10Oct 10
1986May 16Sep 12May 15Oct 11
1985May 13Sep 22Apr 28Sep 28
1984May 22Aug 29Apr 27Sep 24
1983May 13Sep 20Apr 15Sep 28
1982Jun 8Oct 9May 5Oct 18
1981May 2Oct 3Apr 18Oct 21
1980Apr 13Oct 10Apr 11Nov 12
1979Apr 25Oct 3Apr 22Oct 31
1978May 6no dataApr 24no data
1977May 16Oct 3Apr 20Oct 4
1976May 19Oct 4Apr 5Oct 15
1975May 25no dataApr 29no data
1974no dataSep 30no dataOct 5
1970May 13no dataApr 17no data
1969Apr 27Oct 12Mar 30Oct 13
1968May 3Oct 2Apr 22Nov 5
1967May 26Oct 15Apr 24Oct 24
1966May 18Oct 9Apr 29Nov 3
1965no dataSep 16no dataSep 16

"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.